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Table 7. — Percentage in each occupation of those with and unthout 



wealth. 



Farmers , 



Artisans aud mechanics 



Smaller trades and professions 



Laborers 



Petty tradesmen 



Professional men 



Capitalists and merchants 



From Table 8 it is seen that the Middle States furnished 

 more males mth and without w^ealth than Xew England or the 

 miscellaneous states. The number in each occupation without 

 wealth, except the capitalists and merchant who came from 

 the ^riddle States, is greater than those with wealth. On the 

 other hand, those who came from the Xew England states are 

 less in number, but those with wealth in each occupation is 

 greater than those wdthout, and the average wealth in each oc- 

 cupation on the whole is greater than tliat of the Middle States. 



The most noticeable thing in Table 9 is that the average 

 wealth in each occupation of the native bom is much larger than 

 that of the foreign bom. The number of farmers bom in for- 

 eign countries who have w^ealth is greater than those who have 

 no Avealth, while the number of native lx>m farmers w^ho have 

 wealth is less than those wdio have no wealth. 



The object in preparing these tables and pointing out a few 

 of the facts w^hich the figures in the table show, was simply to 

 indicate that there is a possibility of reaching valuable conclu- 

 sions as to the nature of the emigi-ation movement in 1850, by 

 studying the occupation, the nativity and wealth of those who 

 first settled in the county, and taking them as typical of the emi- 

 gration that moved further forward. 



