INFLUENCE OF A SINGLE FARM COMMUNITY. 



35 



OCCUPATIONS OF MIGRANTS AND OF STAY-AT-HOMES. 



In order to answer, for this particular community, the question 

 "What occupations do farm migrants enter?" a record was made 

 of all the occupations entered by the Union Academy students. 

 Of the 2,445 students whose final residence is known, it was possible 

 to discover the occupations of 2,079. 



Table X shows the distribution of students from the academy 

 among the chief occupation groups. Those who chose farming, for 

 the most part remained in the home community, and usually upon 

 the home farm or upon a farm in close proximity to it. The table, 

 then, becomes an interpretation of the occupations of migrants, by 

 making allowance for the farming quota as "stay-at-homes." 



For comparative purposes, the 3,604 students of the academy are 

 classified as coming from farm and nonfarm homes in column A of 

 the table. In column B, which gives the occupations of both men 

 and women students, the married women, except in the case of 

 self-supporting widows, are classified under the occupations in which 

 their husbands were engaged. In column D, the married women 

 are classified as home makers. 



Table X. — Occupations chosen by students of Union Academy (1824-1920). 



Occupations. 



A 



Occupations 



of fathers of 



students. 



B 



Occupations 



of male 

 and female 

 students. 



C 



Occupations 



of male 



students. 



D 



Occupations 

 of female 

 students. 



E 



Occupations 

 of married 

 women's 

 husbands. 



F 



Occupations 



of unmarried 



women. 





Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Per 

 cent. 



Farming 



Public service.. 



Professions 



Commerce 



Manufacturing. 



3,043 

 I 561 



84.43 

 15.57 



948 

 f 451 

 1 348 

 1 194 

 I 76 

 62 



45.60 

 21.69 

 16.74 

 9.33 

 3.66 

 2.98 



646 



228 



8 



122 



44 



52.65 

 18.56 

 15.24 

 9.94 

 3.59 







307 



214 



79 



68 



25 



44.30 



30.89 



11.39 



9.81 



3.61 







14 

 82 

 9 

 7 

 735 



1.65 

 9.68 

 1.06 



.83 

 86.78 



14 

 82 

 9 

 7 

 42 



9.09 

 53.24 

 5.84 

 4.56 

 27.27 



















Total 



3,604 



100 



2,079 



100 



1,227 



100 



847 



100 



693 



100 



154 



100 



For a closer view of this occupational phase of the study, the 

 occupations followed by the descendants of one farmer were tabulated. 

 (See Table XI.) Farming is found to rank high among the members 

 of this family, though none of the other groups of occupations are 

 unrepresented. 



Table XI. — Occupations selected by descendants of Edward Barney , farmer . 



Occupations. 



Generations. 



Second. 



Third. 



Fourth. 



Fifth. 



Sixth. 



Seventh. 



Farming 



6 



13 



13 



7 

 10 

 10 

 11 



2 



5 

 4 

 3 

 5 



1 



Public service 









6 



10 



11 



3 





Commerce 











2 













