Rural church life in the Middle West, as illustrated by Clay County, Iowa, and Jennings County, Indiana, with comparative data from studies of thirty-five middle western counties (1922)
Landis, Benson Young, 1897- · New York, G.H. Doran Co · leaf 23
hthe average of 148 for the nation. The improved acreage per farmis, however, ninety compared to seventy-eight for the country. Onefarmer in seven is foreign-born, the Middle West standing fourthhighest among the nine regions in this respect. Foreign-bornfarmers come mainly from Germany, Canada,… … A TYPICAL HOME IN THE CORN BELT delivery, the telephone, the automobile, the social and economic or-ganizations, the division of land into smaller farms, have all helpedto banish loneliness which was the lot of the men and women ingenerations past. The Middle West has probably as many strong town…
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