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Excerpts: The general purpose of county planning may be said to be that of securing a better life for farm people. In order to secure this better life, certain objectives are set up. These vary greatly according to local conditions and according to the views of those setting up the objectives. But whatever these objectives are they must be subscribed to by the people themselves, and the actual program must be carried out by the people living in the local neighborhoods and communities. To this end it is necessary that suitable arrangements be made through which these local people can and will function. This brings us immediately to the core of the subject, Population, and Community Problems in County Planning. With respect to population, the chief question to be answered by those interested in planning is, Who are the people by whom and for whom these plans are to be made? Without his information a suitable program could hardly be formulated. With respect to the community, chief question is, What are the natural groupings among these people by and through which a planning program can be carried forward?