The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-05

Total, U. s.5l4, o92, $50
So, +92, 1853 235, 500, 500

In New York the butter counties are: St. Lawrence,
s4l9 COS lbs Delaware l35 IT'S Chcnango 53ls sl4;
Chautauqua, 500 037; Jefferson, ASA sos Oneida,
1851 49, Cortland, S4sl 1885, and Broome Cataraugus,
Cayuga, Eric, Lewis, onondaga oswego Schoharie and
Steuben-each with . 0o0, coo pounds Tho great
cheese county is Herkmcr, where l0l. 654 pounds
were reported; Jefferson next with 30 ooi - Law
renee l,Ilo,OS2; Montgomery, Lol44S2; oneida,
22s, 40, and oswego, lOS92zs Inc RAISING o. neps
has grown TO be largo business In 1870, l7,5oS 6sl
pounds returned. They are raised mainly IN Mad
ison 232 925 Oneida 52 4O3; otsego 2ol9 o2s and
Schohare, ], 49, Broom corn IS grown along the
lower Mohawk Valley. In 1868 there were returned
from Schoharie II OF tons; Schenectady, 4lle Mont
gomery 32s; Madison, l6l The value OF the 10, 1873
tons raised in the put at 1902 $50 Washing
ton raised l. 2S5 033 pounds of fax, and Rensselaer,
ia 773 pounds OF maple sugar, st. Lawrence pro-
ducod O6S 500 pounds; Jefferson 500 100 Alegany,
492, sos; Cattaraugus 45s723; Lewis, 45L326; Della
ware 407 $50; Clinton, 397, $50 The entire yield was
q. 692 040 pounds
No return OF silk was made. Just before the great
Western emigration we had silk excitement called
the .'MOrus Muticaulis Fever" Everybody bought
white mulberry trees at fabulous prices and silk
10 be common and cheap home made flannel
All along the bleak shores of Lake Ontario the farmers
planted trees, not doubling that they would in short
time rival the famous orchards OF Franco II
foolish delusion but was only abandoned alter great
losses OF money and labor.
There is much capital and industry employed in wool
raising and cattle breeding Besides the 1,350,66
mich for dairyng, and o. l4I working oxen
there 2 ISL, 57S sheep of them the best
breeds Steuben county had las 645; Ontario 13l ass;
Livingston 1l3 933 and Washington lo2 045 Tho
turned 526 sol horses 6o So other cattle and 251
swine the value of live stock being $l75, $50, 7l2
AND NBw METHODS
Tho invention OF reapers, mowers thrashng ma
chimes, cutvators, seed sewers and planters steam
ploughs, horse rakes. straw cutters and OF
smaller labor saving machines has within quarter of
n century entirely changed the methods of cultivation
Thirty years ago of the thrashng done with
the hand fail and the cleaning Of grain by tho old
fashioned tanning mill Sowing and planngwere done
by hand. The cradle the only machine for cutting
gram and the hand rake and ptchlork the only tools
for making hay. III man and boy cultivated twenty
thirty acres they had about all they could do We
need not dwell upon the wonderful changes brought
about since tho successful introduction OF McComcks
reaper. Machinery does all the farmers heavy
work, and he longer limited TO patch of
few acres but may plant township II he
pcascs and do great farmer in ohio did a few
years ago-ridc for miles and miles alongside inter-
mnane field, and say, This is mlne,' or the
wonderful farm OF the present day, Mr.. George
Grants in Kansas Of SIS 900 in tract,
than the State OF Rhode Island, except its bar
rem lands
NEW YORK PRODUCTS COMPARED
UNION
The following tables present in condensed form, all
the leading facts concerning agriculture IN the Empire
State far returns can be found Taking population
the standard New Yorks ratio Of all products that
grow her soil would be- in 1850, 134 in ], 900; in
1860, 123 in 900, and in 1870, ia in IT, o0.
AcprcrT A. RETURNS ron $3.50 Mem