4G8 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Rocky Mountain States, 7.6 ; in the Territories, 1.4. A large part ol 

 the elevated western areas is assumed to be unlit for general agricult- 

 ure, though special culture, carefully adapted to situation and humidity - 

 witb ameliorations of irrigation and cultivation and judicious selection 

 of plants in crop distribution, will produce results in agriculture which 

 will surprise the farmers of to-day who live to witness the developments 

 of twenty years. 

 The following is the statement on which the diagram is based: 



Proportion of land in farms to total land surface. 



States and Territories. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts . 

 Rhode Island... 

 Connecticut.... 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania . . 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina . 

 South Carolina . 



Georgia 



Florida 



34.2 

 64.6 

 83.5 

 f.5.3 

 74.1 

 79.1 

 78.0 

 61.4 

 68.7 

 86.9 

 81.1 

 77.2 

 71.9 

 69.7 

 69.0 

 9.5 



States and Territories. 



Alabama 



Mississippi ... 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota .... 

 Iowa 



57.2 

 53. 5 

 28. 5 

 21. 6- 

 35. 5 

 77.3 

 64.6 

 84.0 

 94.0 

 37.6 

 88.9 

 88.4 

 44.1 

 26.4 

 69.7 



States and Territories. 



Missouri 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



California 



Oregon 



Nevada 



Colorado 



Arizona 



Dakota 



Idaho 



Montana 



New Mexico . 



Utah 



Washington . 

 Wyoming 



The actual land areas reported, by the census of 1880, of States and 

 farm lands in each, from which the foregoing proportions are obtained, 

 are as follows : 



States and Territories. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts . 

 Rhode Island.. 

 Connecticut.... 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania . . 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina. 

 South Carolina. 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia . 



Land in 



farms. 



Total land 

 surface. 



6. 552, 578 



3, 721, 173 



4, 882, 588 

 3, 359, 079 



514, 813 

 2, 453, 541 

 23, 780, 754 



2, 929, 773 

 19, 791,341 



1, 090, 245 

 5, 119, 831 



19, 835, 785 

 22, 363, 558 

 13, 457, 613 

 26, 043, 282 



3, 297, 324 

 18, 855, 334 

 15, 855,462 



8, 273, 506 

 36, 292,219 

 12, 061, 547 



20, 666, 915 

 10, 193, 779 



19, 132, 

 5, 763, 



5, 846, 

 5, 145, 



694, 

 3, 100, 

 30, 476, 

 4, 771, 



28, 790, 

 1, 254, 



6, 310, 



25, 680, 

 31,091, 

 19, 308, 

 .37, 747, 

 34, 713, 

 32, 985, 



29, 657, 

 29, 068, 



167, 865, 

 3:5, 948, 



26, 720, 

 15, 772, 



800 

 200 

 400 

 600 

 400 

 SOO 



800 

 200 

 400 

 400 

 400 

 000 

 200 

 SOO 

 200 

 600 

 600 

 600 

 800 

 600 

 800 

 000 

 800 



States and Territories. 



Land in 

 farms. 



Kentucky . . . 



Ohio 



Michigan. ... 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin ... 

 Minnesota ... 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Kansas 



Nebraska ... 

 California ... 



Oregon 



Nevada 



Colorado 



Arizona 



Dakota 



Idaho 



Montana 



New Mexico 



Utah , 



Washington. 

 Wyoming ... 



21,495, 240 

 24, 5v9, 226 

 13, 807, 240 

 20, 420. 983 

 31. 673, 645 



15, 35-i, 118 

 13, 403, 019 

 24, 752, 700 

 27, 879, 276 

 21,417,468 



9. 944, 826 



16, 593, 742 

 4,214.712 



530, 8fi2 

 1, 165, 373 

 135. 573 

 3, 800, 656 

 327, 7H8 

 405, 683 

 631, 131 

 655, 524 

 1, 409. 421 

 124, 433 



The land surface of the United States makes an aggregate of 

 1,85(3,108,800 acres, of which 536,081,835 are comprised in farms. This 

 is exclusive of the Indian Territory and Alaska. 



