Transcripts of the 1971 Senate hearings on rural development held in Bowling Green, Ohio are presented in this document. These hearings include statements of private citizens, State and Federal legislators (Ohio, Oregon, and Minnesota), and representatives from: (1) Southern Ohio and Kentucky United Farm Workers Organizing Committee; (2) La Raza Unida de Ohio; (3) Buckeye Power (Columbus, Ohio); (4) Colorado State University; (5) Ohio Cooperative Extension Service; (6) Wood County Department of Welfare (Bowling Green); (7) Ohio Valley Health Service Foundation; (8) Lake State Forestry Cooperative (Duluth, Minnesota); (9) Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; (10) University of Missouri; (11) South Central Power Company; (12) College of Agriculture and Home Economics, Ohio State University; (13) Labor and Industrial Relations, Michigan State University; (14) Bowling Green State University; (15) Ohio Farmers Union; (16) Division of Administration on Aging, Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction; (17) Community, Human, and Industrial Development; (18) Toledo Edison Company; (19) Ohio State Grange; (20) Community Action Commission (Freemont), Ohio State Grange; (20) Community Action Commission (Freemont, Ohio; (2) Ohio Farm Bureau Federation; (22) Ohio Department of Development; and (22) Ohio Bankers Association. (JC)