A distortion has grown up between urban and rural economies creating a condition where neither is able to sustain itself, thus restricting individual opportunities. At one time, 98 percent of the U.S. depended on the rural economy. Interrelated developments such as the input of ideas, enterprise, mechanical innovations, the opening of new and…

This report examines reasons for movement of farmers to urban areas in an effort to determine whether migration is of an unselective nature or based on a selective process with regard to education, sex, age, and other factors. The investigation focuses on a specific case study in which the following aspects are discussed: (1) background…