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occupied as lots (1,350 acres) 84.52 per cent (1,141 acres) is owned, and 15.48 per cent (209 acres). is leased or rented. Almost the whole extent of the land in lots is in an improved state, with 88 per cent (1,155 acres) of it in crops and pasture, and 11 per cent (149 acres) in orchards and gardens. The land in farms comprises 60.76 per cent (724,978 acres) in an improved state, and 39.24 per cent (468,180 acres) in an unimproved state. Of the improved land about 62 per cent (447,094 acres) is in field crops, 0.5 per cent (3,564 acre‘s) in orchard and garden, and 284,229 acres in pasture. Forest plantations cover only twenty-eight acres, and ornamental trees have been planted on farms to the number of 71,394, or an average of less than six for each farm. The number of acres in orchard is 3,199, of which

ninety-seven acres is on lots.

Agricultural ValueS.—According to the census of 1901 , the total value of farm property is $30,434,089.00, of which land represents $15,148,064.00 (49.78 per cent) ; buildings, $7,840,444.00 (25.76 per cent); implements and machinery, $2,618,597.00 (8.60 per cent); and live stock, including pure- bred animals, $4,826,984.00 (15.86 per cent). Reduced to a farm of the average size (90.74 acres) the value of the property is $2,314.00, whereof $1,748.00 is for land and buildings, $199.00 for implements and machinery, and $367.00 for live stock.

On lots of less than five acres, the value of agricultural products, was $54,366.00 or $62.85 per lot, which is 28.22 per cent of the $192,624.00 valuation of lands, buildings, imple- ments and machinery, and live stock. The rent value of leased lots, comprising 15.50 per cent of the land occupied, is $5.09 per acre.

Farm Products—The total gross value of farm products for 1901 was $4,764,674.00 for crops (64.27 per cent); and $2,648,623.00 for animal products (35.73 per cent); making

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