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of about 3,150,000, if we take the area proportionate to that of 

 New York, with the population proportionate to that of the State* 

 themselves, there would have been in these States in 1900 over 

 40,000,000 persons. Undoubtedly these figures would be modi- 

 fied on as large an area as New York, but we should neverthe- 

 less expect a considerably larger population in New Y r ork than 

 actually exists. 



Relation of values of agricultural products to waterpower 

 values. We may now consider the relation of values of agricul- 

 tural products to waterpower values. The following tabulation 

 from the Twelfth Census may be taken to show that in Massachu- 

 setts and Rhode Island the value of farms has increased in some 

 proportion to the development of waterpower. The reason for this 

 may be found in considering that in a manufacturing community 

 the demand is for the products of gardens rather than for grain, 

 hay, etc. 



