150 . SEVENTH REPORT. 



VI. Agriculture and Legislation. 



; Land laws and land policies of the United States. 



r • Agriculture and the tariff. 



t*. ■ Taxation and agriculture. 



Food and dairy laws. •■■•^ 



Government aid to agriculture. 

 VIL General Problems. 



Agricultural labor. 



Machinery and agriculture. 



Interest rates, indebtedness, etc. 



Tenant farming. 



Large vs. small farming. 



Business methods. 

 ; Immigration and agriculture. 



OUTLINE FOR A BRIEF COURSE IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY. 



PREPARED BY PRESIDENT K. L. BUTTERFIELD, RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE OF 



AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



1. Definitions. 



2. Relation of the sociological to the economic, the technical and the scientific phases of agriculture. 



Part I. 

 THE RURAL SOCIAL STATUS. . 



Chapter I. 

 Movements of the Farm Population. 



1. Statistical survey. 4. Causes of the movement to the cities. 



2. The movement to the west. a Industrial, social, and psychological causes. 



History, causes. 5. Results of the movements of the farm popula- 



3. The movement to the cities. tion. 



a Growth of cities. a Results both good and bad. 



b Depletion of rural population in certain b Resume of industrial and social results. 



localities. 



Ch.^pter II. 



Social Condition of the Rural Population. 



Nativity; color; illiteracy; families; health; temperance; crime; morality; pauperism; defectives; in- 

 sanity; etc. 



Chapter III. 



The Social Psychology of Rural Life. 



1. Isolation and its results. 3. Traits of family life. 



2. The farm home and its environment 4. Traits of individual life. 



Chapter IV. 

 The Social Aspect of Current Agricultural Questions. 



1. Tenant farming. 5. Farrri machinery. 



2. Large vs. small farms. 6. Specialization in farming. 



3. Farm labor. . 7. Immigration. 



4. Irregular incomes. 



Part II. 



SOCIAL FACTORS IN RURAL PROGRESS. 



Chapter I. 



Means of Communication in Rural Districts. 



1. Importance and status of rural communication. 



2. The new movements for better rural communication. 



a. Highways. 



b. Rural free mail delivery. 



c. Rural telephone. 



d. Interurban electric railways. 



