THE FRUIT MARKET 3 



something man-eloiis. The following statistics * show 

 something of the trend of agricultural affairs in 

 Massachusetts: 



VALUE OK AGRICULTURAL TROPERTY IN MASSACHUSETTS 

 COMPARISON OV I885 WITH 1S95 



CLASSIFICATION 



Total value 



1885 



Total value 

 1895 



Total property 



$216,230,550 $219,957,214 



Land 110,700,707 110,271,859 



Machines, implements, 



etc 7.397.990 8,128,031 



Buildings 74.418,218 77.920,357 



Domestic animals, etc. . 17,055,153 14,854,417 



Fruit-trees and vines . 6,658,482 7,924,878 



Per eent 

 increase 

 or decrease 

 4- 1.72 

 - 0.39 



+ 9-87 

 + 4-71 

 — 12.90 

 + 19.02 



VALUE OK AGRICULTURAI, PRODUCT: 

 COMPARISON OK 1885 \V1 



MASSACHUSETTS 

 1895 



CLASSIKICATION 



Total products . . . 



Dairy products 



Hay, straw, and fodder 



Cereals 



+ Fruits, berries, and nuts 

 f Vegetables . . . 

 -f Nursery products . 

 ^ Hothouse and hotbed 



products 

 -(■ Greenhouse products 



Total value 



1885 



$47,756,033 

 13,080,526 

 11,631,776 

 1.S55.145 

 2.252,748 

 5.227,194 

 138.439 



73.9S3 

 688,813 



Total value 

 1S95 



$52,880,431 



16,234,049 



12,491,090 



1,104,578 



2,850,585 



6.389.533 



182,906 



Per cent 



increase 



or decrease 



+ 10.73 



24.11 



7.39 

 40.46 



6.33 

 22.24 

 32.12 



97,227 + 31.42 

 [,749,070 + 153.92 



Inasmuch as the development of a fruit growing 



* Census of Massachusetts, 1895, pp. 331-333. Massachusetts Bureau of 

 Statistics and I<abor. Boston, 1899. 



