THE DISTRICT OF TRENT, A MODElv CO-OPERATIVE DISTRICT 



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famous silk producing region, still rears silkworms v/ith satisfactory results ; 

 silk worm breeding is a lucrative source of revenue for the rural population of 

 the whole country and especially of the Alpine districts, where the industry, 

 for climatic reasons, cannot be substituted bj^ any other ; the mulberry tree 

 flourishes luxuriantly in the whole country, even up to the mountani region, 

 thanks to the climate being well suited to its cultivation. The ordinary 

 production of cocoons is about 1,800,000 kgs. a year and yields on an 

 average about 6,000,000 crowns a 3'-ear. Livestock improvement is 

 carried on with success in the highest valleys and on the mountains where 

 there is abundant grazing and forage (i). 



The timber trade also is a source of revenue not to be ignored ; the annual 

 production of timber, according to an agricultural forestry statistical return 

 of 1892, should amount to about 665,700 cubic metres of a total value of 

 3,640,000 crowns. 



Public education is well advanced, the district is one of the few count- 

 ries that can boast a very low percentage, almost nil, of illiterates. 



The emigration movement from the district is considerable : about 6 % 

 of the population annually leave the country to seek a livelihood abroad. 



Table I. — Emigratioti from the Disirici of Trent in iqii (i). 



District (3) 



Inhabitants 



on 



December 51st., 



1910 (3) 



Borgo .... 

 Cavalere . . . 



Cles 



Mezolombardo 

 Primiero . . . 

 Riva .... 

 Rovereto. . . 

 Tione .... 

 Trent .... 



44,242 

 23,598 

 47,472 

 21,249 

 10,865 

 29,528 

 56,992 

 36,459 

 69,113 



Emigration 



to European 



Countries 



3,709 

 4,377 

 3,592 



660 

 1,050 



522 

 2,2-55 



4,389 

 2,271 



Transoceanic 

 Emigration 



354 

 382 



2,144 

 491 



59 



696 



182 



1,782 



521 



Total Emigration in 19 11 



Total 



4,063 

 4,759 

 5,736 

 1,151 

 1,109 

 1,218 



2,437 

 6,171 



2,792 



29,336 (4) 



(i) From Statistical Tablespublished for each District by the Rovereto I^abour Bureau. 



(2) The cities of Trent and Rovereto were not taken into account. 



(3) The figures show the number of the inhabitants of those communes in each district 

 for which statistics were collected. 



{4) This figure is, perhaps, too high. From other publications of the Labour Bureau, it 

 appears that the emigration from the district in icccnt years has not exceeded from 20,000 to 

 22,000 persons. 



(i) Dairies alone bring in about 5,000,000 crs. a year. 



