The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-05-24
New York as an Agricultural State.

The right of New York to the title of
the Empire State is rcailirmed IN a
striking degree by the census returns Of
1880. it has a million more inhabitants
than any other State and more than one.
tenth Of all the people in the United
States live within its borders. In the
extent OF its wealth, commerce and trade
it is naturally beyond comparison. it's
industrial supremacy is hardly less
marked. OF all the States in the Union
ii has the most manufacturing establish.
ments, employs the most work people,
pays the most wages, uses the most ma
tcrials and turns out the most products.
II is credited with nearly fifth Of the
entire invested capita! of The country
and contribute more than fifth 10 the
aggregate valAe OF manufactured pro-
ducts. In the value ofyearly products il
surpasses it's ncighbor Pennsylvania, the
next in the column Of manufacturing
States, by three hundred million dollars.
with this great supremacy in CONNER
cial and industrial activity with 80
much OF its territory taken up with
mountain. wilderness and lake; with the
"nboundcd farming advantages aHordes!
by the West and Northwest, aud the
that has gone on in that part of the
country, it would not be surprising 10
find that New York had dropped TO an
inferior place in the line Of great agri-
cultural States. But the latest census
returns give it rank which in many re.
spects il first. 1t has not 10 many farmp
nor 80 much improved farm land rs Iii.
nois or Ohio; but its farms are more
valuable than those of Illinois, and in
the value of fnrm productions it is far
ahead of Ohio, while its farming imple.
ments and machinery are valued higher
than those Df any other Stntc.
Taking the value Of all farm produc.
tions as the standard of rank Illinois
holds the first and New York the second
place. The agricultural productions OF
the former are returned at two hundred
and three million dollars and those of
the latter NJ a hundred and seventy eigh,
millions. But the high figure reached
by Illinois il due to the enormou. yield
of wheat and Indian corn on its vast
prairics-staples in the production Of
which that State led all others in the
last census year. In the great variety Of
Its farm products and the enormous ex-
tent to which many Of these products
nre yielded New York holds a place
higher than that OF Illinois and of every
other State. AS general agricultural
State it may be said to rank first, while
in several important productions it far
surpasses all other States. 1t produces
more than third Of all the buck wheat
aud about a seventh of the hay grown in
the United States. In the yield of
hurley it is behind California, but it
contributes between fifth and sixth
OF the entire product of the country. 1t
ranks with the great rye and oats pro.
ducing States and the leading wool grow.
ing States. Twenty .0ne of the twenty
six million pounds of hops raised in the
United States in the last census year
were grown in New York, which is also
credited with fifth of the whole Irish
potato crop of the country, or twice tho
production Of any other State.
The supremacy of New York AZ
fruit growing and as dairy State is
firmly established. The value of orchard
products as returned by the last census
was fifty million dollars for the United
States, eight millions for New York aud
tour millions for Pennsylvania, the next
greatest iruit-growing State. Not less
tent Of the dairy interests Of the Empire
State. New York is credited with
million and l.alf mich cows, which is
about one eighth of the whole number
reported in the United States and il
nearly double the number returned in
any other State. OF the entire butter
product of the country-seven hundred
and seventy seven million pounds-New
York made one hundred and twelve
million pounds, and of the entire farm
cheese prnduct-twenty. seven million
pnunds-it turned out more than eight
million pounds, or nearly third of the
whole. These figures 90 not include
factory products. The value of the
cheese and butter made in all the facto-
ries of the United States during the cen
aus year was twenty five million dollars.
About half of this, or more than twelve
million dollars worth, was the product
OF New Iork.-Nsw York. Herald.