The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-01-01
The Agricultural Products Of the
United States.

The oTcial report Of the Superintendent
,,.b, C,r,nS is one of the most valuable doc
...,,,,, That has ever cmanated from WASH
..,..o l., facts and suggestions embodv an
.,.,..csa mas, Of information concerning the
,-.,cr, condition Of our Republic. From it
u. ,2rhrr the following items.
IT,. number Of acres of improved land in
.,.I.n;,I States is lls.tj7,G22; and of un-
..,- ,-oycl land in farms ls4,62l,34s. The
,..l value Of the whole. improved and unim-
,r,.d +, S2.27o.733 .o93. The avrrage value
,fl,nJ IN Massachusetts,. Rhode Island, Con
r..,;ro- and New York, is about $50. In
of III. Southern States the average val
u. +, estimated 70 he below > per acre. In
T,la, tLe valuation per acre is c-timatcd at
: oo
The supply Of domestic animals continues
randy and steadily to increase. The increase
ot horses. mules and aS>rS.from 1870 to 1880.
was $50 .oS3 New York has one horse to
seven persons: Ohio one to tonr. and Ken
tucky one to three free Inhabitants. The az
crccatc number Of neat cattle in 1850 was
lS.%iS.2S-- being an increase of about 90
per cent in ten wears The average product
Of butter i - pounds to each mlch cow: of
cheese. l. pounds We export annually a.
bout million and a quarter dollars worth
O., itrv products OF sheep there was an in
c-eaer u 23o9.loS; although the number has
decreased - per cent in New ENGLAND. and
-, per cent in the Atlantic Middle States.
In $50 ,hcavcragc annual WELD of wool was
a'"ut two pounds per sheep. and in $50 it
had increased TO - pounds. This improve
mcnt. with an increase Of l2 per cent in the
n1mh"r Of sheep. gives an increase of 46 per
cent. in the quantity of wool. Yet, notwith-
Standing the amount Of home production, a
lar," quantity Of wool is Annually imported
INTO our country. The amount imported in
i'5o r4uaIIcl l>,669,794 pounds valued at
SlfSl.6e
~ wheat, there was a gam during the tel.
wears Of lj,67-j,3iS bushels. The crop Of
New England, however, has con siderabIy de-
chned-lnlica,lng that the farmers are with
drawing their attention from the culture of
wheat. The greatest increase has been in the
States OF Indiana, Illinois, Michigan: and Wis
C0nsIn.
of ln1an corn, the increase of production
from !Nioto $50 was more than two hum
'r'' million bn,helS-equal to sc pcr cent
IN" production of New England has increas.
eI '"Fee million bushels.or about 30 ncr cen,
"mo ranks first in the Union as a corn nro-
tgr'nc State.
Iae rice crop Of the United States in 1910
amounted to So,Sil,422 lbs; in 1850 It was
-'''"l2''2olb'--showing remarkable in
crease. ''''' ""o'c III
'"e amount of tobacco raised in 1910 was
.''''''i' pounds, in 1850 it was 1861.
'minutIon ofabout ten per cent
VI cotton tn" production continues LARGELY
III F"a<F, The product in 1901. amount
fi'''oo pounds The earliest rec
..r Niornn- cotton to Europe is in the
exports from Charleston in l747.wben
wv I'-' Were shipped. In 1850 tn. a
n 'i.Hed vas 927,237,oSs pounds
~', 'e'n a rapid falling off in the cul
W '''''n IN Virginia, North Carolina &
-'''''a. Alabama occupies the first place
III. ' growing State and has almost doub
=. ' i'T'tHcton since 1870.
' '"''y raised in the United States in
'"''n'c4 10 more than five million
-. " ol> nearly four millions were con-
..,, w. J." 'Ar manufacture cf malt and spirit
"''''cS' the amount produced in 1850
..l ''.'"''>' bushels, being a falling off
r,' '"' ''pr million bushels since ls,o--
''r"a>' IS probably occasioned by the
''' Tears Of the potato rot; but this
-. seems now to be passing. and the cul-
w 'nr root is revivinp
-l'0''y Of ale and spirtuous liquors
,'.~l in tho United States in ,s,n az
80! the enormous amount of Sc 1000 600
ana as our imports and exports lust
dr.. .'"n'e each other, this would give
e,.-. "'''''n equal to six gallons head for
=. person old enough to drink them. The
~, ,'.'ar"' which is mostly confined 20 the
,. ."% OF New York, has increased nasr,r t,ro
~ .-..'''d yer cent. The brewer;es Of Ssr
:. 'o'@ produced in 1850, $1,000 barrels Of
... '"s more than third of the QUANTITY
r ,l',f from the Union.
r,., l'A and hemp, the production has uot
'.'''! varied since 1870