UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 984 



Contribution from the Office of Farm Management and Farm Economics 

 H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. ▼ December 1, 1921 



THE NATIONAL INFLUENCE OF A 

 SINGLE FARM COMMUNITY 



A STORY OF THE FLOW INTO NATIONAL LIFE OF 

 MIGRATION FROM THE FARMS 



By ) 

 EMILY F. HOAG, Assistant Economist 



(Section of Farm Life Studies, C. J. GALPIN, Economist in Charge) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Some National Aspects of Farm Life ' 1 



The Present Study ...... 5 



Description of the Community 7 



Migration from the Farms of the Community 17 



Occupations of Migrants and of Stay-at-Homes .35 



Achievements of Migrants from the Community 36 



Connections of Belleville Community with National Life 42 



Persistent Families Remaining on the Farms of the Community ^47 



Conclusions 52 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1921 



