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AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



The accompanying diagram -will illustrate the proxwrtion of forest 

 area of farm-lands in the several States, the figures in the white portion 

 of the squares representing the farm area in acres, and those in the 

 shaded portion the proportion of that area in forest, in each State re- 

 spectively. In some of the States the farm-lands comprise nearly the 

 entire area, exclusive of lakes and streams; in others, those more 

 recently settled, and also some of the original thirteen, the unoccupied 

 or wild lands constitute a considerable proportion of tke Avhole area. 

 Thus Maine has 5,835,058 acres in farms, while her area includes 

 22,400,000 acres of land and water. In the table follov/ing, an estimate 

 of the forest area, outside of that belonging to farms, is added to the 

 total acreage of farm woodlands, to make the estimated total area in 

 forest. In estimatiug the proportion in woodland, the amount of water 

 in lakes and streams, of prairie, and of ledges and other wastes incapa- 

 ble of produciug trees, must be taken into consideration. After canvass- 

 ing the facts affecting this proportion in the several States, of the area 

 exclusive of farms, one-half vras assumed to be in forest in Maine, New 

 Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Arkan- 

 sas, Tennessee, and West Virginia; six-tenths were taken for North 

 Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisi- 

 ana; one-third was taken for Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, 

 Kentucky, Michigan, and Missouri; one-fourth for Texas and Oregon; 

 one-sixth for Wisconsin and Minnesota; one-eighth for Iowa: one-tenth 

 for Ehode Island, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois ; one-twelfth 

 for California; one-twentieth for Kansas, Nebraska, and Nevada. The 

 proportion assumed respectivelj' for the Territories is: AVashington, 33 

 per cent.; Montana, IG; Idaho, 15; Utah, 10; Wj'omiug and Indian, 8; 

 New Mexico and Arizona, 6; Dakota, 3. The result of adding this out- 

 side forest to that of the farm-lands is given in the following table, 

 which shows the percentage of forest area of States and Territories 

 (second column) in comparison with the census percentage, which in- 

 cludes only the official enumeration of farms: 



States. 



Maiue 



"Kew Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts . . 

 Rhode l8lau<l . . . 



Connecticut 



iJfew York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania . . . 



Delaware 



^Maryland 



Virginia 



ITforth Carolina. . 

 South Carolina . . 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



. Tennessee 



West Virginia . . 



Kentucky 



Ohio ....■ 



Michigan 



States. 



Indiana -.. 



niinois 



W^isconsia . 

 Minnesota . 



Iowa 



Missouri . . 



Kansas 



Nebraska . 

 California . 



Oregon 



Nevada . . . 



TEKUITOUIES. 



Colorado 



Utah 



New Mexico . 

 WashiUfiston . 



Dakota 



Montana 



Idaho 



Arizona 



Wyoming 



Indian 



Alaska 



■is 



39.6 



19. G 

 29. 3 



20. G 

 1G.2 

 41.3 

 11.2 

 10.2 



4.1 

 31. H 

 G.4 



3.5 

 0.1 

 12.7 



44.8 

 7.4 

 0.8 

 9.6 



0.8 



5 (=> 

 P. » 



34.8 

 16. 9 

 20. 9 

 17.1 

 14.1 

 37.4 

 5.G 

 5 '2 



7! 9 

 2.5. 2 



9.9 

 9.9 

 U 



33.1 

 3 



15.9 



14. i» 

 5.9 

 7.9 

 7.9 



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