Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



Bulletin No. 256 November, 1929 



The Cost of Government 

 in Massachusetts 



1910-1926 



By Hubert W. Yount and Ruth E. Sherburne 



The rapid increase in demands for public service, together with the re- 

 sulting increase in taxes, has placed a severe strain on farmers in many 

 Massachusetts towns. This study analyzes the costs of public service in 

 such towns compared with larger towns and cities, and points out the more 

 intportant handicaps under which small towns operate. 



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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



