Examines why the influence of the Danish folk high school grew in importance in rural Canada. (Author/DN)

Using data from a 1971 statewide survey of Wisconsin residents, the study assessed the existence of agrarian values and examined certain possible consequences of articulating such values in contemporary American society. (Author/NQ)

In April 1968, approximately 10,454,000 persons lived on farms in the United States--about one person in every 19. The farm population had declined steadily from 1960 and dropped 3.9 percent from 1967 to 1968. From 1960 to 1968, there continued to be more males than females living on farms, and the number of farm children under 14 years of age…

Illustrating that their roles are as diverse as non-farm women, four short articles give new perspectives on farm women: the numbers and types of farms run by women, an historical review of women on the farm, the non-farm jobs many work at, and the specific farm activities they are responsible for. (NEC)

Describes home, farm, and wage-earning roles of a sample of 25 Appalachian farm women who appear to be successfully managing roles and contributing to families. Role descriptions include measures of attitudes toward married women and work, self concept, and family decision-making structures. Implications are discussed in relation to educational…

Reports the reliability, validity, and unidimensionality of New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) scale, an instrument designed to measure how people feel about nature. Based on statewide samples of farmers (N=348) and metropolitan residents (N=407) of Iowa, the NEP was determined to be valid, reliable, and multidimensional, measuring three distinct…

The agricultural information programs which were meant to familiarize Latin American farmers with new technologies are being gradually replaced by rural communication programs which will be of benefit to much wider audiences, including the previously excluded small farmers. Brief descriptions of 17 programs in nine countries provide examples of…

A study of 513 farm women found that self-esteem, locus of control (LOC), and age predicted role involvement; LOC, age, and role involvement predicted discrepancy in the work-leisure balance. Life satisfaction was predicted by the interaction of self-esteem, LOC, role involvement, and discrepancy. (SK)

This issue of the "Goldfinch" focuses on the family farm of the past. All aspects of farm life are covered: what was grown on farms, how the chores were done and who was responsible for them, what the houses were like, and what tools and equipment were used. Comparisons are made between modern farms and farms of 50 or 150 years ago, and…

The Old Order Amish society is unique among diverse Mennonite sects. Their traditions and simplicity of lifestyle are evident in their manner of dress, non-mechanized farming practices, and rejection of electricity or running water in their homes. In an Old Order Amish education, children are taught the "four R's:" reading, writing,…

Thomas Jefferson's elevation of the small landowning farmer to the guardian and bastion of democracy became the centerpiece for a later generation's struggle. Jeffersonian democracy, a philosophy based on the belief that "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God" guided the rural insurgents that swept Minnesota and North…

The first part of a report by the Special Committee on Aging of the United States Senate provides additional evidence about the need for far-ranging federal attention to the needs and aspirations of older Americans. A number of difficulties such as special transportation needs in rural areas, contradictions in policies and programs, and disaster…

While total farm population is declining, the number of people living on the farms which produce the bulk of the nation's food and fiber is increasing. The 1970-75 total farm population decline was 13 percent, but the number of people living on farms with annual sales greater than $40,000 increased 76 percent. Such farms account for about 80…

The national reclamation program was to encourage people to settle on the land, to enable them to own the land they farmed, and to spread the benefit of subsidized irrigation water to as many independent farm families as possible. The San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project, the largest pumped water diversion and water storage project, was…