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Extract: This study was conducted in a five county area of northeast Iowa as a pilot investigation. one of its major purposes was to develop and test the application of a mathematical model to the problems and multi goal objectives of rural community development. the model developed can have applicability to other geographic areas similarly dominated by agriculture and a rural environment. a major portion of this report explains methods used in developing resource data, defining production and consumption activities, and in analysis of information provided by solutions of the model.