INFLUENCE OF A SINGLE FARM COMMUNITY. 

 RURAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



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The grange of Belleville was the fifth to be established in the State 

 and is still active, with a large membership. The Farm Bureau and 

 Home Bureau and the Dairymen's League have also taken a firm 

 hold in the community. 



Fig. 23. — Map showing farms in the Belleville community on which descendants of Edward Barney, who 

 settled on farm No. 67, have lived. On several of these farms fifth, sixth, or seventh generation members 

 of this family are still living. 



PERSISTENT FAMILIES REMAINING ON THE FARMS OF THE 

 COMMUNITY. 



It is to be expected that every farm community shall send out, 

 as migrants, a considerable proportion of its educated young people. 

 But the migration need not be weakening to the community if at the 

 same time a large number of the well-trained and cultured young 

 people remain. Tables XII and XIII show that the Belleville 

 community has held as permanent residents a great number of its 

 academy-trained young people. (See fig. 20.) 



