Excerpt from Industrial Employment and Other Factors in Selecting an Area for Rural Development: Survey of 8 Southeastern States Information was not available for l of the 2 counties in the State. 2 Includes independent cities in Virginia. An increase in the number of manufacturing plants is generally looked upon with favor because it is assumed the increase affords greater Opportuni ties for part or full-time employment, not only for urban population but also for farmers and nonagricultural workers in rural areas who seek additional income. An increase in manufacturing establishments, however, does not always result in a net increase in the number Of persons employed in the county. The number Of individuals employed by the new establishments may not offset the number of employees released by manufacturing plants that go out Of business, consolidate with other firms, or relocate outside the county. For example, 10a counties in the 8 States had net decreases in number Of employees even though the number Of manufacturing plants increased between l9h7 and 195h (table Of the counties for which data were available, 326 had net ih creases in both number of manufacturing establishments and number Of employee For the 10a remaining counties, comparable information was not available. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.