Publication Date

8-15-1941

Pamphlet Number

47

Document Type

Pamphlet

Description

In the period of early settlement in Douglas county the farmer's contacts were largely limited to his immediate neighborhood. He seldom traveled more than three or four miles--a distance commonly known as a "team haul". In recent years, improved transportation facilities have permitted farm families to go to the village for an increasing proportion of their goods and services. As rural folks have extended their radius of interaction, larger village centered communities have emerged. This study was made possible b:r the cooperation of the State and Federal Work Projects Administration with the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station The project is officially designated as W.P.A. Project No. 465-74-3-143. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following persons: the two farmers in each township who checked the neighborhood map; church survey field workers who discovered where farm families attend church; high school superintendents who supplied lists of their tuition pupils; and business men of Douglas county trade centers who volunteered information regarding the extent of their trade territories. Full responsibility for statements of interpretation, however, rests with the authors rather than with the persons who supplied the data.

Number of Pages

11

Format

application/pdf

Publisher

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station

Disciplines

Rural Sociology

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