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from employment by summer home owners comprised the bulk of such 

 income, although these were supplemented by the sale of handiwork, 

 lodging, board, and other nonagricultural goods and services to summer 

 residents and transient tourists. 



Resident households with nonagricultural income from recreation 

 markets were much more dependent upon this type of market than were 

 those reporting agricultural sales. One in four received all, and more 

 than twice that number received over half of their nonfarm income 

 directly from summer markets. Sanbornton residents were least depend- 

 ent upon such income because of the greater variety of other chances 

 for local work and the characteristics of the summer resident population. 



Because of the opportunities for direct employment and catering to 

 summer residents, indirect nonfarm income was relatively unimportant in 

 Francestown and Tuftonboro. In these towns, indirect income derived 

 from the sale of nonagricultural goods and services to summer recreation- 

 ists was only three per cent of the value of direct income from these 

 sources. In Sanbornton, indirect income was nearly one-quarter of the 

 value of direct income, because of the opportunities for employment in 

 local stores and on local farms selling directly to summer residents. As 

 was true in the case of agricultural income, this did not represent all of 

 the income circulated indirectly by the expenditures of summer residents, 

 but only that portion received for goods and services actually reaching 

 the summer resident through a single intermediate agency. 11 



The varied and often contradictory comments of summer and year- 

 round residents, coupled with the findings on employment, indicated 

 several maladjustments in the local labor market. The most common 

 complaint of summer residents concerned the difficulty of obtaining, or 

 the scarcity of, all types of labor. There were other complaints about 

 the lack of dependability or initiative on the part of unskilled labor, the 

 lack of experience and poise on the part of household help, and the high 

 cost of all local labor. In contrast, many summer residents spoke highly 

 of the ability and dependability of local tradesmen and jacks-of-all- 

 trades. The expressions reflected both personal experiences with local 

 labor and individual personalities and attitudes toward labor in general. 



The principal complaint of year-round residents concerned the ex- 

 tremely seasonal character of employment and the difficulty of obtaining 

 year-round support during so short a summer season. Other complaints 

 were that summer residents hired people for intermittent short periods, 

 that the number of such employers in arty locality was not sufficient to 

 keep residents fully employed, that summer residents were too finicky 

 and demanding as employers, and that they expected immediate service 

 during the busiest season of the year for farmers and other rural people. 

 On the favorable side, some expressed appreciation of the conditions of 

 employment in summer homes, the enjoyable contacts made in that way 

 and the prompt payment for services. 



11 Because of the difficulty of allocating the benefits of public services, no portion of the income 

 received from work for the town or State was included in these estimates of indirect income, 

 although much public revenue was derived from the taxation of summer residents. 



