Show liuto be CLINE DURING 1925 the farm population or the me unit oil states decreased approximately luring 1924 according to estimates estl matea based on a all survey arvey ot of representative farms made recently hy by the te united states department ot of agriculture this la Is a drop 0 of 6 t per cent during that year with on january 1 1924 this estimate includes udea not only tho agricultural workers but alt all men women etna and children living on farms on that date the movement from froin barms to cit too towns and villages in 1924 Is estimated at the movement to farms was making it a net movement from ane aarm population ot of persons persona or 22 percent births among the farm population during 1924 are estimated at and deaths at leaving a natural increase of which reduced the loss due to the movement to or G per cent A similar estimate made in showed a loss in farm population 0 as against in i the gross movement from farms tu cities in 1922 was roul cow pared to in ili 1924 a slight increase the gross movement back to the farms in 1922 was compared to in 1924 a very decided increase the net movement from farms to cities in 1922 was waa or 36 per cent and in 1924 or 22 per cent two geographic divisions the new ne england and south atlantic states showed a net increase in farm population for the year 1924 of 9 per cent and 2 per cent respectively all other divisions showed decreases the mountain states leading with a loss of 28 pr cent the decrease in farm population due to the movement not taking into account turing or deaths was highest in the mountain states 43 per cent followed by the pacific rind west south sentral states in all other divisions except new england the percentage of decrease duo to tnt movement was equal to io or less than the average for the whole united states 22 per cent new england alone showed a gain of 3 per cent since more people moved from cities to new england farms than left farms for cities the movement from farms to cities ies was found to tie be the highest rate in the mountain states as iss per cent followed bf the pacific now new england middle atlantic andi east north central states in order in the movement to farms from cures tile me al mountain imin states again lead with 95 pe p cent followed by the new england pacific middle atlantic and rast north borth central states |