472 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



The actual area and value are thus shown in these four classes of 



States : 



Value by classes. 



Classes. 



Number 

 of States 

 and Ter- 

 ritories. 



Acres. 



Value. 



Valwe 

 per acre. 



Woi kers 

 in agri- 

 culture. 





15 

 13 

 13 

 6 



77, 250, 742 

 112, 321,257 

 237, 873, 040 

 108, 036, 790 



$2, 9*5,641. 197 

 3. 430,9!o. 707 

 3,212.108, 970 

 562, 430, 842 



«98 6". 



30 55 

 13 53 

 5 18 



Per cent. 

 18 

 42 

 58 

 77 







The first class has 82 per cent, of all labor in industries producing 

 nothing from the soil, and dependent on 18 per rent, employed in food 

 production, or else upon products of other States. These are the more 

 advanced manufacturing States, and mining States and Territories, as 

 follows: 



Values in class first. 



States and Territories. 



Farm a. 



Acres. 



District of Columbia 



Massachusetts 



Khode Island 



Colorado 



Nevada 



Arizona 



Xpw Jersey 



Wyoming 



Conuecticut 



Montana 



New York 



Pennsylvania 



California 



Idaho 



Maryland 



18, 

 3, 389, 

 514, 

 1, 165. 

 530, 

 135, 

 2, 929, 

 124, 

 2,453. 

 405, 

 i 23,780, 

 ! 19 791, 

 16,593, 

 327, 

 5, 119. 



140 

 079 



813 

 373 

 862 

 573 

 773 

 433 

 541 

 CS3 

 754 

 341 

 742 

 798 

 831 



Value. 



$3 

 146 



25 

 25 

 5, 

 1, 

 190, 



121, 



3, 



1, 056, 

 975, 

 262, 

 2, 

 165 



, 632. 403 

 ,197,415 

 , 882, 079 

 , 109, 223 

 408, 325 

 127. 946 

 895, 833 

 835, 895 

 063, 910 

 , 234, 504 

 , 176, 741 

 689,410 

 , 051, 282 

 832, 890 

 ,503.341 



Workers 



in atzri- 



Value , culture, 

 per acre. 



$200 18 



43 52 

 50 27 

 21 55 

 10 19 



8 32 

 65 16 



6 72 

 49 34 



7 97 



44 41 

 49 30 

 15 79 



8 04 

 32 33 



Total ; 77, 250, 742 2, 985, 641, 197 



38 05 



18 



In the District of Columbia the farm lands are so near to a city of 

 nearly 200,000 people that its farm lands are also suburban property, 

 with prices beyond the mere agricultural value. The lands next in 

 value are those of Xew Jersey, so near to four millions of urban popu- 

 lation just across its borders as to make practically a lower proportion 

 in agriculture than Massachusetts or Ehode Island. 



