German Agricultural Population. 



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whole of their time to their main business, excepting only in 

 agriculture. 



The statistics of the cases of secondary occupations 

 indicate no very striking changes in the proportions in the 

 different classes of work since 1882. As a subsidiary employ- 

 ment, agriculture appears to offer the greatest attractions, as- 

 practically three-quarters of the total number of such occupa- 

 tions are returned under this head. If the whole number of 

 professions followed is considered, ix.y adding the cases of 

 secondary employment to the primar}^, it appears that 

 1 1,942,137 persons follow agriculture either as their chief or 

 second occupation, while 8,899,641 persons can claim to^ 

 belong to the industrial class, and 2,908,151 to the com- 

 mercialc 



