The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-01-13
,Fhursday EveninE. Jany. 9. 1852

( Thursday Evening. Sauy. ., 1902
THE CENSUS oEy4UDED-Ayriculture.-
The sum invested in Agricultural Imple-
ments, is in New York sS92 ,OS4926; Penn
:. sylyania, $l4722.54l, Louisiana, ST.
576, (perhaps to great extent in ma
rcchinery for crushing sugar caneD Ohio
Si2,75o ,5s5; Kentucky $5d69, ,os7;l Virgin
ia, $7,0al, ,772. 6 est sl.
According TO the Census of 1850, there
were in the United States, 4,ss5,35S horses,
55o,229 asses ndmules, 2S, S,360,l4l, horned
cattle, (including 6 1899, ,O44 milch cows and
4,5ss,a4l working oxen,) 81 l,72l ,sl4 sheep,
80, O,sl9, sos swine.
~ The amount of butter and cheese, export
ed from the United States, in ls5o-5l, was,
butter 3,994542 lbs; cheese lo,36l,ls9 lbs;
!. cash value of both articles, $I,l24,652,
e There was between the years 1910 an !
1850, an increase of 2,309, ,l0S in the num-
tbex Of sheep in the United States. In New
England there has occurred remarkable
decrease in their number. There were in
that division of the Union in 1910, s,SlI,-
3o7; in 1850, the number had declined to q
,a6a,452, being decrease of l,466,S55, or
AS per cent. In the 6ye Atlantic Middle
States, there was a decrease of about 22a
per cent. In Pennsylvania alone, however
there was gain of 1876 900 sheep. Will =
there has beena positive dimnutiOn of 81
4os,0Oo, In the States above named, there
has been an augmentation, of 5,7l7,50S, in
those south of Maryland and West Of New
york. Ohio has gained most largely, hav-
ing an increase, between the years lS4o
and 1860, of 1,SI4,52S, or nearly 100 per
cent. New Mexico hss the extraordinary
snnmbet OF over 6 sheep TO each inhabtent'
The amportatioRs of wool, in lS49' and
1850, exhibit aremarkable increase over the
preceding or any former year, amounting in
quantity to.s2 ,5as, ,6a3 lbs. and to the value
Of $3 ;G08,00Q.
80 According to the Census of 1910 the wheat
crop Of the United States amounted to S4,-
s2S,272 bushels, IN 1873, according to the
Census of 1850, 100 500, 800.
Accordia g to the Census Of 1879 tls pro-
duct Of rye in the country was 1s,6t5,567
bushels; in 1850, l4,lSS,G37. a.- a 4ta
The corn crop under the census Of 1850
was 37z.5sl 1915 bushels; 1850, 592 ,sa6,6l2
bushels.
BY the census returns Of aSs0 the total
product of oats in the United States, was
Za2s,O7I,s ,s4i bGshels; of 1850, i46 ,67S,S79
5usheas.
According to the census Of 1910, the rice
crop of the United States amounted to so,'
BAL ,422 pouuds; in 1850, 2i5,3l2,7lO lbs.
The average yield Cfeatton for five years
terminating in 1850, was 2,97o;oee bales
., The annual yield OF buckwheat, was g.,
956,9l6.
,f According to the census Of isio, tine aa
uual amount of barley raised in the Unitet
States was 4,l6l ,504 bushels; in 1850, i67,
ol6- , eg,s
According to the ce nsus of iSle, the guam
tity Of potatoes of all sorts raised in the U
s. was loS ,29s,O60; of 1850, lo+O55,9s'
bushels of which 32,259,l96 bushels wer
sweet. 9i-f .e
The Census returns of 1910, shows tina
there were raised In the country 95,25l8 ton
of fax and hemp, Of 1850, s5.093 of hem
and 7,7I5,96i pounds of fax ,e,
The amount of silk cocoons rased in tn
United States according to the Census g
lS4O was 81 ,5521 pounds, of 1850, l4,763.
According to the census of lS4o, the am
of cane and maple sugar was lcb, lOO,SU
lbs, of which ll9, ,947 ,72u were raised in La
By the census Of 1850, the cane sugar mad
in the u. s. was 247 ,55l 900 lbs besides ID
0o,e66 gals. of molasses; maple sugar 81
249,SS6 lbs amounting to 1880 1856 lbs
showing an increase of 1876, ,730,O77 lbs.
This comprises all the more importar
facts set forth in the report of the Superb
tendent. e
WHEELING, Jan. l.-Lewis M. Cole, Est
the well known and efficient superintehder
of TRANSPORTATION OF the Baltimore an
Ohio Railroad, arrived here last night
charge Of the first train with the Unite
States mail from Baltimore. This train lie
Baltimore at O'Clock, on Friday mornir
and arrived here at Is minutes past 10 Q
clock, making the entire passage, includir
stoppages, in is hours and Is minutes-th
verifying the prediction Of President Swa
made at the Fairmount opening, that, by {
list Of January, 1858, the traveller would
able to eat his breakfast in Baltimore a
take an early supper at Wheeling.
And yetour Baltimore papers, which sh'
reach US in about AZ hours, are four days
the road. It is about time that the mise
BILE river arrangement should be done aw
with. Under the old contracts, we used
get the Baltimore papers in three days.
FoREIeN News. The Pacific arrived
the lst. The news brought by this afr
ia Of, no interest. France is quiet, andl
English Ministry is not yet disbanded. I
markets will be found under our comm
cial head. Prices of.wheat and Flour ar
shade lower bass sos @lsf T
rAPAYING SINeING-B BooK.--The "Carm
Sacra,n published by Rice & Kendall, B
ton, has had amost astonishing run. o
100000 copies have been sold! The &c
nina Sacra', was first published som