and tractors were available for the years 1940 and 1945. Obviously there 

 can be no conclusions drawn from such a short series, but they do sup- 

 port the data presented and hence perhaps gain in value. 



Table 17. Level of Living Items (Average Percent of Farms Reporting) 



Facilities 



Increasing Towns 

 1940 1945 



Decreasing Towns 

 1940 1945 



1940 



1945 



In all of these it may be seen that the differences between the increas- 

 ing and decreasing towns decrease during this very short period of time. 

 Noting again the deficiency of the data, nevertheless apparently these 

 support the conclusions of an earlier paragraph; that out-migration is a 

 form of economic adjustment and the level of living for those remaining 

 ought to rise more rapidly than that of towns receiving migrants. 



Table 18. Number and Percent of Farms Reporting Specified Utilities in 

 Increasing and Decreasing Towns, New Hampshire, 1940 and 1945 



Source: Federal Farm Census, Bureau of Census, 1940, 1945. 



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