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5. In Shelbiiine, farms have been sold recently for twenty- 

 four dollars per acre. 



6. A farm of 200 acres recently sold in Charlemont, with 

 excellent buildings upon it and in fine condition, for six thou- 

 sand dollars, or thirty dollars per acre. 



7. In Buckland, the average price of farms is put at twenty- 

 five dollars per acre. The price of land here has very greatly 

 increased within a few years ; and it was stated to me by an 

 intelligent authority that farms which, eight or ten years since, 

 were sold for less than $2500, would now command $5000. 



8. The cost of clearing wild land, as in Rowe for example, 

 so as to fit it for the harrow, is ten dollars, though of course 

 something must depend on the amount and nature of the 

 growth upon it. 



9. The value of tillage and mowing land in Whately is put 

 down at thirty dollars per acre ; of pasture land, at twenty dol- 

 lars ; of wood land in pine, at twenty-five dollars ; in hard 

 wood, fit to be cut, at forty dollars. 



10. In Bernardston, the price of tillage and mowing land is 

 rated at fifty dollars per acre ; of pasturage, at twenty dollars 

 per acre ; of wood land fit to be cut, at ten to twenty dollars ; 

 the land, the year after the wood is cut off, at ten dollars. 



11. In Ashfield, tillage and mowing land is estimated at 

 twenty-five dollars per acre, and pasturage at fifteen dollars. 



12. In Conway, tillage and mowing land is estimated at 

 forty-five dollars, and pasture land at twenty-five dollars per 

 acre. Land in hard wood, fit to be cut. at thirty dollars per 

 acre. 



It is difficult to arrive at any fair average of the value of 

 lands, either in a county or a town, so much depends upon a 

 variety of circumstances of time, place, aspect, and condition ; 

 but many of these estimates are based upon actual sales ; and 

 others, the judgment of respectable farmers, and will serve to 

 give some general idea of the price of real estate in the county. 



It ought to be remembered that the price of an article and 

 the value of it are not always the same. The price depends on 



