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RAPPAHANNOCK
By W. H.Lyne
County Agent
Last spring I wrote a series of articles in an attempt to give readers a better over-all picture of our county. Now that harvesting and planting of cover crops aref rapidly being completed I feel it is time to study the picture some more.
Before a new prospective is disclosed let’s review,! or summarize, some of the major points brought
out.iiV tfie previousj articles.
VvlF population trends continue as they did from 1930-1950 there will be no one living ini the county in less than 100 years from now.
2. Our educational levels are: male population 2.2 school years below the state average and *our female population 2.0 school-years belipw the state average.
3. j'rom available-data, there are approximately 900 people in the county of employable age who are not gainfully employed. (A survev is the only way; of determining with accuracy what die available labor source is). - If
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