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Brought forward, $8-1,036 00 



Crop of potatoes, 11,928 00 



oats, , 8,922 00 



rye, 5,540 00 



bariey, 2,909 00 



buckwheat, 2,119 00 



Value of chickens and egp;s, 1,120 00 



Produce of the dairy, ...".'. 25,506 00 



orchards, 6,148 00 



market gv.rdcns, 17,029 00 



Home made or family gooils, 1,279 00 



Hemp, w^oo], hops, cord wood, &c., 2,800 00 



Total value of crop of 1839, $169,336 00 



AKIMALS. 



Nine hundred and twelve horses and mules w^ere in the county in 

 1340. The mules are but few in number and kept for draft. The 

 horses are also occasionally employed on farms to plow and harrow, 

 but they are more generally used on the road. Among them are 

 some common and poor horses, and some Canadians; but there are 

 also many fine looking noble animals. There is no particular breed 

 that can be designated as prevalent; the race is evidently a mixture 

 of all varieties. 



Most of the heavy farm work is performed by oxen, of which there 

 are some fine specimens on the island, stout built, strong, hardy and 

 docile. The s; il is not so rocky as to require them to be shod. 



The number of neat cattle in the county in 1840 amounted to 

 2,517. Among them are some superior cows of the native breed, 

 without mixture or cross of the late imported and improved breeds. 

 Durham cattle, however, have been introduced, and are becoming 

 common, and a consequent improvement is taking place. The wri- 

 ter has a superior yoke of Devon oxen, raised in Connecticut. The 

 hornless cattle, or Galloway breed, are very common on Stalen 

 Island, and there are some excellent cows among them. The writer 

 has three which are remarkably gentle. Oxen ot this breed are not 

 employed, as the want of horns would render it difficult for them to 

 back. They are here called the Buffalo breed. 



There are very few sheep on the Island, and these have mostly 

 been raised for family use. One cultivator has found it to his advan- 

 tage for several years past to purchase a stock of sheep in the autumn, 

 keep them well through the winter, and dispose of them in the New- 

 York market early the next season before the Hudson river opens. 

 Others are now pursuing the same practice. As the crop of hay in 

 1840 was very large, and the price is unusually low, some arc also 

 buying cattle to consume their hay, with the intention to sell them 

 again in the spring. 



Swine are more numerous than any other of the domestic quadru- 

 peds. The census of 1840 gives us that year 3,180, The Berkshire 



