Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-12-28
nulh Carolina, six; in virgina, scvcni in Kentucky

South Carolina, six; in Virgina sever" IN he"'uc"!'
twelve.
Tuning 10 domestic animals lind that there are alto
selhcr 100000 horses, but one 10 :r iahaol.n,s
ihrc were SOU 900 horses in 1910 O asses and mules
there are $50 O70 all but 30 GOO Of which are III the
hc nea, cattle show increase in ten years OF ABOUT ~
n cent the number in 1850 being is $3.50 PSI lhe pro-
,ucc Of butter that year 399io las Inc average
~, nnnr,rpp 10 be about 10 lbs. per annl;n 10
each COW with l64 Of cheese. The increase oil sehp
has only IL per cent during lhc ten yca. "'
10 i'm proved breeding and other there has neen
Of 46 per in the weight OF tc eects
The increase in The number of sheep has taken place IN m
States south OF Maryland and of New orH In iodv
New York had 5llS 900 sheep which produced 20 Goo
pounds of wool less than were produced IN looo WIN
On The whole wheat crop of the United States there was
gain during years of l56453Io bushels. In lc
New England States the crop has decreased Inc
nroporionate increase has been in Indiana Illinois, ic
gan and Wisconsin. The increase IN nose States
equal 10 the whole Increase IN he on'ea u.s. G27 bushels
in 1850 The production of indian has Increased 70 the
extent of 2l4 600 600 bushels equal 10 90 per cent In
GARD 10 this crop no rerograded Ohio PRODUCES
most and Kentucky Illinois AMI Tennessee rank nrXt@
Oats advanced from l23 "a bushels in loio to l40
in 1885, buckwheat from 45 bushels Els to ss
In the last year, $50 600 bushels Of barley were USED In inc
manufacture of malt and spriluous liquors
The rice crop 1850 2l5 3l2 7O pounds nearly "ho
" derived from South Carolina, Georgia. forlda Aiou"i
The pducun Of tobacco has decreased about ten per
cent In 1910 it was 9l633l9 lbs; in 1850 it was
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In Gotten there has been n gain of l96970,325 pounds
The returns of 1850 give 9 600 pounds as the quaint
II cultivated Alabama occupies the hrst place as ton
growing State having almost doubled lis production IN me
Ten wears Mississippi appears almost stationary who
there has heavy falling off in Louana-the inunia
tons the Mississippi and lis tributaries being assigned as
the prime In both In Virginia and Not od
DINA the culture has largely diminished 10000.
The product of potatoes has fallen from lU5 -3c uoU push
els in S4O 10 0 055 $50 bushels 10 1885, the prevalent os
ease or rot" being unqucsonaby the cause ne guam
ty of sweet potatoes raised in 1850 IS 2o9 9o bushels
or wine the tota product in 1850 ~ ,24O gallons
California and New Mexico gave COILS gallons I'D: IN,
crease other portions of the Union has been but 50 uVO
gallons; fact which conflicts with The ordinarily reccl"ch
opinion in regard the production of this article IN ONO
and other States.
The quantity of ale AMI spruous liquors produced in the
United States In The year amounted TO soUUUUUU gal
Ions being at the # nearly four gallons per head
The increase in the culture Of hops has been nearly zOV
per cent Almost the whole OF the increase has been III Tie
State of New York
The returns of 1910 exhibited 95 25l of flax and
hemp as the quantity raised in the United States: those OF
1850 give IS 093 Of hemp and 96l pounds OF flax Mr.
Kennedy suggests in the former the marshals may
have written tons where pounds were intended
In the culture of elk there has been large decrease hav
ing been only IA 1903 pounds in $780, against 81 1853 pounds
IN $780, Connecticut is the only State which has contlnu
ed The culture without suspension
The sugar understanding TO the census oi ooO-
was PAT ISL 900 bs besides H. 0606 gallons OF nasses;
ape sugar 1856 lbs being aggregate increase in
| Ten wears of 26 1870 OFT lbs Republic.