Rural Areas Draw More Return Migrants Than Urban Centers Americans have been pictured recently as restless wanderers without strong X' ■ ■ CALEB M. WENGER'S ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE In Our Shop Located 2 Miles South of The Buck, 9:30 10:00 Coffee and doughnuts Introductions Moderator, Everett Newswanger, Studio By The Bridge Remarks M. M. Smith, Lancaster County Agent Comfortable Animal Housing Caleb M. Wenger, Pres. Caleb M. Wenger, Inc. Animal Health Dr. Samuel Guss, Veterinarian, Penn State University 10:10 10:25 10:45 Questions LUNCH (free by reservation) More Profit From Forage— Ken Peterson Vice Pres. Vandale, Inc. , 11:40 12:00 1:00 1:25 Quality Silage AAahlon Martin, Madison Silo Rep. ties to particular geographic areas. How accurate is this portrait? What about the migrants who return to the areas where they were born? These and other questions are examined in a Joint study on return migration, by the Office of Economic Op portunity, the University of Georgia, and the Economic Research Service. The study notes that some 30 million people 5 years old and over lived in a State in 1970 other than where they were born. On the other hand, the 1970 Census in dicated that 3 million people who had lived elsewhere moved back to their State of birth between 1965 and 1970. And although return migrants represent a small share of the total U.S. population - under 2 percent of all persons 5 years old and over in 1970 - the proportion • De Laval MILKERS sales & service • Topline Transfer System • Kill Line Cleaning Detergents • Installation Pipelines & Parlors CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE J. B. ZIMMERMAN & SONS Rt. 23 - West of Blue Ball Phone [7l7] 354-4955 Wednesday, December 18, 9:30 AM. to 3:00 P.M. is considerably higher in rural areas and among certain segments of the population. Return migration is greater in rural areas than urban places, the study shows. Also, the rate of migration varies by race. In 1967, for example, there were 5 million rural-born people who had moved to urban areas and then returned. Almost a fourth of the white rural-urban migrants had'moved back to rural areas, compared with only an eighth of the blacks. Return migration to urban areas was less common. In 1967,3 million urban-to-rural migrants had returned to urban environments. Fewer blacks moved than whites but they had a higher proportion of returnees. Over a third of the small OL-AIR FEEDLOT DAY Schedule Extension group of urban blacks who moved to rural areas had returned, compared with a quarter of the whites. In general, the study says that race, more than other factors such as age and sex, is associated with the rate of return migration. Among persons 5 years old and over, whites were roughly IVi times as likely as blacks to have returned to their State of birth from elsewhere during the 5 years preceding the 1960 and 1970 Censuses. The difference in return rates was due partly to the high proportion of blacks originating in the South, for whom migration across State lines often meant leaving the South. The origins for whites were much more diverse and the barriers to return were less. The narrowing of the gap between return rates for the races in 1970 may reflect improved conditions for blacks in the South, as evidenced by an increasing tendency to return to that region. The proportion of return migrants in 1960 and 1970 was about the same for males and females. However, there were major differences at certain ages, especially between 15 and 30 years. In the 15-24 year age range, females were more likely to be return migrants 15 Miles South of Loncaster, Pa. On Route 272 of Events 1:45 The Economics of Expansion Planning Richard Bowman, Staff Accountant, Caleb M. Wenger, Inc.; Robert Bucher, Ag. Relations Officer and Lester Groff, Willow Street Branch Mgr., Commonwealth National Bank. 2:25 Farm Equipment on the Move Regional Mgr., Vandale, Inc. 2:40 The Working Sun Sensor Tom Snyder, Building Planner, Caleb M. Wenger, Inc. 2:50 Awarding of The Door Prizes Moderator 3:00 Adjourn RESERVATIONS FOR FREE LUNCH MUST BE IN BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 —MAIL COUPON MAIL LUNCH AND DOOR PRIZE RESERVATION BY MONDAY DECEMBER 16 NAME ADDRESS NUMBER FOR LUNCH Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Dec. 7,1974 than males, while at ages 25- 29 the opposite was true. Much of the migration of young males was attributed to military service requirements. The study also found geographic differences in return migration patterns. In Census divisions where people leaving outnumbered the newcomers, return migrants comprised a large Holstein Breeders Support Young Farmer’s Act Holstein breeders from the value, for tax purposes, across the state assembled of lands devoted to an for their Annual Meeting last agricultural use.” week threw their support They are therefore urging behind two actions under “the support of amendments discussion in Congress. to the federal law which Citing a decreasing far m would raise the exemption to population and the fact that $200,000, which would in farm youth are seeking off- crease the marital deduction farm employment “because and which would provide a financing a farm has for lower tax base for lands most become an which are engaged in unreachable dream,” it was agricultural production. resolved to “support “The Young Farmer Investment Act” by Senator Clark of lowa, which would make loans available to young farmers at reasonable rates of interest for the purpose of entering into or expanding their farm operation.” On another topic, the dairy farmers stated that “the provisions of the federal inheritance tax law contains outdated exemption levels of $60,000, and limited deductions for a surviving spouse. In addition this law has failed to keep pace with recent state laws relating to MAIL TO: Caleb M. Wenger, Inc. R-D.l, Quarryville, PA 17566 share of the in-migrants. Reasons: a losing area has a larger pool of persons who have left and can be drawn back again; also, losing areas probably have limited opportunities and little to attract outsiders who have no ties to the area. In con trast, gaining areas had low proportions of returnees and attracted large numbers of new migrants. Finally, the Association also reaffirmed its support of the Extension Service as a “vital link between the farm community and the con suming public” and of tremendous value in promoting more efficient and productive agriculture and a better understanding by the public of rural life and the value of food. The Holstein Association encourages all levels of government to “provide adequate budgets and of ficial encouragement to the extension service programs.” Ed Ferguson, 33
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