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New Yorx AgricurturaL Experiment Station. 15 
In 1888 the principal farm crops had an acreage of 8,967,318 
~ and a value of $121,333,857, while all the New England and Mid- 
dle States, without New York and Pennsylvania, had an aggregate 
acreage of 8,912,378 acres, and their products were valued at 
$121,298,366; somewhat less in area and in value than New York 
alone. | 
The New England States and the Middle States excepting New 
York and Pennsylvania, have in all nine experiment stations. 
Had New York a number proportional to its acreage of cultivated 
land it would have eleven. Had it stations in proportion to- the 
aggregate value of its leading crops, it would have twelve. 
The following table presents a comparison of certain of the agri- 
cultural statistics of New York with the New England and Middle 
. States, excepting Pennsylvania, an examination of which may sur- 
prise many who have not had their attention directed to the 
matter. 
