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59 'FARMS IN ACRES. •COUNTIES._verh,.,nvatuo, II_[Jrove,L" U[l[nlprovetL |_er*_cre.Third of Mercer,. 31.7./)3 7,196 $54 13l=falf of Middlesex, . 57,969 '21,053 41 21Monmouth, 145,739 82.440 50 40-Ocean, . . .... 26,466 28,387 19 86]3urlington, . 132017 40,670 67 56Camd(_n, , " . . . 53 968 77,416 35 40Atlantic ...... 15,006 34,585 13 80Gloucester, .... 68,810 52,897 37 37Salem,' . . . . 105.056 38,942 45 88Cumberland, .... 48 469, 71,640 22 10Cape May, .... 14 310 37_653 15 87Total, 700,503 492,885 /t.|eaTt 41 70The following table, compiled from the same sources, willfurnish data for comparison with the whole State_ and alsowith the neighboring States.sTATEs• Area in I FARM_ IN ACRES. Aver_nre vaf,m olac_vL I Improved. enlmproved: Ikrms per acre.Massach tlsettsj 4,640,000 2,133.436 1,222,571]Cotmectlcut, 3 040,000 I 1,768,178' 615 701 $3'2305050:New York, 29,440,000 I12408.9680,71n,12C 29 00New Jersey,. 4,384,640 1.1,768,9911 984,95.5 43 67Pennsylvaniaj 30,080,000 ] 8,628,619 6,294,728 27 33Delaware,, 1,350_800 I 580,8(}2 375,282 10 75Marylan(l, 7,040,000 I 2,7'97,905 1,836,445 18 81In these tables the improved lands include only such asproduced crops; the unimproved, such as did not proddeecrops, but were connected with the farms. Unoccupied landis not included under either of these heads.A comparison of the first and second table shows, thatwhile the value of the land in farms is a little less in thesouthern division than the aversgn of the whole State, it isstill greater than that of any oflmr State mentioned, and it isgreater than that of any other State in the Union, I have no$NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY