Importance of Agriculture and Industry 



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TABLE 41. PPvOPORTIOX OF XEW WORKERS IX IXDIAXA, FRO.M 

 1880 TO 1910, WHO WERE FARMERS AXD IXDUSTRIAL WORKERS 





1900 to 1910. 



1890 to 1900. 



1880 to 1890. 





Per Cent. 



Per Cent. 



Per Cent. 



Agricultural workers 



1. 





9. 



Industrial workers 



97. 



34. 



37. 





*Less than .01 per cent. 



Graph 21 



Percentage of X^ew Workers Entering Agricultural or Industrial Pursuits. 



1880-1910 



10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 609^ 10% QO^ 90% 1 00% 



190(^1910 Im ,, i„,,I„„i„„Im.,i,.., I ,...i„J,„, i „.. I , .. i . , ..l„,. i ,,„i , „ I, , J 



Agricultural workers M*;!;) 



1890-1900 

 A'zricultural workers (.1*^) 



Industrial workers 



1880-1890 

 Agricultural workers 



Industrial workers 



§3. Decrease in Farms and Farm Acreage 



Considering farms and farm acreage, it has been noted under 

 the section on "Agriculture" that in 1910 there were 6,412 fewer 

 farms in Indiana than in 1900, and 519,800 fewer acres of farm 

 land, representing a loss of 2.9 per cent in farms and 1.5 per cent 

 in acreage. Comparing this with the number of manufacturing 

 establishments in Indiana from 1899 to 1909. we note a gain of 

 740. or 15 per cent. These facts are contained in Table 42. 



