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employees 

 none: 



BELOW 100 



100 -499 



500 OR OVER 



Map 3. Towns Below 10,000 Population Classified on the Basis of the Number of Employees 



in the Town Industries 



Table 9. — Group Averages for Towns Below 10,000 Population 



Population per Square Mile, 1940 



Percent of Total Area in Woodland, 1941 



Percent of Total Area in Improved Land, 1935 . 

 Percent of Land Suitable for Agriculture, 1941 . . 

 Value of Farm Land and Buildings, per Acre, 1935 



Size of Farms, Acres, 1935 



Cows per Square Mile, 1940 



Poultry per Square Mile, 1940 



Percent of Farm Land Improved, 1935 



Tax Rate, Towns Below 10,000 Population, 1940 

 Employees — Percent of 1940 Population 



TOWN GROUPINGS ON THE BASIS OF MAJOR 

 FACTORS IN LAND UTILIZATION 



In the preceding discussion general consideration has been given to several 

 important factors which have affected agricultural land utilization in Massachu- 

 setts over a period of years. The influence of some of these factors has been 

 naturally more important than that of others, depending on the period of time 

 and the character of individual sections. The areas so far considered have been 

 in terms of counties which in themselves contain a great variety of conditions. 

 This gives, therefore, only a partial picture since in Massachusetts even individual 

 towns present a wide variation, especially in the physical background found 

 within their limits. 



In order to form an adequate picture of land utilization and to explain it in 

 terms definite enough to propose desirable adjustments in any particular com- 



