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From this it appears that the average value of the farms in the State, 

 including farm implements and machinery, and live stock, is $3,884.58. 

 The average yearly produce of hay per farm, is a fraction less than 

 nineteen tons. The average number of milch cows per farm, is a frac- 

 tion less than four ; of sheep, a little more than three ; of swine, two. 

 The average annual produce of butter per cow, is a little less than seven 

 pounds ; of cheese, about five pounds. These last estimates cannot fail 

 to impress upon the mind the fact already alluded to, — the imperfect 

 character of the census returns. And yet these items, and such as these, 

 are to be laid before our own people, before the people of other States, 

 and before the world, as the results of official inquiries into the present 

 condition of the Agriculture of Massachusetts ! 



The following table exhibits the number of acres of land devoted to 

 orcharding in each county in the State ; the number of acres of orchard- 

 ing mowed ; number of tons of hay, the yearly produce of orcharding 

 mowed ; the yearly value of orchard products ; and the yearly value, 

 per acre, of orchard (fruit) products: — 



From this table it appears that the average yearly value per acre of 

 the fruit products of orchards is only $4,58 ; and the average yearly 

 value per farm is $26.13. 



