Biannual conversations with adults and children eight and older, individually and in family groups, in a panel of thirty-three New York and Iowa farm families concerning how the occupation of farming is organized and conducted.

Filled out forms, schedules, charts, summaries, photographs, charts, maps, and reports pertaining to a farm survey on land utilization of Erin, New York, conducted by Howard Conklin in 1939 and resurveyed in 1957.