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acres of wood of thirty years growth or less, unimproved, 

 unimprovable and unclassified lands, valued at $10,937,081, 

 or an average of about $10 per acre. 



By further examination of the census we shall find that 

 there are large areas of land valued at a much cheaper rate. 

 If we consider the cheaper classes in only the four western 

 counties, leaving out the wood of over thirty years' growth, 

 we find in Berkshire County 188,207 acres, valued at 

 $1,289,909, or an average of $6.85 per acre; in Franklin 

 County 145,154 acres, valued at $873,645, or an average 

 of $6.02 per acre; in Hampshire County 110,822 acres, 

 valued at $879,689, or an average of $7.94 per acre; in 

 Hampden County 122,980 acres, valued at $1,183,807, or 

 an average of $9.63 per acre. Taking the four western 

 counties together, there are 567,163 acres, valued at 

 $4,227,050, or an average of $7.47 per acre. These figures, 

 it must be remembered, include all the land of these four 

 classes, the woodland from twenty-five to thirty years' 

 growth, that situated near large towns, railroad stations 

 and other favored localities. 



If we still further examine the census for cheap lands 

 we find in several towns in the four western counties what 

 we seek. Adding to the four classes last considered the 

 pasture lands, we find in Becket 19,277 acres, valued at 

 $80,380, or $4.12 per acre ; in Florida 12,475 acres, valued 

 at $61,875, or $4.96 per acre ; in New Ashford 4,618 acres, 

 valued at $18,845, or $4.08 per acre ; in Otis 21,694 acres, 

 valued at $95,302, or $4.39 per acre ; in Peru 14,342 acres, 

 valued at $58,363, or $4.07 per acre ; in Savoy 18,509 

 acres, valued at $65,837, or $3.53 per acre; in Hawley 

 17,933 acres, valued at $59,950, or $3.34 per acre ; in Rowe 

 10,580 acres, valued at $44,077, or $4.16 per acre; in 

 Monroe 4,781 acres, valued at $21,966, or $4.59 per acre ; 

 in Granville 19,684 acres, valued at $78,800, or $4.00 per 

 acre; in Tolland 13,736 acres, valued at $56,440, or $4.11 

 per acre; in Goshen 8,037 acres, valued at $44,217, or 

 $5.50 per acre ; in Pelham 14,245 acres, valued at $79,321, 

 or $5.57 per acre; in Plainfield 11,313 acres, valued at 

 $47,400, or $4.19 per acre; or in these fourteen towns 



