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Table 1. — Percentage of Land in Three Major 

 Groups Classified on the Basis of Soil and 

 Topography, by Counties 



; Suitability for Agriculture 



County 



Good Medium Poor 



Barnstable 1.8 29.2 62.8 



Berkshire 23.0 27.0 46.0 



Bristol 34.0 12.0 44.0 



Essex 26.7 22.4 37.1 



Franklin 21.3 33.7 40.8 



Hampden 24.2 24.2 42.2 



Hampshire 27.6 23.1 43.8 



Middlesex. 21.6 33.3 28.7 



Norfolk 29.1 14.0 42.5 



Plymouth 20.8 11.0 57.7 



Worcester 30.0 32.7 28.7 



As a part of the classification essential for the background of land utilization 

 analysis, two other maps were worked out: one indicating topography by means 

 of contours adapted from the United States Topographical Survey, and the other 

 showing in detail the location of roads and waterways in the individual towns. 

 With all this detailed information available in a series of five maps for each com- 

 munity, and with all factors presented on the same scale, it has become possible 

 to study the fundamental land-use relationships in a most comprehensive and 

 definite form. These basic data have been further tested and analyzed in local 

 land-use planning committees and field studies in individual communities. 



Chart I. Land Utilization in Massachusetts 

 Based on Land Use Survey of 1936-38 and U. S. Census, 1940 



