Show farm population began to decrease in th this i country forty years ago by DR C J GALPIN federal economist although accentuated by the recent period of agricultural depression non the farm exodus in america really y started years ago and in some ata states tes during an era of great great prosperity farm population dation decreased in a number of states forty years yeara ago and in others as long as ten twenty and thirty years ago with the exodus as marked in good years as in bad there was en an actual decrease in the strong agricultural states ol 01 ohio indiana illinois iowa and Alis missouri from 1900 to 1910 it coincided with an era of great agricultural prosperity and a still rising tide of farm tendency on the best lands in the middle west explain the social phenomena AS the result of the passing of these st states ates into the ind industrial estrial column the evolution of growing towns into growing cities and the continued adoption of science in agriculture with no now new outlet in agricultural processes for farm workers displaced loss of farm population may be expected to continue until the urban demand for food and alber has overtaken the growing efficiency of farm I 1 ing ll 11 g |