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states and in the West Indies. To determine how far this market 

 was supplied by farmers in inland towns, an examination of the con- 

 ditions of internal trade and of the transportation system in southern 

 New England will be necessary. 



Thus far we have been employed in describing the economic con- 

 ditions, in reconstructing the environment in which the inland far- 

 mers found themselves. The second part of the essay, Chapters 

 V and VI, will be devoted to describing the state of the agricultural 

 industry as carried on by inland farmers, and the general features 

 of life in the home and in the community. Finally, these facts 

 will be brought into relation with those of the economic situation 

 that we have described in the first four chapters. 



