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standards for the measurement of his products, in 

 regulating the conditions of their production and 

 sale, in the administration of protective measures 

 against the enemies of plant and animal life, in the 

 provision of roads and other transportable facilities, 

 in the regulation and conservation of the natural re- 

 sources of the country and in the dissemination of 

 standard and current information about all these ques- 

 tions. Thus, a great body of governmental organi- 

 zations and institutions dealing with agricultural 

 matters has grown up. All must have funds and 

 must be supported out of the means of the people 

 of the State. Taxes are the support thus required 

 and the methods of raising revenues is of prime con- 

 cern to all. 



The total assessed value of the real property in 

 New York heads the list of states and amounted in 

 1912 to about $12,000,000,000. Approximately 

 $2,000,000,000 is assigned to rural property and in- 

 cludes with the open country all cities and villages 

 having a population of less than 2500. In 1912, 

 the total wealth of the State in all forms of prop- 

 erty was estimated at about $25,000,000,000, which 

 was a little more than one-eighth of the total value 

 of all property in the United States. The revenues 

 of the State are derived less from a general property 

 tax than from other and less direct sources of income. 

 In fact, in 1912 only about one-sixth of the total rev- 

 enues were derived from a direct tax. The largest 

 single item in the State's revenues is the inheritance 

 tax. Other important sources of revenue have been 



