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BULLETIN 1220, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 6. — Education received by farm workers. 
Amount of education. 
None 
Self-taught 
Grammar school: 
4 grades or less. 
5 to 9 grades . . . 
High school 
Business college. . . 
Night school i 
College 
Foreign ' 
Number reporting . 
Usually elementary. 
50 40 
PER CENT 
30 20 
COLLEGE 
BUSINESS 
COLLEGE 
NIGHT 
SCHOOL 
FOREIGN 
SCHOOL 
SELF 
EDUCATED 
ILLITERATE 
ra ALL FARM EMPLOYEES ^ ^ &" '=* ? L ™ ™ ESS3 
Fig. 2.— Amount of education received by 395 farm employees. Percentage receiving each type. 
OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY. 
The farm workers interviewed were questioned concerning their 
entire occupational experience and also as to their occupational 
experience for the period since 1917. (Tables 7 and 8.) The number 
of those who had at any time engaged in each group of occupations 4 
is given for native and foreign born as well as for all workers (Table 
* The replies were classified for tabulation purposes as follows: 
(a) Common labor; nonagricultural unskilled labor (largely nonindustrial). 
(b) Agricultural labor, unskilled; such as farm hand, teamster, cranberry -bog worker, dairyman, etc. 
(c) Agricultural labor, skilled; farm operator (owner or tenant), manager, foreman, etc. 
(d) Industrial labor, unskilled; common labor in industrial plants such as mills, garages, lumber 
camps, tobacco shops. 
(e) Industrial labor, skilled; in trades, largely industrial and mechanical. 
(/) Business, clerical; employee, agent, clerk. 
(g) Business, administrative; foreman, storekeeper, or other responsible position. 
(h) Public service; in Army, Navy or Government service. United States or foreign, 
(j) Marine or seafaring, 
(fc) Domestic; housewife, cook, etc. 
