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Table 26. — Livk stock ix part-time farming enterprises. 



Live Stock Owned by Operators of Various Nationalities 



The distribution of live stock among- operators of different nationalities 

 led to the conclusion that in general American-born operators engaged 

 to a lesser extent in the keeping of live stock. Although the percentage 

 of American-born operators who kept poultry (Table 27) was almo.st 

 as large as that of foreign-born, a smaller proportion of them kept cows 

 and swine. The largest proportion of cows and swine belonged to Polish- 

 Lithuanian operators in Lowell area and Portuguese in Taunton area, 

 while French Canadian operators occupied an intermediate position between 

 these foreign groups and American-born operators. 



This condition was apparently due both to the willingness of foreign- 

 born operators to spend more time in attending to live stock at all times 

 of the year, and to a greater degree of participation of their wives and 

 children in farming operations. However, in the matter of raising crops, 

 where the labor involved is of a more seasonal nature, the American-born 

 operators were more willing to extend their farm operations. From 



Table 27. — Live stock owxed by operators of various natioxalities. 



Lowell Area 



