TYPE-OF-FARMING AREAS IN MASS. 



Figure 3. Distribution of Human Population, January 1, 1925. 



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cially is this true of perishable or senii-perishahle products such as vegetables, 

 fruits, eggs, and so forth. Modern refrigeration has not yet sufficed to make 

 every product from a distant land quite as fresh as that which is grown 

 nearby. 



The Character of Massachusetts Agriculture. 



Massachusetts is not a large state. The midwestern state of Kansas, for 

 example, is ten times the size and has approximately twenty times as much 

 farmland. However, the greater unit value of Massachusetts products and 

 the more intensive types of agriculture tend to make the state a far more 

 important source of food supply than the extent of the land area would 

 indicate. 



Figure 4 shows the proportion of land in farms in the different i)arts or 

 the state. More than two-thirds of the land near the great cities, on Cape 



Figure 4. Percentage of All Land in Farms. 



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