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well as in the entire northeast, especially dairy and poultry enterprises, involve 

 considerable investment in farm facilities. It is also true that some of the farms 

 are of a semi-residential type where people engaged in other lines of activity can 

 afford to have more expensive buildings for residential or recreational purposes. 

 Nevertheless, in cases where the farmer must justify his investment on the basis 

 of farming operations, considerable caution is required. While it is generally 

 recognized that high cost of land or high cost of farm buildings not fully utilized 

 may lead to eventual failure, not enough attention has been given to the fact 

 that in mauy cases failure results from investment in a type of farm house which 

 is not justified by the particular farming business, especially for a farmer in the 

 early part of his career. 



Table 5. — Distribution of Value of Land and Buildings, by Counties 



1940. 



Average Value Land Buildings 



County of Land 



and Buildings Value Percent Value Percent 



Per Acre 



Barnstable $228.81 $107.63 47.0 $121.18 53.0 



Berkshire 56.29 22.38 



Bristol 132.36 50.70 



Essex 167.77 76.01 



Franklin 51.42 20.78 



Hampden 74.77 30.71 



Hampshire 80.21 33.28 



Middlesex 175.78 76.15 



Norfolk 206.82 80.38 38.9 126.44 61.1 



Plymouth 211.51 104.74 49.5 106.77 50.5 



Worcester 80.87 33.13 41.0 47.74 59.0 



The State..." 109.40 47.08 43.0 62.32 57.0 



Per Average Farm 



Barnstable $5,699 $2,477 43.5 $3,222 56.5 



Berkshire 7,705 2,965 



Bristol 5,105 1,903 



Essex 8,349 3,619 



Franklin 4,806 1,898 



Hampden 5,645 2,266 



Hampshire 6,206 2,467 



Middlesex 9,166 3,774 



Norfolk 9,011 3,025 



Plymouth 7,045 3,376 



Worcester 5,720 2,262 39.5 3,458 60.5 



The State 6,647 2,748 41.3 3,899 58.7 



