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UUla~ which J more densely settled area would not impose. Also, the lowe{ quality of many services found in the rural areas represents a social CDS!. Related to the social costs caused by the sparse population of the rural areas are the costs related to the selectivity of Qut-migration. Migration from the basin appears to be highly age selective, with the highest rate being in the young-adult c<ltegory. A number of reasons for the selectivity of the out-migration have been given, aU of which are related basically to the fact that the metropolitan areas seemed to provide more desirable job opportunities than the rural areas. This is particularly true [Dr the educated and highly trained people. One of the significant features of the growing nlimbers of the aged within the basin is that they tend to ~~ P.l ." ,- " ,/ .'" .-,,-.- ..dt ':.::o;~~--~" "or- ,.,,,J l...: .........SEJ.i.iouaI..-....___..__ ....111..' !... -_........~-"- ------ - .'::.-~,::.&.;y>:', Electrification Brought Services and Comforts to Rural Homes and Farms ---, " n ':~J p ':.~. . _ .. "v ~~,L' '..., ;; " . o'M~ -.. The Consolidated School, Serving a Wider Area, Has Largely Replaced its One-Room Predecessor cluster in the smaller towns outside the urban areas. Studies in lowa indicate that there is a consistent inaease in the proportion of those 65 and over as the size of the community decreases, with the highest rate in the towns of 1,000 to 2,500_ Similar trends appear to be true throughout the basin. What of the people who are called upon to support the services needed in these areas? Today, the agricul- turalists of the basjn can be grouped into three very general categories. The first grouping contains those managers. who arc young family men, characterized by their need for mO'5.t of the sodal services and by a comparatively small ability to pay _ Quite often they do not have the ability to pay for social services even though their families are the most likely to heneflt from them. The second general grouping of managers includes those that are of an older age, have established them- selves, and have been moderately successful through the years_ They are not as likely to have young families, and if they do, they can generally afford 10 maintain a \ residence in a nearby town or city aJ1d quite often prefer this over paying for local services at their farm Or ranch. More often than not, this manager is not interested in mairHaining a high level of social services in the rural areas. The third general grouping of the rural managers is composed of people and institutions operating a 27