drift from the land

The drift from the land still went on.

However, as with the drift from the land, there are important sub-regional and local variations within this general pattern.

Nevertheless the social composition of rural areas is now vastly different from that which existed before the drift from the land set in.

In addition, the system is still adding to the difficulties of small farmers and is thus contributing to the drift from the land, particularly in southern Europe.

He was flying Cavorite in his mind.... The long, slow drift from the landing site down to the Neck and beyond.

The phrase 'the drift from the land' as a description of rural depopulation is something of a misnomer, for both natural change and out-migration contribute to this process.

Today the lowland English village as an occupational community has virtually disappeared, except in a few very remote areas, destroyed by the twin assaults of the drift from the land of agricultural labour and creeping urbanization.

The farm minister also went on to say that the fundamental flaw in the package was the attempt to halt the drift from the land by people whose main reason for leaving farming was that they could attain a higher standard of living elsewhere.

Whilst Bowley and others investigated urban poverty, Rowntree became increasingly concerned about rural conditions and the drift from the land which he and others believed both increased urban problems and diminished the nation's capacity for self-support.

However, the identity of the union remains closely tied to its agricultural as opposed to its 'allied' membership, and all the efforts of its organizers have not been able to arrest the gradual decline in membership that has accompanied the drift from the land.

For the last few years, Mr. Cappelli has tried to buck the trend of decline and drift from the land by organizing an annual week of truffle celebrations to advance the fortunes of San Giovanni d'Asso, whose truffles bring cash and some modest renown.

There has therefore been a steady and persistent 'drift from the land' of agricultural labour, which is either pushed out by continuing mechanization and the adoption of other labour-saving techniques or lured into other industries by the prospect of higher wages and better conditions of employment.

This reflects the fact that the very far-reaching social changes that have overtaken the English countryside in recent decades have been rooted first and foremost in changes within the agricultural industry - the decline of the landed estates, the technological revolution in farming, the drift from the land of agricultural workers, and so on.