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FRANCE - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN GENERAL 



lies to be determined by the wish of husbands not to increase their expenses. 

 They recognize that the laws for public relief (placing of assisted children 

 in families) have alleviated much distress, but they are usually of opinion 

 that these laws cannot influence the birth-rate. They give as another im- 

 portant cause for the fall in the birth-rate the fear of landowners to see 

 their inheritance divided, and they ask for a modification in the Civil Code 

 which would suppress the obligatory division of a man's property among 

 his children and extend the right to bequeath. 



§ 3. Technicai< education. 



There is a space on the families' question-form for indicating what 

 children of a family are already at work and what trade they follow. It 

 was found that 4,080 children were in places — 2,350 boys and 1,730 girls; 

 but information as to their trades was furnished only in the case of 3,208 — 

 1,965 boys and 1,243 girls. In the case of many girls, in particular, only 

 the word " married " was inserted without further indication. 



The following table shows how many children were placed in trades of 

 the various categories : 



Table II. — Number of Children Placed, according to Categories of Trades. 



