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This paper reports on the use of aerial photographs to study the social structure of a dairy farm neighborhood in St. Lawrence County, New York. The paper compares information from aerial photographs of farmsteads and farm work to data gathered in a sociological survey. I examine how the visual data compares to other sociological information; how photographs, in this research, amplify, supplement, or contextualize nonvisual data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on various developments related to the field of rural sociology. The annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society will be held in New York City, during December 27-30, 1941, with headquarters at the Roosevelt Hotel. In another development, "The Southeastern Workshop in Community Development," will be held on the University Campus from June 9 to July 15, 1941. This workshop, directed by C.B. Loomis, will attempt to analyze and evaluate the five years experience of the Greenville County Council for Community Development. The main emphasis of the workshop will be on rural community development. The first two weeks will be spent in visitation and study of Greenville County and the work of the County Council. The next week is planned for a critical evaluation of the Council's work undertaken by several special subject committees on community, education, welfare, etc.

This article presents news related to rural sociology as of March 1, 1936. The annual business meeting of the Section on Rural Sociology, American Sociological Society, was held at the Commodore Hotel, New York City on December 29, 1935. The meeting was called to order by the Chairman of the Section, B.L. Hummel, at 9:45 a.m. Minutes of the 1934 meeting were read and approved. Several members of the section suggested the need for improved publication facilities for rural sociologists and for an improved and enlarged annual program to include material of interest to teachers of rural sociology as well as the research and extension personnel.