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is nearly as great in the one State as in the other. But, 

 as they are only kept open about half the time in Penn 

 sylvania, they are in reality more costly in this State, in 

 proportion to the work done, than in the State of New 

 York. This indicates an indifference on the part of 

 the parents to avail themselves of the opportunities 

 offered them of educating their children. 



3d. That the number of days or months tuition given 

 to each child at school in Pennsylvania is little more 

 than half that given in the State of New York and to 

 each hundred of the population little more than one- 

 third. 



The summary of this is, that the children at school are 

 only half as well taught, and the people of the State, as 

 a whole, only one-third as well as in the State of New 

 York. This fact may be regarded as an indication both 

 of the comparative mental condition of the existing inha 

 bitants, and of what that of the next generation is likely 

 to be in those two adjoining States. 



The German fanning population is blamed for the 

 repudiation which a few years ago attracted so much 

 attention. This class of men occupy much good wheat 

 land in the central part of the State, and along the 

 valleys which intervene between the successive ridges of 

 the Blue and Alleghany mountains. Their farms are 

 usually 100 acres, some are 200, and 300 is considered a 

 large farm. In the neighbourhood of Philadelphia good 

 land sells for about 100 dollars ; but at a distance of 10 

 miles, from 40 to 50 dollars an acre much the same as in 

 western New York. Farm-servants receive 10 to 12 

 dollars a-month, or ^30 a-year. 



Agriculture in this State is represented to be in a very 

 low and backward condition. There are a few county 

 societies, but no general State Society like that of New 

 York, supported and promoted by the patronage of the 

 Legislature and the funds of the community. 



