The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-06

works and furnaces. Ave oilms, ten card fActores,
and fty.seven mills for miscellaneous purposes
The principal tan houses are at Charlest0wn and
eight. The be- ropewalks ars at Chsressown. Cam
bridge, Lowell, Ashby, Maiden, Waltham, Melrose
and Somersville Csmbri ige returned ten OF the
nineteen mentioned in the official reports.
The agricultural position Of Middlesex Is good,
and her productions are on the ssme liberal scale
that marks most Of her statistics According TO the
last official returns she has, OF tage And, ~ 3aS
acres; of mo- ing land Of all kinds, ll5 l24 OF pas
tursxe 1873 1884, OF woodland 10 l96; OF unimproved
land log 524; OF unimprovabe land, 6,l73-a very
sn all amount for SO large country; and OF lAnd
covered with water, IL, 1885, rom which immense
quantities OF ice are every year taken so that ponds
fere are often more valuable than dry land. The
chief productions IN 1850 were Indian coro,
292 ,O60 bushels; hay, Sc ,939 tons; barley 8 900
Bushels hops GA 1913 pounds oat, l0l 800 busaels
rye. 42,l2s; wheat, l,l2l; potatoes, (ab)nt)
1900 600 bushels; fruit, (about) 100000 bushels
The number ID horses owned was 0959; Of oxen,
6,559; Of cows, "a PAL; steers and hsisers. $780,
sheep. sos; swine LAO. The large nunber aso
shows what is among tue leading Agricultural III
teleets Of the couaty. The amount OF butter made
yearly il about million and quarter OF pounds
and cheese is also largely made olt the demand f,r
mix Is so great, not 0DlI IN Tue Manufacturing
towns, bot sso for the Boston market tiat the farn
ers find il more To their interest 10 dispose OF tner
milk st once thar TO trouble themselves ABOUT g
coIyersicn into some other form oi mer ,hin1tse
Millions of gallons OF milk ere annually sold III Dos
is taken into the city over the raliways. Middlesex
il the hop growing region-tbe Kent, as 1t were-of
Massa lhusetts. The towD.of So,sey gives the most
oops, ana is followed by Groton, Townsend, VIII
mr. ton LitleJop, Pepperell, Westiord, StoS Read
ing Burlington, Acton, Iewksbury, and Ashby;
Ifaning.on Marlborough GrotoD, Sudbury, Con-
cord tepperell and Weston take the Lead IN the
prooucticD vi iodian corn; traminghan, sudbury,
Concord Grotop, Pepperili, and Hopknton excel in
oats; and Grotoa, Chel,nford, Pepperln, Townsend
Westiord, and Natick in rye; Ashland ana Townsend
grow almost enc half OF i'll the wheat that Was pro-
duced III the county III 1850.
The miscellaneous agricultural productions are
frewood sud charcoal, WOOL buckwheat, bsaos, ber-
rles, honey, flax, cranberres garden seeds, eggs,
poultry strawberries, straw. met, peat cucumoers,
teeswax and every kind and description OF veget-
abes Whatsoever that common to this part OF the
world and which find speedy sales either In boston
or in some Of the large PLACES within the county.
Cranoeres are extensively raised, ana OF iase
years they have sold readily, ana at very
high prices though it is not very long since
they were considered almost IN the Bght OF
nuisance, and to have been made a. Innco Ia vain
rs old Frederick OF Prussia declaed was the case
Nth sand. Tie JOwnS ia the vicinity uf Boston de-
vote themselves to the culture OF III lcles that are
rapidly demanded by that great market. They form
What have been called "tns gardens OF Boston
taken IL connection with the fertile towns OF Nor
folk. Considerable quantities Of peas AID beans ara
,sed Honey ana peeswax are produced il rs.
spectacle amounts. Among the fruits RAISED are
peaches which in Ordinary years ale quite abun liant
ana brlpy lood prices The strawberries are equal
to any that be found 10 our msikeiS. Inc apo Q
IS large " wD every variety Is 10 be had here.
great leal Of cider is made, tnongh not ,nucn,
perhaps as formerly. The Make law, as meddhng
with the manufacture OF tia; article or supposed u
do % has lev6r been very popular with Mudlesex
farmers. Ibe land in the lower u yns il very vau
bble in consequence OF ia being 80 largely d-ed Tor
gar lenrg purposes. Some OF The orchards are very
tine IN thst part Of the county which lies below
Watham, and also in CrotoD end Peppereil, and
their vicinity There are here many elegant country
seats surrounded by grounds which would DC &C.
counted beautiful anywhere. Tue estate OF Mr.
