330 



German Agricultural Population. 



A further analysis is made of the persons engaged irh 

 various trades, who are divided into the following three- 

 categories : — 



(a) Persons working on their own account (including- 



superior managers) ; 



(b) Foremen and office staffs ; 



(cj Other assistants, day-labourers, and workpeople. 

 In agriculture the second class is naturally very small, and. 

 the figures work out as follows : — 





Men. 



Women. 



Total. 



Persons working on their own ac- 

 count ------ 



Foremen, etc. ----- 



Labourers, etc. - - - - 



2,221,826 

 78,066 

 3,239,646 



354,899 

 18,107 

 2,380,148 



2,576,725 

 96,173 

 5,619,794 



Total 



5,539,538 



2,753,154 



8,292,692 



In this connection it is interesting to note that the persons 

 working on their ovv^n account have 6,550,403 persons (or 

 2*54 per head) dependent upon them, while the workpeople 

 have but 3,141,215 dependents, or 0-56 per head. 



A further subdivision of the class ranked as agricultural 

 may be made as follows : — 







Number. 





Occupation. 

















Male. 



Female. 



Total. 



Farming, breeding of animals useful 

 to agriculture, dairying, cultivation 

 of vines, vegetables, fruit, tobacco, 

 etc. ------ 



Nursery and market gardens, includ- 

 ing wreath-making and arboricul- 

 tural schools - - - . 

 Breeding of animals (bees, silkworms, 

 fish, singing birds, dogs, etc.)., also 

 zoological gardens and aquaria 

 Forestry and hunting- 

 Fishing (sea) 



,, (inland waters) - 



5,315,225 



92,916 



2,064 

 105,797 

 9,442 

 14,094 



2,730,216 



15,546 



78 

 6,129 

 702 

 483 



8,045,441 



108,462 



2,142 

 111,926 

 10,144 

 14,577 



Total 



5,539,538 



2,753,154 



8,292,692 



