The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-28
tn, au,su,sv,a, character At Hsnmshire Is very

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Inoian corn. 222 $50; rye 10l, 4s7; oats, l3l6I2
wheat, 2,264; barley, 2422; tons OF hay, 4o,I9o;
fruit about $50 600 busaels potatoes about Jo0 ooO
bashels; buck wheat, about 10000 onsnels' there
is much butter made ia this county, 20, less than
million of posnds annually. The chief butter max
ing towns are Amherst Belchertown, CRANKY, North
amp ton, Hadley, Worthington, South HALEY, and
Ware Cheese is also largely made, the annual pro
duct,op beiog not much less than half o muhon
rounds. Tae towns most conspicuous fer the max
ing this article are Ware, Prescott, Belchertown,
Amherst and Enfield. About 20000O pounds OF
maple sugar are m de the most noted towns IN this
respect being Chesterfield, Worthington, Plsiofeld,
and Goshen. Considerable quantities Of honey and
beeswsx are sold in several towns.
The miscellaneous agricultural productions are
beans, straw, hops, tobacco, broom seed, broom
let, onions, turnips, common wool, pork, poultry,
eggs, Saxony wool, milk, teazles, merinO wool, &c
DC Amherst excels in hops. Broom corn Is
raised largely in Hadley, Hatfield, and North
Amherst, South Hadley, and Easthampton The
largest hay growing towns are Amherst, Northamp
ton, Belchertown, Hadley, Worthington, Chester
neld, Ware and Middleield The number OF COWS,
chersswn having sos, and then coming Amherst,
$50; Ware, 7oS; Northampton, 600; WOrthingtOn,
sos; and Chesterfield, 542. The annual value Of the
wool grown cannot be much under 100000. The
of the value of about s55 600. The number Of sxen
in 1850 was 1865; OF steers and heiters, 1885, Of
sheep, 20 760; swine, 5,06s; Of horses, 4l9O. The
acres Of meadow and moving land were 50503; OF
pasturage l05 400; OF tlage land 26, 96s; OF wood
land 52,539; Of unimproved land, 45,09s; OF land
covered with water 5749 Of unimprova0le LAM,
rs ,036 There not finer farms in the State than
those Of Hampshire and the position OF her asrlcul-
tursts might be envied by those OF most OF our coun
ties. know not whether there be anything par,i-
cnarly conservative about such'a social condition
as prevails in Hampshire, where every one seems TO
be well Oft, but it is certain that here the fetsral
Ia Al. hna Hlata
years the wings have kept their ascendan,y in
Hampshire in spite OF the efforts OF the coalition,
which organization has never been so strong here
a. to warrant formal union OF the demo-
Gratis and tree sellers on senatorial nominations.
IN the matter of manufactures Hampshire does not
occupy very lofty position, not ascending nncn
beyond the respectable point. In 1850 the number
OF cotton factories here was fourteen with S9,414
spindles Ware has the greatest interest in this
business, having four factories and about 600
spindles; and South Hadey comes next, having
about as many spincles as Ware. The other places
having such factories are Williamsburg, Norhamp
ton Amherst, and Enfield.
The number of woollen factories are eighteen.
Ware takes the lead here, too, though Northampton
is hut little behind her, The other towns engaged in
this manufacture are Enfield Middleaeld, Amherst,
CRANKY, Williamsburg, CunmingtOn, South Hadley,
Plainfeld, and Greenv ich. There are two card fac
tories at Enfield button and suspender factory at
Easthampton, and two silk factories at Northampton.
There are eleven paper mills in the countythree at
ley, one at Middlefed and one at Cranky. The
mills at South Hadley almost equal in value 20
all the others in the co 1nty, Northampton ranks
next and then Amherst There are foundries at
Northampton and Williamsburg.
The other manufactures Of Hampshire are cards,
railroad cars chairs, cabinet ware leather boots aud
shoes, straw bonnets aud hats, bricks, mechanics
TOOLS all kinds Of brooms lumber, saddles laces and
edgings, band and hat boxes type cases, washing
machines, steel springs, childiens wagons veoc-
pedes, cotton wickng, harnesses, shovels, spades,
forks, trunks, pioughs, rakes, glassware, pameaf
hats, snuff segars, tobacco organs, raw silk, axe.
handles, sashes, blinds, hollow augers, prepared
marble, curlec palmeaf hollow ware and castings,
woodenwRTe, horn handles, scythe stones, button
moulds, scyths snaiths, carriages, bedstead posts,
wagon hubs, turner's ware, scythes hoes, pals,
brushes lead pipe. sheet iron, broom screws cutlery,
hinges, glue and gums pumps, boats, felloes, drawn
wire, ribbons sewing silk, gold and silver wire and
Jewery, soap and candles, tinware, cooper's ware,
turning machines, book binders work, printers
work, bailding stone, charcoal, lasts, bench and
hand screws, farming utensils molasses, pearl but
tons, baskets, fancy bonDets, weavers' harnesses,
silver platedwsre axe helves, bobbins horn buttons
covered buttons steel pens leather boxes, apanned
buttons, painted curtain blinds carpenters' planes,
&c., DC. In 1S45 the value OF ! he paln!eaf hats
mace was but little short Of $50 0O0 The same year
the value OF the Florence and fancy bonnets made at
Ware was $50 600. The value OF cards manufac-
tured at Enfield was $35 900. The value of lumoer
annually made is about $780, 000
The number Of dwelling houses in this county, in
1850, was 5,4l4: shops, 691 still houses, tan
houses, Il warehouses and stores lbs grlst mills,
40 falDg mills, saw mills, las other mills IL ;
card factories oil factory /. The number Of barns
was 490S and Of all other buildings not previously
specified, ami of the value Of twenty dollars and up
wards, ,029. The amount of every PERSONS stock
in trade $3.50 ,557 Of public securities $42 676
Of money at interest, $3.50 27l Of bank and nslr.
ance stock, s637,S29; OF other share property,
s9072l and Of ounces Of plate, 025, excluding all
plate under twenty dollars in value. In these items
Of personal property which represent the capital OF
retired persons, If may so call it, Northampton
takes precedence. The tesuty Of that place has
attracted TO il many wealthy people, whose taste in
the selection Of an abode shows that they have ut
least claim to be considered fairly entitled to the
enjoyment Of riches. More than half the plate re.
turned belongs to Northampton. Yet it would not be
right to seek to convey the impression that North.
ampton il simply place of retirement for the
wealthy. On the contrary, it is leading business
to vn tall Of life and activity. The tone OF society,
however, is said to be aristocratc, which means,
suppose, that the daughters Of retailers of silk are
not allowed 10 associate with the daughters of the
manufacturers OF silk. CHARLEs LIZ CHAUvE.