LAND USES 9 



Considering the State as a whole, about 50 percent of the total land area, 

 according to the adopted classification, is designated as suitable for agriculture. 

 The actual use of land for this purpose does not amount at the present time to 

 more than 15 percent. For the purposes of detailed study in individual com- 

 munities the major tjpes of land have been mapped by towns. The percentages 

 of land suitability by individual towns are presented in Table 3. 



Table 3. — Percentage of Land Suitability by Towns 



Town or 

 Citv 



Suitability for 

 Agriculture 



Good 



Me- 

 dium 



Set- 

 tled Water 

 Poor Areas 



Town or 

 City 



Suitability for 

 Agriculture 



Good 



Me- 

 dium 



Set- 

 tled Water 

 Poor Areas 



Barnstable.. 1.4 



Bourne 0.0 



Brewster 0.0 



Chatham. . . 1.4 



Dennis 6.2 



Eastham ... 1.5 



Falmouth... 0.0 



Harwich. ... 7.9 



Mashpee ... 1 .3 



Orleans 5.1 



Provincetown 1 . 4 



Sandwich ... 2.8 



Truro 0.0 



Wellfleet.... 0.0 



Yarmouth. . 2.0 



Barnstable County 



40.2 



14.8 



31.4 



2.0 



48.1 



44.5 

 49.5 

 2.6 

 18.5 

 10.1 



0.0 



43.3 

 1.4 

 4.4 



53.6 



52.0 

 80.9 

 57.4 

 90.7 

 37.7 



51.3 

 46.1 

 77.2 

 71.6 

 81.9 



90.8 

 49.8 

 93.6 

 92.8 



35.8 



Berkshire County 



Adams 11.8 27.7 57.5 



Alford 33.3 30.9 35.8 



Becket 14.2 15.7 67.1 



Cheshire... . 21.4 32.3 43.4 



Clarksburg .11.5 28.7 56.2 



Dalton 17.6 28.7 50.3 



Egremont . . 43.0 22.4 32.1 



Florida 7.4 32.1 59.7 



Great Bar- 



rington... 19.0 27.5 46.5 



Hancock ... 15.7 13.8 70.3 



Hinsdale ... 21.9 40.8 33.4 



borough. .37.1 22.0 37.6 



Lee 28.8 11.0 53.4 



42.0 

 28.1 



Lenox. . . 

 Monterey 

 Mount 

 Washington 0.0 

 New Ashford 7 . 6 



New Marl- 

 borough. . 27.6 

 North Adams 16.5 



Otis 7.8 



Peru 4.0 



Pittsfield . . . 

 Richmond . 

 Sandisfield . . 



Savoy 



Sheffield 



Stockbridge . 



47.5 

 50.0 

 11.8 

 8.2 

 48.1 

 32.9 



22.6 

 26.8 



17.8 

 18.4 



36.7 

 16.9 

 37.9 

 47.5 



16.2 

 25.8 

 30.3 

 39.6 

 23.8 

 29.2 



31.1 

 41.9 



81.7 

 74.0 



35.1 

 51.7 

 48.5 

 48.3 



14.0 



22.5 

 56.2 

 51.9 

 24.2 

 27.8 



2.3 

 3.0 



.8 



3.2 

 2.3 



.3 

 1.8 

 5.7 



.5 

 1.2 



3.2 

 1.8 



2.9 

 0.0 

 .7 

 1.0 

 3.0 



3.2 



1.7 



.1 



.1 

 1.6 



1.3 

 4.6 



3.8 



.7 



0.0 

 0.0 



.2 



14.4 



.2 



0.0 



18.2 

 1.1 

 .8 

 0.0 

 2.1 

 6.5 



4.1 



1.3 



10.4 



2.7 

 5.7 



2.4 

 2.6 

 6.6 

 8.1 

 1.7 



4.6 

 2.3 

 4.2 

 1.7 

 5.5 



The County 1.8 29.2 62.8 2.1 4.1 



.1 

 0.0 

 2.3 

 1.9 



.6 



.1 



2.3 



2.0 



2.2 



.5 

 2.5 



.5 

 CO 



.4 



.5 



5.6 



.2 



4.1 



.6 



.9 



.3 



1.8 



3.6 



Berkshire County — Cent. 



Tyringham . 8.7 29.5 58.4 2.3 1.1 



Washington. 14.2 23.8 60.5 0.0 1.5 



West Stock- 

 bridge 33.7 16.5 44.3 4.0 1.5 



Williams- 

 town 39.2 22.8 36.2 1.5 .3 



Windsor 14.7 44.8 40.1 0.0 .4 



The County 23.0 27.0 46.0 2.6 1.4 



Bristol County 



Acushnet. . . 42.8 



Attleborough 27.6 



Berkley 19.3 



Dartmouth . 40.9 



Dighton. ... 6.0 



Easton 47.6 



Fairhaven . . 43.5 



Fall River. . 27.2 



Freetown ... 46 . 1 



Mansfield... 35.0 



New Bedford 21.7 

 North Attle- 

 borough . . 43 . 7 



Norton 38.3 



Raynham ... 43 . 7 



8.1 

 6.9 



36.1 

 6.4 



39.9 



2.4 

 0.0 

 0.0 

 7.7 

 12.0 



40.2 

 53.3 

 39.2 

 47.0 

 49.9 



46.5 

 32.7 

 35.0 

 39.4 

 48.4 



4.6 



11.3 



.3 



4.2 

 1.8 



2.1 



21.8 



24.2 



2.3 



3.5 



5.9 43.7 

 8.0 46.5 

 4.9 47.5 



4.6 

 2.1 

 1.8 



Rehoboth.. 

 Seekonk . . . 

 Somerset . . 

 Swansea . . . 

 Taunton. . . 

 Westport. . 



8.0 

 31.6 

 24.4 

 15.8 

 26.9 

 62.2 



27.8 

 5.6 

 28.4 

 19.9 

 27.3 

 2.3 



63.3 

 58.3 

 23.1 

 58.7 

 31.5 

 30.7 



Essex County 



Amesbury . . 38.6 



Andover 27.2 



Beverly 32.8 



Boxford .... 25.8 



Danvers. ... 43.6 



Essex 16.9 



Georgetown. 18.8 



Gloucester. . .5 



Groveland . . 35 . 1 



Hamilton. . . 34.6 



Haverhill ... 58 . 1 



Ipswich 17.6 



Lawrence. . . 14.8 



Lynn 3.0 



Lynnfield ... 19.1 



35.0 

 39.7 

 7.0 

 53.6 

 13.7 



6.4 



47.8 



.8 



28.2 



24.2 



11.2 



26.5 



7.9 



1,2 



39.3 



8.6 

 22.7 

 44.6 

 16.2 



23.2 



72.0 

 28.9 

 89.5 

 28.2 

 35.9 



8.1 

 49.3 



2.2 

 38.2 

 29.6 



9.4 

 7.6 



14.2 

 2.0 



18.1 



3.3 

 3.2 

 8.2 

 3.5 

 3.1 



15.0 



6.2 



68.2 



51.0 



9.5 



4.3 



.9 



5.1 



1.5 



2.4 



1.4 

 2.0 

 13.6 

 4.5 

 1.1 



1.5 42.1 30.5 4.2 



2.1 

 5.1 

 2.1 



.4 

 .3 

 16.3 

 3.0 

 2.7 

 4.0 



The County 34.0 12.0 44.0 6.5 3.5 



8.4 

 2.8 

 1.4 

 2.4 

 1.4 



1.4 

 1.3 

 1.0 

 5.0 



2.2 



7.6 

 .4 

 6.9 

 6.6 

 2.5 



