American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-05-27

All the other States but Arkansas, have
less than $4,000 square miles. a
A recent paper read before the Geo.
graphical Society Of New York. shows
that the new State OF Kansas contains 49,.
600 more square miles than the whole Of
New England, added TO New York and,
New. Jersey. Nebraska is larger than all
the free States taken together, east OF the
Rocky Mountains. Oregon is nearly as
large as all New England. joined to New
York and Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana
The Territory Of Utah has about the same
extent, omitiirg Indiana More than thir-.
" new States may be formed out Of these
Territories, Of tie class Of New York and
Pennsylvania. The Valley Of the Missis-
sippi sLdiis tributaries comprises two-6iths
of the national domain; the territories Of
the Pacific one fourth, the States Of the
Atlantic one sixth. The maritime coast
line OF the United States has an extent Of
| 12, 900. ~ess ,.aea 7-s .slaa5
Truly may we be said to possess the gar.
den Of the world, for the greet bulk Of this
vast quantity ofland. the greater portion
Of which possesses a remarkable fertility.
is either already or IL ultimately to be sp-
propriated TO agricultural and farming uses
the most important and extensive Of all
branches Of American his ory. Agricul-
lural, in one form or another, employs for
ty:four per cent. ofthe male population ol
| this country. Commerce, arts and manu-
features employ only thirty per cent. Five
sixths of the private capital of the United
States is engaged in agricultural pursuits,
which yield an annual product of sixteen
hundred millions OF dollars, Fhree-fourthi
of the revenue OF the State Of New York
notwith standing the large extent Of it
commerce, and the variety aud value Of it
manufactures, is derived from this on
source. ag. -- sssfl. vre fet e-
The number OF acres embraced in th
States and Territories OF this Union. a
mounts to about 300. .oOo, 900. The .di
, vision of this, immense agricultural bell
into States, counties and farms. is OF courS
not yet complete, and is rapidly beint
changed; but at present il may be regard
ed as divided into 46 States and Terrific
ries, 1000 counties sUd 100000 farm
and plantations. OF these 1l3 600 600 o
acres are under cultivation and 10000.
600 still remain in the original state Of ma
turo. The largest farms lie in the State
: Of the South, and are occupied with rice
sugar and tobacco. The State of Sout
Carolina contains 5000 farms. Of whicl
/. 200 contain more than l 1000 acres each
aud l6, of them have more than 1000
acres of cultivated land. The smalles
farms are toun1 in Maine. tie average siz
: of which is below 100 acres.
There are many very large farms
' Ohio and other western States. some {
which contain over twenty thousand acres
y the average, however, is about one hun
. dred and fifty acres toa farm. Tbre
y hundred acres is said tobe the averagesiz
! in Virginia, Mississippi and Louisiana; fOr
hundred in Georgia. Eve hundred
: South Carolina. nine hundred in Tsxa
and four thousand four hundred in Cal
F fornia. These calculations are based upo
1t statistical tables, and embrace only Il
1t private estates and farms, accurately bouI
d ded and regularly cultivated. II we car
st not feed the world, and send our produr
k to all nations Of the earth. it can only
At bee ause we do. not make the most OF OF
y possessions because we neglect the gre
% Geld OF labor and enterprise that is spres
A SO invitingly around US. II We will n
a sow, neither shall we reap. = Cincinna
ts Times. q