Show BACK TO TilE TIE SOIL Arthur Pond a contributor to the June issue of the Atlantic Monthly has apparently made a study of recent available statistics showing the movements of lation population in America from metropolitan metropolitan tan centers toward the rural sec sec- sections sections sec sections The findings s are very inter inter- interesting interesting estin esting and su suggestive Durin During the past three years be- be between between tween one and two million people have mi migrated from the cities to in order to take up residence in the country In consequence our at atone atone atone population one time declining farm population population tion has reached the hi highest hest peak in the history of the country country-ap- country ap approximately proximately as of Jan Jan- January January January uary 1933 This movement or trek has placed farms especially the man small one man farms in hi high h demand It Itis Itis Itis is estimated that practically r all ll of the inhabitable farms among among- the which were abandoned be- be between be between tween 1925 and 1930 have been or orare orare orare are about to be reoccupied After reaching its highest hi hest per per- percentage percenta percentage population centa e in 1910 the farm tion of the United States be began an to decline This dwindling dwindling- continued until 1930 at which time there was speaking peaking in general terms over two million less people living on farms than in 1910 at Today migration after only three years of or migra migra- mi ra- ra ration tion we find that this year 20 de- de decline de decline decline cline has not only been Leen completely re regained ined but that at th the present rate of migration ration there will be within a year nearly more Am American rican farm larin residents than there were in 1910 |