PART-TIxME FARMING 



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Chart 6. Changes in Population in Investigated Areas, 1895-1925. 1895^:100. 

 PERCEWTA6E: 



2 00 



150 



100 



1685 



1300 



1905 



191 



1915 



19£0 



1925 



with 1920. Charts 6 and 7 show that, both in the areas investigated and in 

 the total of towns of less than 5,000 and less than 10,000, the highest 

 increases in population came in the five-year period from 1920 to 1925. 

 Or. the other hand, all the cities and towns with population of over 10,000 

 showed a more or less uniform growth through the entire period under 

 observation, the greatest increase occurring in the five-year period from 

 1910 to 1915. 



Age of Operators 



The average age of operators was found to be about the same in both 

 areas, 45.7 years in Lowell area and 45.2 in Taunton area. The distribu- 

 tion of ages, however, does not sliow the same similarity. (Table 13.) 

 While 15.5 per cent of the operators in 'I'aunton area were below the age 

 of 35, in Lowell area this group included only 8.7 per cent. Taunton 

 area exceeded Lowell area also in the percentage of operators over 45 

 years old, but the latter showed a greater percentage in the age grouji 

 between 35 and 45 years. The part-time farmers in Lowell area, there- 

 fore, were represented to a greater extent by the middle age group, while 

 in I'aimton area there was a predominance of younger and older men. 



