OUTLOOK 3G1 



or larger than are produced on similar areas of land 

 farms. 



In the land policy, it is important to recognize 

 that a region of such diversiiied soils as New York 

 will always have land on the margin between that 

 suitable without question for tilled-crop farms and 

 that adapted only for natural growth such as forest. 

 This in-between land represents the economic shore 

 line. In Xew York there are considerable areas 

 once farmed that are now nearly idle and should re- 

 main so. The profit from their cultivation has fallen 

 away. Some of tliose lands will again be included in 

 farms. Other areas will continue, at least for a 

 long time, to be best suited for other than ordinary 

 farming purposes. 



Land tenure and farm units are subjects of much 

 discussion. The question is not primarily who owns 

 tiie land or in what sized units it is operated, as that 

 the land be well utilized and that the best possible 

 farm people are produced. 



The whole subject of taxation as it applies to rural 

 property needs consideration in special relation to 

 land. 



2. Weather and climate in relation to agriculture 

 need much further investigation. Weather observa- 

 tions and forecasting are aimed more at the facility 

 and safety of shipping than at better agricultural 

 production. In New York State the weather, mean- 

 ing the longer-period average of weather conditions, 

 is exceedingly diverse. As on overhead condition, 



