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STATE POMOLOQICAL SOCIETY. 



TABLE SJiowing the value of Orchard Products per acre of im- 

 proved land in the States and Territories where such value equals 

 ten cents per acre of such land, and the value of same per capita 

 to each inhabitant. 



[The signs -\- and — indicate fractions of less than five mills.] 



STATES AND TERRITORIES. 



Maine, 



New Hampshire, 



Vermont, 



JJas?uchusctts, 



Rhode Island, 



Ci>niieeticut, 



New York, 



New J ersey, 



Pennsylvania 



lielawiiro, 



Maryland 



Virginia, 



AVest Virginia, 



Disti let of Columbia, . 



Kentucky, 



Ohio 



Michigan, 



Indiana, 



Illinois, 



"Wisconsin, 



Iowa, 



Missouri, 



California, 



Oregon, 



Washington, 



Utah, 



Average of above,... 

 Total, United States,. 



Total value of 

 Orchard Pro- 

 ducts. • 



§874, 



743. 



C82, 



939, 



43, 



535, 



8,347, 



1,295, 



4,208, 



],22(i, 



1,319, 



891, 



848, 



C, 



1,231, 



5,843, 



3,447. 



2,858, 



3,571, 



819, 



1,075. 



2,617, 



1,384, 



310, 



71, 



43, 



5G9 

 552 

 241 

 854 

 036 

 954 

 417 

 282 

 094 

 893 

 405 

 231 

 773 

 781 

 385 

 079 

 985 

 086 

 789 

 268 

 169 

 463 

 480 

 041 

 863 

 938 



$47,335,189 



Value per 

 aero of im- 

 proved 

 land. 



BO 30— 

 .36-^ 

 .22-4- 

 .54-4- 

 .15 — 

 .33— 

 .63-f 

 .66— 

 .37— 

 1.76— 

 .45-f 

 .11— 

 .33— 

 .82+ 

 .)5-f 

 .40-1- 

 .68— 



.184- 

 .14— 



.n-f 



,29— 

 .22+ 

 .28— 

 .37+ 

 .37- 



.31+ 



.26— 



Value per 

 capita, to 

 each in- 

 habitant. 



$1.39i 



2 34— 



2 06-4- 



.64-[- 



.20— 



1.00— 



1.90+ 



1.42— 



1.19-t- 



9 81-1- 



1.69— 



.73— 



1 92-^- 

 .05-f- 

 .93-1- 



2 11— 

 2.91+ 

 1 70+ 

 1.41— 



.28— 



.90 

 1.52+ 

 2.65— 



3 41— 

 3 00— 



.51— 



1.55 



1.23— 



Action of the Boakd of Agriculture. 

 The State Board of Agriculture, (always solicitous for the ad- 

 vancement of the interests entrusted to its care,) took the matter 

 into serious consideration. It was found that the existing agencies 

 failed to awaken the required attention ; that the current discus- 

 sions in the farmers' meetings and the newspapers were often 

 vague and desultory, that the experiments and improvements made 

 in fruit culture were generally isolated — not extending much be- 

 yond the grounds on which they were made; and, in short, that 

 there was need of a permanent, active and thorough organization, 

 which should operate by systematic agencies in all parts of the 

 State, and upon all classes of the people ; teaching them that 

 while the successful cultivation of fruit may require more skill, 



