ABSTRACT
WE HAVE seen above that two-thirds of the households in Yits’un cannot make their living solely from the land. We have also described other sources of income, such as domestic animals, the ferry, and trading in the markets, and reached the conclusion that, though these occupations help in the life of the people, the amount of help derived is small. Now we can proceed to the main subject of this part of our study: rural industry. We have spent nearly one-half of our discussion on agriculture and other occupations, because these are the basis from which the rural industries arise. We are trying to show the conditions under which the rural industry acquires its character in the rural economy. A fundamental character of the rural economy is the dense population, which cannot be supported by agriculture alone. It is obvious that, unless there are sources of income other than those mentioned above, there is insufficient support for a village of this size.
