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MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 387 



MASSACHUSETTS 



POPULATION PEIR SQUARE Mil 

 2,.6 - 58.3 

 ^ 59,6 - 156.4 



■ 1566 -1.8350 



Towns Below 10,000 Population Classified in Three Equal Groups 



Map 10. On the Basis of Population Density ^ , „ , ». 



Map 11. On the Basis of the Ratio of Those Employed in Industry to Total Population 



Industrial Employment 



It has already been pointed out that in the past there existed in Massachu- 

 setts a very close connection between agricultural land utilization and local 

 industries. Judging by the State Census of Massachusetts, in the middle of the 

 last century practically ever}' community had some industry giving full- or part- 

 time employment to a certain number of local people who ordinaril}' were also 

 engaged in farming. This well-balanced arrangement has been disturbed over a 

 period of time for a good many towns with the disappearance of local industries. 

 At the present time, 89 towns, or one-third of the total number with a population 

 of less than 10,000, have no industries at all. Only a small number of these towns 



