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shift to chain store buying, and the services and catering demanded by 

 these residents were mentioned as other difficulties. Aiany small farm 

 operators in the vicinity of intensive summer developments had organ- 

 ized crop and livestock enterprises for peak production during the sum- 

 mer, and reported advantages from premium prices and volume sales. 

 Other producers reported advantages from the sale of surplus products 

 to summer residents who came to the farm, as long as no processing or 

 other services were required. A majority of the large producers, how- 

 ever, said that volume sales to summer residents were impossible because 

 of peak labor demands on the farm during summer months, and the 

 necessity for maintaining regular year-round market outlets. 



Labor 



Although most summer people hired relatively little labor, this em- 

 ployment was an important part of the income of year-round residents in 

 the three towns. Labor was hired during the previous year by 30 per 

 cent of the Sanbornton waterfront residents, 50 per cent of the San- 

 bornton open country residents, and 70 per cent of all other summer 

 residents. Skilled labor was hired for the construction, remodeling, 

 and repair of buildings. Unskilled labor was used in caring for the 

 grounds, doing odd jobs, and working in the houses. The com- 

 paratively lower income waterfront residents in Sanbornton did more of 

 their own work, as did the skilled laborers among the Sanbornton open 

 country residents. The colony of college professors did much of their 

 own labor even when they could afford to hire help. 



Open country residents employed skilled labor more frequently and 

 for longer periods than did waterfront residents (Table 14). This dif- 

 ference was due partly to the greater number of recent purchases and 

 later improvement of open country homes in the area, and partly to the 

 greater maintenance requirements of more numerous, larger, and more 

 elaborate buildings. Virtually all skilled labor was hired locally; only 

 one owner in twenty brought such labor from outside the area. The 

 largest expenditures were by residents who had purchased summer homes 

 within the previous two years, thus representing initial investments in 

 the construction or remodeling of buildings. 



Table 14. Distribution of 250 summer residents according to 

 dollar expenditures for skilled labor 



