Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 44, DeMotte, Jasper County, 16 March 1933 — FARM POPULATION GAINS [ARTICLE]

FARM POPULATION GAINS

The increase in farm population in 1931 Was the largest and most significant in the 10 years in which the United States Department of Agriculture has been estimating changes in population. For seven years of this period annual decreases were reported and only during 1930 and 1931 were appreciable gains indicated. On January 1, 1932, the farm population was 31,260,000 persons as compared with 30,612,000 on January 1, 1931, a gain of 648,000, according to department estimates.