The; fruit market 3 



something marvelous. The following statistics * show 



something of the trend of agricultural affairs in 

 Massachusetts: 



VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY IN MASSACHUSETTS 

 COMPARISON OF 1885 WITH 1895 



„, .„„,T„^.^.«., Total value Totalvalue 



CLASSIFICATION ,„„, ,„ , increase 



loos I0Q5 1 



^■^ or decrease 



Total property . . . $216,230,550 $2x9,957,214 + 1.72 



Land 110,700,707 110,271,859 — 0.39 



Machines, Implements, 



etc 7.397,990 8,128,031 + 9.87 



Buildings 74,418,218 77,920,357 + 4.71 



Domestic animals, etc. . 17,055.153 14,854,417 —12.90 



Fruit-trees and vines . 6,658,482 7,924,878 + 19.02 



VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN MASSACHUSETTS 

 COMPARISON OF 1885 WITH 1895 



Total value Total value 



CLASSIFICATION „„ „ increase 



' "' or decrease 



Total products .... $47.756>033 $52,880,431 + 10.73 



Dairy products . . . 13,080,526 16,234,049 + 24.11 



Hay, straw, and fodder . 11,631,776 12,491,090 + 7.39 



Cereals 1,855,145 1,104,578 — 40.46 



Fruits, berries, and nuts 2,252,748 2,850,585 + 6.33 



Vegetables 5,227,194 6,389,533 + 22.24 



Nursery products . . . 138,439 182,906 + 32.12 

 Hothouse and hotbed 



products 73.983 97.227 + 31-42 



Greenhouse products . 688,813 1.749. 070 + 153-92 



Inasmuch as the development of a fruit growing 



• Census of Massachusetts, 1895, pp. 331-333- Massachusetts Bureau of 

 Statistics and I,abor. Boston, 1899. 



