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Table 10. — Rel.a.tive Position of Towns Below 10,000 Popul.\tion in 

 Three Groups for Eight Different Factors — continued 



1 — Percentage of land suitable for agriculture, 1941 

 2 — Percentage of total area in improved land, 1935 

 3 — Cows per square mile, 1940 

 4 — Poultry per square mile. 1940 

 5 — Percentage of total area in woodland, 1941 

 6 — Population per square mile, 1940 

 7 — Employees — percentage of total population. 1940 

 8 — Value of farm land and buildings per acre, 1935 

 The towns are divided into three equal groups for each factor: 1 indicates the "low" group; 



2, the "medium" group; and 3, the "high" group: Gin column 7 means that there were no industrial 



employees in the town. 



Town 



12 3 4 5 6 7 



Town 



12 3 4 5 6 7 



Franklin County — Cont. 



Gill 3 3 3 2 1 2 



Hawley 11113 1 



Heath 3 3 2 1 3 1 



Leverett 2 2 113 1 



Leyden 3 2 3 1 1 1 



Monroe 2 1 1 1 3 1 



Montague 2 2 2 1 3 3 



New Salem 1 1 1 1 2 1 



Northfield 1 2 3 1 2 1 



Orange 112 2 2 3 



Rowe 11113 1 



Shelburne 2 3 3 2 12 



Shutesbury 3 1113 1 



Sunderland 3 3 3 2 2 2 



Warwick 2 1113 1 



Wendell 2 1 1 1 3 1 



Whately 3 3 3 2 11 



Hampden County 



Agawam 3 3 3 3 1 3 



Blandford 11113 1 



Brimfield 2 3 2 2 2 1 



Chester 11113 1 



East Longmeadow. 3 3 3 3 13 



Granville 11113 1 



Hampden 13 2 2 11 



Holland 3 2 1 1 3 1 



Longmeadow 2 2 1 2 1 3 



Ludlow 1 3 3 2 1 3 



Monson 1 2 2 2 2 2 



Montgomery 112 13 1 



Palmer 12 2 2 3 3 



Russell 1 1 1 1 3 2 



Southwick 3 2 3 2 2 1 



Tolland 11113 1 



Wales 3 1113 1 



Wilbraham 3 3 2 2 2 2 



Hampshire County 



Amherst 3 3 3 3 1 3 



Belchertown 2 3 3 2 2 2 



Chesterfield 2 1113 1 



Cummington 2 2 2 1 3 1 



Goshen 3 2 2 1 3 I 



Granby 2 3 3 3 11 



Hadley 3 3 3 2 12 



Hatfield 2 3 2 2 1 2 



Huntington 12 2 13 1 



Middlefield 112 13 1 



Hampshire County — Cont. 



Pelham 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 



Plainfield 2 2 113 10 1 



Southampton 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2 



South Hadley 2 3 3 2 13 2 2 



Ware 2 3 2 113 3 1 



Westhampton 1 1223 1 1 1 



Williamsburg 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 



Woithington 2 1113 10 1 



Middlesex County 



Acton 3 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 



Ashby 2 2 2 3 2 111 



Ashland 21223333 



Ayer 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 



Bedford 2 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 



Billerica 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 



Boxborough 33232102 



Burlington 2 2 13 2 3 13 



Carlisle 2 12 3 3 10 2 



Chelmsford 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 3 



Concord 3 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 



Dracut 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 2 



Dunstable 3 3 2 3 2 10 2 



Groton 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 2 



Holliston 32232323 



Hopkinton 22122222 



Hudson 322323 3 3 



Lincoln 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 



Littleton 33331233 



Maynard 3 2 2 3 13 3 3 



North Reading 2 12 3 13 13 



Pepperell 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 



Sherborn 2 2 3 3 2 2 13 



Shirley 33222332 



Stow 2 3 3 3 12 2 2 



Sudbury 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 



Tewksbury 2 3 3 3 13 3 



Townsend 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 2 



Tyngsborough 22232212 



Wayland 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 



Westford 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 



Weston 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 



Wilmington 3 1 1 3 2 3 1 3 



Norfolk County 



Avon 1 13 3 3 3 2 3 



Bellingham 2 13 3 3 3 3 2 



Canton 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 



Cohasset 112 2 2 3 3 



