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

 setts is $4843 and in Rhode Island, $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 Rhode 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 Rhode 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 Rhode 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 

 $245,270,600. 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 

 1245,270,600, of which Ave may assume 7 per cent as profit; 

 whence the total annual profit becomes |1 7. 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 fl6.20. There is a possibility of a total of 1.500,000 



