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and have greatly facilitated the progress of the colony to an independent basis.

Marketing facilities are excellent, and no deductions are necessary for freight or commissions. There seems to be no reason for doubting the continued prosperity of the present immigrants, though the density of the population and the increasing value of real estate render it improbable that the future growth of the colony will be either rapid or extensive.

STATISTICAL DATA FOR SELECTED FAMILIES.

The following table presents the most significant facts in the history and economic conditions of 12 families selected from the Italian agricultural colony at Olneyville.

Only two families report a household of less than 5 persons, and one family shows 10 and one 12 members. Of the 12 heads of families 9 came directly to the locality from Italy, while 2 worked in New York and 1 in New Jersey before coming to Olneyville. After coming to this locality various occupations were followed prior to the first purchase of real estate, the greater percentage of the heads of families having been employed in the woolen industry or as farm laborers, the periods of employment varying from three to eighteen years and the wages from $6 to $9 a week.

The first purchases of land consisted, with one exception, of small tracts of less than 12 acres; the terms were usually from 25 per cent to 50 per cent cash and the balance secured by mortgage. There were improvements on most of the purchases, and 7 of the families made a living from the land during the first year.

It is noticeable that 50 per cent of the families increased their holdings in land and that the table shows a marked increase for each family in the value of the land and improvements now owned over the first purchase. Three families show no indebtedness, and the indebtedness shown by 3 other families is comparatively small.

The value of the total products of the farm is over $1,000 per farm for 6 families, and only 2 families show total products less than $500 in value. The table shows that market garden crops were raised almost exclusively and that the sales in most instances equaled the total value of all products raised. Nine families have a supplementary income in addition to the products of the farm.

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TABLE 47.-Economic history and present financial condition

ANNUAL FARM INCOME FROM PRODUCTS

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