1. SOCIAL EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN RURAL LIFE

2. The Rural Life Cycle Rural life forms a cycle between successful farms, schools, young people, farm-related business, social institutions such as the church, and decisions to say on the farm. When one part of the cycle is broken, the whole cycle comes apart. Declining relative farm income alone has been enough to break the cycle, as people need off-farm jobs and young people leave the countryside.

6. Loss of Jobs Consolidation of Government Services; Closure of Businesses, Schools, Churches Consolidation of Government Services; Closure of Businesses, Schools, Churches Decrease in Public And Private Investment Decrease in Public And Private Investment Departure of Skilled Workers and Youth Departure of Skilled Workers and Youth Drop in Birth Rate