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 548 UNITED STATES: — MAINE

and 691 students. It is endowed by and receives large appropriations from the State. Bowdoin College, founded in 1794 at Brunswick, had (1919) 28 professors and 425 students, Bates College at Lewiston 29 professors and 447 students, and Colby College at "Waterville 25 professors and 360 students.

Public schools are mainly supported by appropriations from the towns or cities and from the State, and by the income from school funds. Total expenditure on education in 1920, 6,606,121 dollars.

On January 1, 1910, the number of paupers in almshouses was 945, being 127'3 per 100,000 of the population, and of prisoners in penal institutions, 730, being 98 '3 per 100,000 of the population.

Finance. — For 1920 (January 1, to December 31) the amount of revenue and expenditure was as follows : —

Dollars

Balance from 1919 2,217,995

Receipts in 1920 16,677,644

Total 18,895,639

Payments, 1920 13,344,936

Balance, January 1, 1921. . . 5,550,703

The bonded debt on January 1, 1921 amounted to 8,902,300 dollars. In 1920 the assessed value of real property amounted to 484,754,706 dollars, and of personal property to 152,648,727 dollars.

Production, Commerce, Railways.— The products of Maine arc

derived chiefly from agriculture, forestry, quarrying, and fisheries. The State has, besides other attractions, excellent hunting and fishing, and is a favourite summer resort. The soil is not generally fertile, an important exception being that of the Aroostook valley, which is well adapted for the glowing of fruit and vegetables. In 1910 the State contained 60,010 farms with a total acreage of 6,296,859 acres, of which 2,360,657 acres waa improved land. The total value of all farm property in 1910 was 199,271,998 dollars. The chief crops are oats (1920), 4,974,000 bushels ; maize, 226,000 bushels ; buckwheat, potatoes, and hay. On January 1, 1921, the farm animals com- prised 104,000 horses, 171,000 milch cows, 129,000 other cattle, 140,000 sheep, and 97,000 swine. The wool clip in 1919 amounted to 936,000 pounds of wool.

The commercial mineral products of Maine are, considering the size and population of the State, few in number ami of minor importance. Only in one mineral, feldspar, has Maine ranked first during the last 3 years.

In the State are large granite works, cotton mills, paper mills, manufac- tures of clothing, &c. In 1910, according to the census of manufactures of lltat year, the State had 8,540 manufa.et.ui itig > siablishmcnts employing all together 4,860 salaried officials and 79,955 wage-earners. Their aggie- n.- capital amounted to 202,260,000 dollars ; the cost of raw mat. iritis in ■ ,\'ai to 97,101,000 dollars, and tho value of a year's output to 176,029,000 dollars. Statistics of some of the leading industries are given in TtiK Statks- man's Year- Book for 1916, p. 585

In 1917 there were 2,269 miles of railway and 528 miles (1919) of electric