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Development of the market.
Increase of consumption of products--manufacture of farm products as a factor.
The factor of choicer products.
The factor of better distribution of products.
The local market as a factor.
The foreign market as a factor.
V. Business Co-operation in Agriculture.
Historical sketch.
Present status.
Production.
Marketing.
Buying.
Miscellaneous business co-operation.
Difficulties and tendencies.
VI. Agriculture and Legislation.
Land laws and land policies of the United States.
Agriculture and the tariff.
Taxation and agriculture.
Food and dairy laws.
Government aid to agriculture.
VII. General Problems.
Agricultural labor.
Machinery and agriculture.
Interest rates, indebtedness, etc.
Tenant farming.
Large vs. small farming.
Business methods.
Immigration and agriculture.
OUTLINE FOR A BRIEF COURSE IN RURAL SOCIOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
1. Definitions.
2. Relation of the sociological to the economic, the technical, and the scientific phases of agriculture.
Part I
THE RURAL SOCIAL STATUS
CHAPTER I
Movements of the Farm Population
1. Statistical survey.
2. The movement to the West.
History, causes.
3. The movement to the cities.
_a_) Growth of cities.
_b_) Depletion of rural population in certain localities.
4. Causes of the movement to the cities.
_a_) Industrial, social, and psychological causes.
5. Results of the movements of the farm population.
_a_) Results both good and bad.
_b_) Resume of industrial and social results.
CHAPTER II
Social Condition of the Rural Population
Nativity; color; illiteracy; families; health; temperance; crime; morality; pauperism; defectives; insanity; etc.
CHAPTER III
The Social Psychology of Rural Life
1. Isolation and its results.
2. The farm home and its environment.
3. Traits of family life.
4. Traits of individual life.
CHAPTER IV
The Social Aspect of Current Agricultural Questions
1. Tenant farming.
2. Large vs. small farms.
3. Farm labor.
4. Irregular incomes.
5. Farm machinery.
6. Specialization in farming.
7. Immigration.
Part II
SOCIAL FACTORS IN RURAL PROGRESS
CHAPTER I
