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percent workers in seasonal industries, and 13 percent were miscellane- 

 ous unskilled laborers (34)- It was stated recently (36 N > that 70 percent 

 of the work in the Bavarian forests is performed by small farmers. 



LAND OWNERSHIP BY FOREST WORKERS 



Land ownership by workers in the Bavarian State forests in 1931 is 

 shown in table 12. These figures are for male workers over 18 years of 

 age who were on the rolls December 31, 1931. Workers who were 

 dependents (family members or hired men) of farm owners and who 

 lived with them were classed with the owners. Forest regions that 

 have fairly similar geographic and economic conditions are grouped 

 together in the table. 



Table 12. — Percent distribution of State forest workers in Bavaria in the various 

 forest regions, by land ownership and residence status, Dec. 31, 1931 l 



Land ownership and residence status 



He-ion 

 I 



Reeion 

 B 



Reeion 

 C 



Resion 

 D 



Region 



E 



Region 



F 



Total 

 workers 



Occasional workers: 



Percent 



8.5 



.2 



Percent 



13.0 



Percent 



8.1 



. 5 



Percent 

 28.3 







Percent 

 39.5 







Percent 



22.7 



2.3 



Percent 





.3 









S.7 



13.7 



8.6 



28.3 



39.5 



25.0 



18.8 







Permanent and semipermanent: 



Own neither house nor land 



Own house but no farm land 



11.3 



2.9 



11.5 



6.7 



22.8 

 8.3 



12.2 

 7. 5 



16.6 



6.0 



31.7 

 11.9 



15.6 

 6.9 





14.2 



IS. 2 



31.1 



19.7 



22.6 



43.6 



22.5 







Farm owners: 



Own less than 2.5 acres of farmland- 



22.5 

 35.9 

 14.2 



3.6 



* .9 



10.0 



27.8 



24.1 



5.1 



1. 1 



35.1 

 21.5 



3.3 

 .3 



.1 



30.8 



20.6 



.6 





 



7.1 

 16.5 

 11.7 



2.0 

 .6 



4.8 

 10.5 



5.3 

 3.1 



13.2 

 24.0 





16.6 



Own 16.8 to 25.2 acre- 



3.8 



Own more than 25.2 acres 



1. 1 









77. 1 



68.1 



60.3 



52.0 



37.9 



31.4 









i Based on official reports (-5). 



Note.— Vertical columns add to 100 percent. 



Table 12 shows a number of interesting relations. In the first place, 

 it indicates that the average figures for the State as a whole fail to give 

 an adequate picture of -the conditions within individual forest districts. 



The region designated "A. which includes the Spessart and Rhon 

 districts of northwestern Bavaria, is characteristically a region of poor 

 soil and numerous very small farms inadequate to support their owners. 

 This condition is reflected in the high percentage of workers living on 

 farms (mostly on very small farms), and by the high percentage of 

 regular workers. 



The general economic situation is somewhat similar in region E, 

 but the status of the forest workers is quite different. This region 

 includes the hill and mountain districts along the eastern and north- 

 eastern borders of the State, from the Bavarian Forest (Bayerische 

 Wald I to the Franconian Forest (Frankenwakl ) . Like region A, it is a 

 region of submarginal agriculture, generally large families, and con- 

 siderable economic distress. The percent of regular workers, however, 

 and the percent of workers owning farms, are among the lowest in 

 Bavaria. Apparently many of the workers are drawn from local 

 industrial occupations: none come from a distance. 



