On This Day | The Empty Prairie Empties School Houses
Author
Josh Wolsky
To those interested in the stability of the agricultural economy of North Dakota and the rural community of Ward county and North Dakota, these statistics bear heavily on the kernel of the problem. Several solutions have been suggested, including a graduated land tax, but none have as yet been put into effective force.
December 10, 1953 | Ward County Independent
Why We Chose It
The statistical correlation in this article was attention-grabbing; the loss of students from the one-room school houses did not translate to gain in the larger schools. These facts may have been completely unrelated and coincidental, but remains true today is the trend to larger farms and a less-occupied prairie.
Josh Wolsky
Developer & Writer @TheMinot Voice, Fan of the Souris River, SavorMinot Advocate. Fortunate to be a 'former' City Council member ;)
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