LAND UTILIZATION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 39 



Table 15. Distribution of 209 unskilled laborers employed by summer 

 residents according to period of employment 



Virtually all of the caretakers and handymen and half of the domestic 

 laborers were hired locally. Two-thirds of the domestic help brought 

 from outside the State were the personal maids and regular domestic help 

 employed by the owners in the city. Laborers brought from outside the 

 State in most cases resided on the summer properties during periods of 

 employment, whereas local laborers lived at home. Handymen and do- 

 mestic help generally were hired only during periods of summer home 

 occupancy, while caretakers were employed throughout the year. 



The employment opportunities afforded by summer families were 

 an important source of income to residents of the three towns. One out 

 of every five days of off-the-farm labor by adult males was directly for 

 summer people. The proportion of nonfarm employment provided by 

 summer residents ranged from less than 5 per cent in Sanbornton to more 

 than 40 per cent in Tuftonboro (Table 1). Adult females and school 

 children together accounted for nearly one-tenth as much outside labor 

 as did adult males, the dependence upon summer markets being in about 

 the same proportions. 



Both the number of households receiving nonagricultural income 

 from summer markets and the amount of this income per household were 

 largest in Tuftonboro and smallest in Sanbornton (Table 16). Benefits 



Table 16. Distribution of year-round resident households according to 

 amount of nonagricultural income directly from summer residents 



