Table 20 (Continued) 



Frequency per 100 

 Job Age 35-44 Age 45-54 Age 55-64 



23. Poultry house 10 12 16 



24. Watering trough 5 6 16 



25. Hay rack 11 9 14 



26. Batten door 2 11 13 



27. Jockey stick 3 3 13 



28. Step ladder 10 11 13 



29. Milking stool 6 6 13 



30. Nest for laying hens 9 7 13 



Totals 344 410 549 



Note: There were 89 farmers 35 to 44 years of age, 152 farmers 45 to 54 

 years of age, and 71 farmers 55 to 64 years of age. 



Repair Work in Wood. Here as in the previous classification 

 where all farms were used as a basis of study it will be necessary to 

 remember that repair work means only such repair work as was 

 done by farmers on objects not made by farmers. Tables 17, 18. 

 and 19 give the results for the age groups and Table 20 gives a 

 comparison of the three groups. 



The kinds of work done in the age groups is summarized in 

 Table 21. Since the work done by very few farmers per hun- 

 dred is less significant in general for purposes of secondary educa- 

 tion, only that repair work was included in the latter table which 

 was done by 10 or more persons per hundred. Likewise for the 

 construction work the limit was set at work done by 25 or more 

 persons per hundred. 



Table 21 



Showing the relative frequency with which certain repair and construction 

 work in wood is done by farmers grouped according to age. 



Age 35-44 Age 45-54 Age 55-64 



Number of kinds of repair work performed 



by 10 or more persons per hundred 24 31 48 



Number of kinds of construction work per- 

 formed by 25 or more persons per hundred 35 47 58 



Interpretation of Group II. It has been shown that farmers 35 

 to 44 years of age do fewer kinds of repair and construction work 

 than is done by farmers 45 to 54 years of age, and that the latter 

 group do fewer kinds of work than farmers 55 to 64 years of age. 



If farmers had much of their repair and construction work 

 done by mechanics, it might be inferred that the younger farmers 

 depend more largely on mechanics for such work than do the 



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