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Amount of 



Total 8,238.25 $1,642,107 



At that time Monroe County with 3,118.5 acres was the leading 

 county in the state, followed by Ontario with 1,033.75 acres, 

 \V;iyne with cSl *;..") acres, Livingston with 688 acres, Chautauqua 

 with 40G.5 acres, Onondaga with 329.75 acres. 



It is interesting to note that the difference in acreage from 

 1909 is but 5.4 per cent greater than it was in 1899; in other 

 words, New York is pursuing a consistent policy ,~~ On the Pacific 

 Coast the three states of California, Oregon, and Washington made 

 a gain of 103.6 per cent, and every division showed a much 

 <ii:<>at<>r gain than that of the Middle Atlantic states New York, 

 Xew Jersey and Pennsylvania. In New York, while the acreage 

 did not change very much, the number of establishments increased 

 from 485 in 1899, to 608 in 1909. The actual increase in value 

 per acre was from $199.33 in 1899, to $316.93 in 1909. Taking 

 the average of all the establishments, the value per establishment 

 increased from $3,386 to $4,525. We cannot find the differences 

 between the counties for the same decade, because they were not 

 taken in the census of 1910. 



After 1910, to 1914, there was a marked tendency to increase 

 the planting, especially of apple trees, and the reports of the 

 Department of Agriculture at Albany show the following totals: 



