The Cornell Countryman Volume 14 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... Thrifty Flock." The Sociology of Rural Life--/L R-Man" The Length of the Laying Period as an Indication of the Laying Capacity of Fowls. E. Rice, 0. B. Kent, and F. B. Broo/gs Washington at Work--VI. Testing the Things the Nation Needs----Carl L. Alsberg some Pumpkins -----Harold S. Cabriel Fl-fly Cents per Square Foot Profit from Poultry-B-Hanna Bringing Back the Game----5--4-Quarles Which Poultry Breed is Best?----C T-Pauerson Lessons from Egg Laying Contests _..-L. E. Card Women Farmers---_--M. V. Landmann Ithaca's Farewell to Dr. Bailey-' '--Editorials--' ' ' Campus Notes-' ' i '-_--_ Former Student Notes-The Sociology of Rural Life BY A. R. MANN Acting Dean, New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University OCIOLOGY is the study of human experience. It views the problems of life from the standpoint of their effects on the quality of the human be1ngs who inhabit the earth. In its approach to the great industrial problems of the day, for example, it subordmates the important questions of how may production be increased most efl ic1ently and economically to what it regards as the ultimate question of the effect of the organization of industry, of the hours, Wages, and conditions of labor, on the persons who perform that labor. We say that sociology concerns itself with the human values rather than with the material values.. Not that the sociologist disregards the Importance of the material values, or the production of wealth. how indispensable these are, and how essential it is that the processes of wealth production shall be perfected for tile good of the race. He is concerned with every factor which promotes or retards industrial efiiciency. But his concern is not for increased output and:: ?; ref...