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Irish evidently lacked the ability to adapt themselves to the 

 economic changes and agricultural improvements ; on the other 

 hand, the native bom of Group 2 took advantage of such 

 changes and improvements. 



Table 5 — Profession, occupation,or trade of the males over 15 years 

 of age in Kenosha county, excluding the city, by total and percent- 

 age. 



Totals. 



1850. 



1860. 



1870. 



Percentage. 



1850. 



1860. 



1,324 

 104 



42 

 4 



806 

 40 

 18 



712 



1,429 

 112 



58 

 8 



907 

 38 

 43 



161 



73.9 

 6.3 



2.01 



.47 



15.8 



1.08 



.23 



43 

 3.08 



13 



.1 



26.4 



1.3 



.6 



23.3 



1870. 



52.7 

 4.07 



2.1 

 .3 

 32.8 

 1.3 

 1.56 

 5.8 



Note.— For the percentage of occupation in each town see Table 5, Appendix. 



The principal occupation of the males of the county, exclud- 

 ing the city of Kenosha, is farming. In 1850 of the total 

 number of males over fifteen years of age, as will be seen from 

 Table 5, 73. 9,'^ were farmers, in 1860, 43^, and in 1870, 

 52.8^. The laborers in 1850 constituted 15.8^ of the males, 

 26.4^ in 1860, and 32.8^ in 1870. The decrease in the num- 

 ber of farmer sfrom 1850 to 1870, and the increase in the num- 

 ber of laborers would seem to indicate the concentration of the 

 farm lands into the hands of a few large and wealthy farmers, 

 the many small farmers finding employment as laborers. 



To conclude we find : 1. That the population of the county 

 has steadily increased, but with a considerable variation. The 

 greatest increase has taken place in the city of Kenosha, the 

 coast towns, and the town of Salem. 2. That the towns which 

 show a marked decline in population and a lower cash value of 

 farms and a total valuation per capita, are the towns settled by 

 foreign bom, chiefly Germans, English, and Irish. The only 



