TYPES OF FARMERS' ATTITUDES.

The article focuses on a study of types of farmers' attitudes. This study included 345 Minnesota farmers picked at random in groups of about forty from nine separate areas of the state. The farmers were of all kinds and types and represented all nationalities. An analysis of the sample proves that it is representative of the agriculture and the fanning population of the state if allowance be made for a bias of 10 per cent toward the better producers. Each farmer was asked to give his attitudes about cooperative buying and selling; about the principles which should govern the conduct of marketing organizations; and about the determination of market prices. He also gave his attitudes regarding certain private marketing institutions such as the flour mills, meat packing plants, and the South St. Paul livestock market. One of the most important conclusions is that there are different types of rural attitudes. For purposes of analysis attitudes may be classified as overt and ideational.