Show 11 Ir r I PROBLEMS FACING AGRICULTURE I j I i By GEORGE RUSSELL Irish Agricultural Organizer I HEN TIEN EN city populations can ran no longer draw upon rural peoples I WE for leadership timber civilizations such as flower in Great Britain and the United States become endangered The problems problems I lems of agriculture and rural life are arc alike the world over City people must realize the importance of maintaining more than serfdom serfdom serf serf- i dom on the farm fann Good living conditions must prevail in rural areas arcas for forat forat at least one-fourth one of a n nations nation's population to insure economic and racial i well This is not to be gained b by governmental subsidy as some nations including the United States Stales are attempting nor b by Communistic endeavor or as in Russia The only way drawing upon twenty five years Jears of or organizing organizing organizing organ organ- izing effort and study in Ireland and other European countries is b by voluntary action to organize countr country men into a rural civilization such as has lIas never been seen before 1 There should be no conflict between urban and rural citizens because they are fundamentally one Organization makes the farmer a better buyer bUJer for what the city produces Farmers as individuals are generally I too poor to buy all the expensive equipment which they could purchase t r if organized Four fundamentals may be listed as necessary in iii building this rural i civilization The building of not only economic but spiritual and cuti culI cultural cultural cul cut tural knowledge among farmers sound hu business iness practice and preservation I of individual identity in organization development of other agricultural industries than food production and the federating of buying Iming and sellin selling power of farmers to create national consciousness among individuals |