Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs

A Foundation for Sustainable Rural Community Development

Appointment of the Country Life Commission

• CLC home page
• Introduction
• Report

Summary

• Purpose
• Commissioners
• Survey & Hearings
• Prominent Deficiencies
• Underlying Problem
• Migration
• Agriculture Challenges
• Public Health
• Role of Farm Women
• Conservation & Land Use
• General Corrective Forces
• Commission Recommendations
• Legislative Recommendations
• Remedies
• The Call for Leadership

Legacy

• American Country Life Association
• Rural Sociology
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• Highways
• Agricultural Economics

Resources

• Bibliography
• Web Resources
• Timeline

The August 21, 1908, start date for the Country Life Commission is based on a letter from President Theodore Roosevelt to Liberty Hyde Bailey to “summon the committee when you think wise.”

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