Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-25
Aln,i.1ic. nf Auricnl,ure

FROM General FRANCIS a. Walker, Superln- /
tendent of the census, we have received advance |
sheets of the statistical tables of agriculture,
which will form part of the volume on the
industry of the United States. They will be
preceded in that volume by the tables of wealth,
taxation and public Indebtedness, and followed |
by the statistics Of manufactures and tables of |
occupation, now nearly complete OF these ag- |
ricultural tables the first two give general sta
tstics OF agriculture, The third selected statis-
tics by townships, and the last two the num-
Der and size of farms by states, territories and
counties The whole number of farms in the
United States is given AT 1858 1856, about one to
every fifteen persons, larger ratio than we
should expect TO find when we con-
slider how many of our people live
IN towns. Among farms are included by
the census definition all considerable nurseries,
orchards and market gardens which are owned
by separate persons, are cultivated for pecuniary
profit and employ as much as the labor of one
able bodied workman during the year; mere
family vegetable gardens and ornamental
grounds not constituting part of farm for
agricultural purposes, are excluded. No farm
Is reported Of less than three acres unless five
hundred dollars worth of produce has actually
been sold flom it during the year. A farm also
includes all that is owned or leased by one man
and cultivated undar his core. d;s,ant VOL
lot or nastore ;s ,,,a,ol os 49,, IS So, ~,
a separate narcel 80 Ia .',-.o.;a.s,,.., ~
resident manager or overseer is renor,ea a. .
distinct farm.
In these farms ,bere ara ,ss 90, ooo ao.o. -
improved lands. 159 8I0 M acres ~ woodland
and 90 .5Os 1855 acres Of other unimnrovcd lauds
The area or vood !, NH Iva ,,o,;r..1 !, -.
what less than that of tbe imnroyed lands I'M
the relative area varies greatly in different state
and territories. Arizona is the only one wbic
reports no woodland in lis farms bnt Wyomiu
and Utab are not mucb hotter off in This re-
spect. There are only n few states in which IN
woodland cons;deral,iv evceads ,bat under cn,,i
yation ard those arc m rho so,th In Cooroi.
the Carolinas Tennessee Ark.nsas Louisiana
and We, v,roin;a - ,;,,.,o-,,', !, ,....,
est but all Tho so,,ha,,, - ~, a,-a y
woodland above that which is imoroved
In tho nor,herr an, ,,,.,o,,, -,
between those classo, ~ ,,ods ! ra,,s.s. ~.
imoroved lands haying eron, ,,yi,o - eos 49,
,ha orao az 10 ,,,oo,l,.,,, M ~, =
these ,,hlos h,,,va,or ira,,,ao. a,,,,, ~.
;s o,t.ched ~ co,,,s ~ ~,
Tho ,oro., ,vl;oI ,oon,,,a. 80, 49,, !; ,,,,,,
az Tho s,.tes Tho 800, III, ~ ~, ~
farms ;s % aeo ao9 eet o,d ~, ~ 49,, ;,,,1,
mems and machinory saae ezo ,,o. ,I,o 80,
of ,vo0os ,o,,l ,,,,,i,,, 49, ,.,'. 81,
includipg Tho val,e ~ noa,d nal, som oo,. oer
and the total va,no a, an eara ,,S,,I,,a,s =,
cludino hetteruen,s aud odd;,ioas - aI
S2.447 5as e5s
In Massachusetts tl,o ZACH ,,,i,a os ar IN,
farms. with 7ae %, aoros 81 -,
and 70G ma ocros ~ - 60 49,, 10,
value of farrin,, ,,,,,',n',, e. o,a ."'
and of wares naia =. ~ -, 20.
produce Of ,hasa 80. ~ '"e year o''o1l'O"3' ih'
thirty mitlions Z '''iiiiaieu At aoou
orodnce IN Mass.a,'"-. '''ue VI market gardel
doI,ars ,oncb '@s'.S was ABOUT TWO m'ioI
s,,,o o,,.ou, NJ "" '''"" mat OIL any Other
orc,,ord ,rodnoa 80 =, A"u new Jersey. I'M
resnec,ahle ,hono, '',''',usc''s was als'
s,,rnsss,d her q, !, i. s,. ''''e' states greatly
,orias Arizona' nalota No.. ,'Yu'o ., Tue tern
remarked ma orchard nrod,,.," 'l 7" son''ng
colorado IA MI, ~ ,,,',a - SUI 'nose