Table 19. Number and Percent of Farms Reporting Trucks, Tractors, and Autos in 

 Increasing and Decreasing Towns, New Hampshire, 1940 and 1945 



Average 



37 



25 



82 



51 



41 



84 



Decreasing Towns 



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



Employment Conditions 



It was possible to secure the statistic "Days Work Off Farm" for the years 

 1935 and 1940. Just as in the preceding case, the data are not conclusive 

 because of such a short series, but are presented because of their indic- 

 ative character. 



Table 20. Average Days Work OfF Farm 



Year 



Increasing Towns 



Decreasing Towns 



1935 

 1940 



76.3 

 89.5 



60.4 



74.7 



1.55 

 .97 



The trend is similar to that in most of the other data noticed; that is, 

 the difference between the sample of increasing towns and that of decreas- 

 ing towns becomes smaller. 



Most of the decreasing towns are located in the northern half of the 

 state, and while work in the woods is available, in general the opportuni- 

 ties for extra work off the farm are not as prevalent as in the southern 

 half of the state where the increasing towns are located. 



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