Some Postwar Rural Trends in the Pacific Northwest

Excerpts from the Introduction: The purpose of this report is to state changes that are taking place and adjustments which are being made in the rural Pacific Northwest since the end of the war. Particular attention is given to population migration and occupational shifts, employment conditions, veterans’ adjustments, and farmers’ use of increased incomes and savings. Field data were collected and observations were made in four counties: Ada and Bingham in Idaho and Clark and Franklin in a Washington. Information was obtained during October through December 1945, by interviews with county and local agency and organization officials, with representative farmers and by tabulation of records kept by agencies within the counties. Other brief surveys on rural-life trends in these same counties over a period of 1 to 3 years gives a basis for better observing current changes.

引言节选：本报告旨在阐述二战结束以来太平洋西北农村地区正在发生的变化及进行的调整。报告特别关注人口迁移与职业转换、就业状况、退伍军人适应情况，以及农民对收入与储蓄增长的利用方式。研究人员在四个县开展了实地数据采集与观察：爱达荷州的艾达县（Ada）和宾厄姆县（Bingham），以及华盛顿州的克拉克县（Clark）和富兰克林县（Franklin）。信息采集工作于1945年10月至12月期间进行，方式包括访谈县及地方机构与组织的官员、代表性农户，以及对县内各机构留存记录的制表分析。此外，针对这些县过去1至3年农村生活趋势的简短调查，为更深入观察当前变化提供了基础。