since your father was a boy? Can you show a relation between this
change in value of farmland and the growth of nearby towns or
cities?

What industries in your town (or a neighboring town) are dependent
upon farming for their raw materials? for the sale of their
product?

What is the cotton gin? the spinning jenny? Show how these
inventions were a benefit to agriculture. How did they promote the
growth of cities?

Make a map of your school district. Do the people of this district
cooperate in matters other than those pertaining to the school?

On a map of your county, show approximately the "trade area"
served by the "trade center" nearest you. For what other purposes
besides trade do the farmers of this trade area come to the trade
center?

On a map of your county, show the area from which pupils come to
the high school nearest you.

On a map of your state, show the principle "railroad centers."
Show how these are the centers of larger trade areas corresponding
to the small trade areas of your county. Show how the farmers and
the residents of these railroad centers have common interests.

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