AORK'T'T.TT'RM ^ FM'Hnfi!! ATfo\ BIIJ, I'C'I. ;i^7 



The (iiH'stion of coloiii/.utioM has luM'n tak«'n up. Ah a lar^o niiinl)or 

 of [)('o|)l(' an' rontinually x'ckiu^ to smirc fann>« f<»r thnn-- ' 



turn to tlu> possibility of p-tlin^' rhcap land in rr^jions n«»( i 



pi(»<l, and larp* nuinl>('i>4 of farini'iN havr Uvru indu('i><| t<» Iruvr 

 rofjions vvIut*' fanning is s«>ttlf(I and ^<» into rf^ions \vhi»rc it iit nti 

 cxpcrirnont and in many rasfs wIuto flwrr is no fiitiirc oppor' 

 Tlic ("llort is to <;('t tof^i'tlicr (lie farts with rr^ard to opjiorti.... 

 in the difTrrmt parts of tlio I'nitrd Stntrs ami tlu« mothfHls of -M'tf!' 

 incnt tl»at arc proviTi"; sticccssful. Studios arc brinjr nnuli* in tin* 

 pro<;n'ss of .'settlers in (lifr«'n'nt rc^jions wliicli show whjit ihr j)n 

 arc. All of this has for its purpose a mor«' intcllij^mt hn-is of i 



on tlu» part of farmers who arc sockin*^ opportunities to pel the uso of 

 hmd as a I>asis for prtxhiction. 



STUDY OF KAKM POPl'I.ATION. 



Another paraUol hno of study, which is basic to farm or«;ani/ation. 

 is the study of farm population, which lias been carried on within the 

 last few years with a view to ;;cttin;; the facts with rc^arrl to the con- 

 ditions in the country. Particular attention duriti;; the past year 

 has been jjiven to an analysis of the farm p(»pulation. I'ntil the 

 last census, the census of n>2(). we had never had any information 

 with re»;ard to farm j)onulation as such. Rural population, which is 

 a very <liflerent thin<;. has l)een tabulated. By special arranj^ement 

 with the(Vnsus iJurcauaii indicatorwas put in before the name of each 

 person to tiesigjnate whether or not they lived on farms and wlu'ther 

 or not they worked on farms. 



On the basis of this an experinu'ntal study has been made in »'i^ht 

 counties in the United States for the purpose of sh<»winf; what is true 

 of the farm population in comparison with other j;rouj)s of popula- 

 tion. This <;ives the same facts with rej^ard to the peoj)le on farms 

 that we have been <;etlin<^ in the past witli re<^ard to the city poj)ula- 

 tion, and also gives essentially as good information w ith regard to the 

 people on farms as it docs with regard to the live stock on farms. 

 Now, we luiv(» been hearing a great deal from time to time about the 

 shifting of population and how the maintenance of the rigiit type of 

 people on the farms is e^ssential to the future of good agriculture. 

 This for the first time gives us the beginnings of the detailed facts as 

 to wliat is tluTc and, on the basis of future studies, it will show the 

 trends tliat are taking place. 



Mr. Anderson. What does it show in general, so far as you htive 

 gone ? 



Doctor T.VYLOR. These tabulations are just being thrown in shap«« 

 now; they arc just getting through the machine work on the tabula- 

 tions. They show, for instance, in Dane County. Wis. — one of the 

 counties chosen — facts as to the question: "Is illiteracy more com- 

 mon in farm families tlian in otlier families i" Ami it lias been shown 

 that there is six-tenths of 1 per cent less of illiteracy on farms than in 

 the country as a whole. 



Mr. Anderson. In tliat county ? 



Doctor Tayix)R. In that county, yes. It shows the (Hcupations of 

 tlie people wJio live on the farms, and a rather high percentage of 

 people living on tlie farms who work at other things and bring income 

 into these farm liomes. Of course, that ijicludes tlie .school-teachers. 



