Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1852-02-26

RUSSELL KANNEY,
Westminster West, VT. Jan. p, 1852.
VALUABLE STATISTICS. The following
statistical information, alike important to
the farmer, aud all other laborng classes,
is cleaned from the report of the census of
1850, and may be relied upon as subs,an-
TALLY correct. The Agricultural products
of the country, in four articles alone, a
mount in value to 1888 .423 ,323 These
are Wheat, Corn, Tobacco aud Cotton.
RELATIVE PRODUCTS or THE SEVERAL
STATES.
NEw-Y oaK has the greatest number
OF acres Of improved and Virginia is
second, Ohio is third and Pennsylvania
is fourth on the list-New- Y ork having
1925 or acres of land under culti,a-
ton, Virginia lO.150. l06. OHIO, $3.50
$50 and PENNSYLVANIA S.6l9,6Sl.
In the productonof Whe at PennSyk-
0dnia stands first OHIO second, Vr-
GINA third, and New-York fourth
Pennsylvania produced | ,4S2 81 bush
els; Ohio 1867 O5S; Virginia Ia
596 $50 and New York 1903. 357.
Mex, are Illinois, producing 9,433 966
bushels Indiana 6625,414; Michigan
d,9l6 100, and Wisconsin, 4 .292 Dos.
ONO produces the greatest amount OF
Indian Corn, Kentucky The next, Illinois
the third, Indiana, fourth, Tennessee,
fifth -Pennsylvania being The twelfth
aud New York the 18Th on the list
Ohio produced 5).7o8,75O husho Is
Kentucky, 55,O22,1o3 illinois, 81,
l79 2S3; Indiana, 52,eSS, 56l; and
Tennessee, 50, 1877 SOB. Virginia pro
duced 1888, 592 bushels Pennsylva
mia 1907, 102, and New York II 94l,-
500. Rhode Island is lowest on the
list, producing only $40 1873 bushels.
NEW foRK has the greatest amount
of value in farming implements and ma
cblnery; Pennsylvania is next on The
list; Ohio third, and Louisiana fourth.
The estimated value in New York is
1922 .2l7, SOB Pennsylvania, Sl4, 1871, >
1913 Ohio $l2, 7l6 ,563, and Louisiana
SI,326,3l3.
In live stock Navy oRk stands first,
Ohio second, Pennsylvania third, and
Virginia fourth. The estimated value
Of live stock in New-York is $74,672,-
356; Ohio $43, 276, 1877; Pennsylvania
S42. l46,7Il, and Virginia $S3 COZ :
362.
VIRGINIA produces the most Tobacco,
Kentucky next, Maryland is third in a
mount, Tennessee fourth, Missouri fifth,
and North Carolina sixth. The number
of pounds produced by each Of the IA
bove States, is Virginia 63,5l6,302 /;
Kentucky 55,766, 259; Maryland u, :
1913, 29l; Tennessee 20, l54 $50 North
Carolina 2,95S, l47.
ALABAMA produces the greatest amount
OF Cotton, $50 800 bales; Mississippi
next, 492,774; Georgia third, 19i ,O23 /;
South Carolina fourth, 300, 99l
In Wool, Ono stands first, produc-
ing l0,099,607 lbs, York second,
l0.02l 507 lbs; PENNSYLVANIA third, A.
784367 lbs. and Vernon, fourth, 3,
492,0 lbs. In proportion 10 territory
and population, Vermont is the great
wool growing State.
ONO produces the most Wine, A.
$50 gallons; PENNSYLVANIA the next,
23,S37 4; Indiana third, l3,004 North
Carolina fourth, l0,00l, and Mississippi
fifth, 1913.
In Butter, New YoRk stands at the
head of the lists producing S5,Nl3. 1913
lbs. Pennsylvania second 40 521.11I
lbs; Ohio third, "a. S0A57 lbs; lndl
ana fourth, l2.716, % lbs Illinois 6nh,
1905 554 lbs; aud Vermont sixth,
2,l25, u05 lbs
In the production of Cheese, Nrw-
YORK stands first, the quantity beng g..
74,131 tons Penns, l,ania second, b.
so 200 tons; OHIO lhrd. 30 600
TONS Vermont fourth, 1913 5O7 tons.
and Massachusetts filth, 6l5 745 tons.
X KENrUcKY is The great Hemp growing
State, producing 30, 1872 tons Mis-
sour is second in the production of hi,
article, raising 81 ,O15 tons Virginia is
third, A 500 tons Illinois fourth, 1881
tons; Indiana filth, 500 tons aud
Iowa sixth, $50 tons.
In the quan,iy of haxseed raised O
hlo produces oy lar the largest amount
of any of the States, being ls5. SOS
bushels; Kentucky is the next, so. $50
bushels; Virginia is the third, 1894 .
New York fourth, Sc, 1874, and Penns,l-
yania fifth, 1861.
New YORK produces the greatest a
mount of Maple Sugar, 1870, 764 lbs
Vermont the next, 5,l5S Gal lbs Ohio
the 3d,4,52i ,643 lbs; Indiana fourth
2,92 ,o3I lbs; and Michigan fifth, 2.
423,o9I lbs. In proportion TO popuIa.
ton and territory, Vermont may be con
sldefed the greatest Maple Sugar State
LOUISIANA is The great sugar produc-
ing State, 1862, 4S6 hogsheads Of 1000
lbs. OF cane sugar were produced in th
State. The next in amount is Florida
47,41l hogsheads. Texas is third. 7lO1
Georgia fourth, 1878, and Mississippi
fifth, 276.
MANUFACTURES OF THE U. S. ETC.
The capital invested in anufacture,