﻿566 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  We 
  also 
  note 
  that 
  the 
  average 
  value 
  of 
  farms 
  in 
  Massachu- 
  

   setts 
  is 
  |4843 
  and 
  in 
  Khode 
  Island, 
  f 
  4909, 
  while 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  it 
  

   is 
  $4718. 
  

  

  Again, 
  the 
  total 
  acreage 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  is 
  3,100,- 
  

   800, 
  while 
  the 
  acreage 
  of 
  improved 
  farms 
  in 
  that 
  State 
  is 
  1,064,- 
  

   525. 
  The 
  improved 
  farms 
  are 
  therefore 
  about 
  34 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  

   total 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  In 
  Massachusetts 
  the 
  total 
  acreage 
  is 
  5,145,600, 
  while 
  the 
  acre- 
  

   age 
  of 
  improved 
  farms 
  is 
  1,292,132, 
  or 
  the 
  acreage 
  of 
  improved 
  

   farms 
  is 
  only 
  about 
  25 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  In 
  Khode 
  Island 
  the 
  total 
  acreage 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  673,920, 
  while 
  

   the 
  acreage 
  of 
  improved 
  farms 
  is 
  187,354, 
  or 
  the 
  acreage 
  of 
  im- 
  

   proved 
  farms 
  is 
  about 
  28 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  In 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  total 
  acreage 
  based 
  on 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  

   30,476,800, 
  while 
  the 
  acreage 
  of 
  improved 
  farms 
  is 
  15,599,986, 
  or 
  

   the 
  acreage 
  of 
  improved 
  farms 
  is 
  about 
  51 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  

   area 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  These 
  statistics 
  show 
  that 
  in 
  Connecticut, 
  

   Massachusetts 
  and 
  Khode 
  Island 
  there 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  more 
  waste 
  

   land 
  than 
  there 
  is 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  They 
  also 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  aver- 
  

   age 
  farm 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  and 
  Khode 
  Island 
  is 
  more 
  valuable 
  

   than 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  another 
  interesting 
  fact 
  brought 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  foregoing 
  

   tabulation. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  farm 
  products 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  

   in 
  the 
  census 
  year 
  of 
  1900 
  was 
  $42,298,274, 
  and 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   1245,270,600. 
  Since 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  about 
  six 
  times 
  as 
  

   great 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  Massachusetts, 
  it 
  follows 
  that 
  on 
  25 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  

   the 
  total 
  area 
  of 
  Massachusetts 
  relatively 
  as 
  much 
  agricultural 
  

   value 
  is 
  produced 
  as 
  on 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  If, 
  

   therefore, 
  about 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  Massachusetts 
  was 
  

   improved 
  farms, 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  products, 
  computed 
  

   on 
  actual 
  area, 
  would 
  be 
  twice 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  farm 
  products 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  1900 
  was 
  

   $245,270,600, 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  may 
  assumle 
  7 
  per 
  cent 
  as 
  profit; 
  

   whence 
  the 
  total 
  annual 
  profit 
  becomes 
  $17,160,000. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  a 
  water 
  supply 
  from 
  the 
  Adirondacks, 
  made 
  

   to 
  the 
  Merchants' 
  Association 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city, 
  in 
  1900, 
  it 
  is 
  

   shown 
  that 
  on 
  Hudson 
  river 
  the 
  net 
  annual 
  profit 
  on 
  each 
  net 
  

   horsepower 
  is 
  $16.20. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  possibility 
  of 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  1,500,000 
  

  

  