In 1940 the forest industries of the State supplied 

 the principal livelihood for about 6 percent of all 

 gainfully employed males 14 years and older, accord- 

 ing to the United States Census of Population (fig. 

 41). By contrast, agriculture gave work to 45 per- 

 cent and manufacturing (other than forest indus- 

 tries) to 18 percent of South Carolina's male em- 

 ployees. The proportion in wood-using industries 

 v^as undoubtedly larger than the chart indicates, since 

 many agricultural workers are employed part time 

 in the many small sawmills which are operated as a 

 side line to farming or are dependent on farm labor. 



Figure 41. — Male employment in major South Carolina 

 industries, 1940. 



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