Show farm families larger than in cities N interesting fact has AN A been dragged out front from its bild lild hiding place in iii a maze inaze of census report figures and presented to the american people for consideration tats fact Is that the farms wh which le WO w responsible I 1 for m most ost of tile the supply have bae ba e tile the added burden of 66 being alrig a main source of the child supply in ili other words while the city family tends tu to dwindle to proportions that fit a city flat the farm family continues to fill an entire farmhouse this contrast has been noted for some years but statistics on farm population were not tabulated until the last census r and the country has not real laed how great a proportion of non producers the farms were supporting portIng to put it into plain figures if you compare the of our farm population with an equal amount of 0 city population you find that the farms have more hildren children under ten years year s than thota a cities have this statement Is made by dr 0 J 11 alpin who Is in charge of farm po pu lation lanon studies in the atie department of agriculture ri to make his figures more vivid he shows that ly about the population of oklahoma Okla lloma if you imagine the task of feeding clothing and educating a group of people of this size you have bave nn an aided aderi of the situation then think of the farmers supporting their excess burden of young children and trying to keep up with th rising standard of living children between ten and twenty years are more nura numerous erous on an the farms faring lhnn in the cities in almost the same proportion as those under ten so altogether to gether the alio farms have bave an excess burden of nearly children as compared with the same amount of city population it Is true trite tant the farmer can feed a large family almost as cheaply as a city roan man can feed a small one some other expenses tire are lower too in rural districts and the child on the farm helps lp in the work in its surveys sarv ays eys the T united states childrens bureau finds that form farm work Is an important form forin of child labor i i |