Gushing a, WATERFOWL II magnificent, aud tao
Lyman Gore estates, In Wa,tnam, are such as
might he exchanged against the Happy Valley
If the latter hsd existence out OF the clouds.
Middlesex has ths first place in Massachusetts for
manufactures. The number Of cotton factories IN
1850 was So of which number 81 were at Lowell,
with 299 456 spindles, the whole number OF spindss
being $3.50, 1888. Waltham had three factories, with
10 AGA spndles and The business there Is now in the
process OF being greatly Increased. Newton had
one factory with 10 s04 sp,ndles. The other towns
we're Shirley. Ashland, Holiston, Dracut, and Hop
kinton These fact,Ies we're appraised at 81 ST.
97S, which certainly was not al over-valu itlon Of
"a 49l $40; those IF Waltham az 1898 56s and that
- Newton al ss6 ,432-leaying less than so 900 for
the 0, her seven towns.
The number OF wcollen factories was TO- Lowell
had Of these; Framinghan, l; Sudbury, q;
Chelmsford /: Concord, l. Storm, l; " AterLowa,
|; Billenca, l.; Dracut,l; and Peppsrell, J.. These
tsctoTies were appraised at 81 .53s GOO, OF which
those at 10 sell had 81 1855 600; that at Framing
ham, sl5O,O00; Sudbury, 500; Chelmsford and
Dracus, So coo eacb Ssorn, s35 900; and Bilenca
s2e, goo.
There are copper, brass, and iron foundries at
Lowell, Newton, Chelmsford and Waltham, and
FORCES st WestfoId. The principal machine shops
are at Lo vell Maiden, Newton, Charlestown, Cam
bridge aud Chelmsford There ere spike factories
at Somervi,le Medford and Maiden; aud scythe
and AK factory at Chelmsford. Crdage IS made Ut
- ~. I-l nv1 haI
den. As Lowell West Cambria re, Watertown, NAL
den, and Burlington, are eight establish nen,s for
printing silks and caicoes; and there are tbrse great
bieacheIies at Lowell, Somereii'e, aud Walthim.
Glass ~ made on grand &c lie ut Cambridge, where
several huhdred persons are employed at the BUSH
Less. There card factories at Lo yell, Shirley,
Pepperell, West Cambridge. and Sudbury, eight in
all AID appraised st Sl7 500.
There are twefty-ore paper mills In the county.
Newton fakes the lead in this business it has long
had name for the quantity and quality OF her pro-
auctions. Next 10 Lee, in BERKSHIRE county she has
sne largest amount invested IN paper making. Her
ell (S36 00o) GrJton 1888 000, Ashland 1925 000),
S oiiey (sl40O0), Natlck ($l2OO0), aud Sudbury
$50 COO come next The other places are Ii veil,
Wateltown, Watham, and Dracut The value vi all
these mills, Gs appraised, is $4,000
The other manufactures Of the county are very
various. They arr pow ier hats and caDs, boots aud
shoes. straw braid building Stone, lumber, pencils
bellows sasles and blinds saddles, chairs Carriages
blocks and pumps wooden ware, barrels Ike g. casks,
harnesses, railroad cars, cournoa soap talow can
dies sli kinds If machinery mechanics tools, cabinet
ware, bed lace, lime, trunks, whips bone buttons,
ice CATERS latcbes and door handles tsrch, chemi
cal preparations, musical instruments, brushes, up
holsterers work, til ware, bricks, snuff tobacco,
tegars, backing, fancy soaps bleached oil, pocket
books confectionery, ladders, earthenware marb
work Of ell kinds, paperhangings, cessral lamps,
stoves rnees and tassels surgical instruments ship
timber clocks lDseed OIL stone ware, scythes wood
screws ploughs, lead rifles, axes, bread soap stone,
combs slate straw hornets and hats broorns clohiog,
boot and shoe boxes fur caps, raw silk locks copper,
loom pckers weavers REEDS, files, shutrle-, boDbins,
druggist boxes folding boards, loom harnesses a1d
betting, lasts picture frames, vinegar l hol-
low ware and castings, glue, dye staffs work lace,
cutlery hatchess trusses paints razor strope, oaken
baskew, oakun, every kind of agricultural irnple-
ments, firearms Of all descriptions, shoe benches,
patent leather sewing elk, door knobs, pianotorte
keys and other work. saws, sawed mahogany,
morocco making establishments, bookbinderies, fire
engine manufsctories scales, &C., DC. The