A Rural Survey in Southwestern Ohio (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Rural Survey in Southwestern OhioInstitutions exist, only to bring the maximum of well-being to those for whose service they were created. When an institution ceases to be of service to the people, but one of two things should be done, either destroy it or reorganize it so that it will again become a vital force iri the life of the, community. In the course of years conditions change, so that' the service an institution is accustomed to offer is no longer adapted to the demands upon it of a new environment, and the result is that it is either abandoned or retained through force of habit'as a hindrance to true prog ress. The service offered by an institution must be adapted to the needs of the community if it hopes to continue as a useful factor in the life of the community.It is unnecessary to go into detail in the discussion of the changes which have brought about the lack of adjustment between the needs of the people who live in the rural districts and the agen cies intend to meet those needs. Continuous decrease in rural population, abandonment of land even in the fertile Mississippi Valley, increase in tenantry, rise of land values and deterioration of the soil owing to mining methods inherited from a pioneer stage and perpetuated through the combined in¿uence of the absentee landlord and the short term tenant, and the national interest in the regeneration of country life because of the vital relation of agriculture as a basic industry to the welfare of the whole people all demand that every effort be made to hasten a readjustment that will again insure contentment and permanent prosperity to the rural community.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.