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RURAL NEW YORK 



needs; then the wider ring of less active farms that 

 reach out to the remote hills and rough valleys on 

 which latter is found the margin of profitable farming 

 and industry. This most remote region is the fringe 

 that is frequently frayed by the whippings of economic 

 and social pressure. 



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Fig. 5. Diagram showing the proportions of urban and 

 rural population and the distribution of the latter 

 between the village and the country in 1910. 



Eoughly stated, about 71 per cent of the land in 

 the State is in farms. The remainder is mostly in 

 mountains and forests. An appreciable area is oc- 

 cupied by cities, towns, villages, roads and similar 

 cultural features. 



Of the area in farms, 33 per cent is in woods. 

 Over half of this is also used for pasture. Including 

 the woodland, 36 per cent of the farm land is in 

 pasture. Of the cleared land in farms, 57 per cent 

 is in hay and pasture. About 59 per cent of the 

 farm area is tillable. 



An analysis of the rural population which consti- 

 tutes only about 20 per cent of the total population of 

 the State shows the following distribution : 



