ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY — WRIGHT. l6l 



Balch has spent nearly a year in that country, visiting the main 

 regions from which immigrants come, conferring both with the 

 officials who have knowledge of the subject and with peasant friends 

 and relatives of the emigrants. 



The history of Chinese immigration to the United States, being 

 prepared by Prof. Mary Roberts Smith as a Carnegie research assist- 

 ant, is approaching conclusion. 



All these matters and others that will be taken up, some of which 

 are in course of preparation, disclose the influence of population and 

 immigration upon the economic development of the country. 



Division II. — Agriculture and Forestry, including Public Domain 



and Irrigation. 



Prof. Kenyon L. Butterfield, in charge, employed Prof. Frank W. 

 Blackmar, of the University of Kansas, to study the economic and 

 social influence of irrigation in this country. Twelve systems of irri- 

 gation have been investigated and valuable information gained about 

 others. Professor Blackmar's methods of investigation are to examine 

 the water capacity, methods of tillage, condition of social life, value 

 of crops, prices, transportation, educational and religious conditions, 

 and other elements arising from systems of irrigation and showing 

 the economic development resulting therefrom. 



Mr. A. K. Sheldon, of Lincoln, Nebraska, director of field work 

 of the Nebraska Historical Society, is investigating the "history of 

 land systems and land policies in Nebraska," and in this connection 

 is conducting personal interviews with Sioux, Ponca, Omaha, 

 Pawnee, Otoe, Missouria, and Northern Cheyenne tribes. Repre- 

 sentatives of the tribes have been personally interviewed and notes 

 taken on the spot. 



Prof. R. H. Leavell, of the Mississippi Agricultural College, is 

 investigating ' ' The race factor in the history and status of agricul- 

 ture " in this State. This work is progressing satisfactorily. From 

 a sociological sense, Professor Leavell will investigate the conditions 

 of the economic life, the family, and general social life ; also the 

 signification of the relations between the races in various phases. 



Mr. George Frederick Wells, B. S., is studying matters in con- 

 nection with New England churches. 



Prof. Ernest Burnham, of the Western State Normal School, 



Kalamazoo, Michigan, is investigating the educational conditions of 



rural communities in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He is assisted 



in this work by men under the immediate direction of the State 



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