iGEiCULTUEAL STATISTICS OF TPIE STATE OF NEW-YOtt 



BY S. S. RANDALL."* 



Luther Tucker, Esq., 



Corresponding Secretai'y of the JY. Y. S. Jigricultural Society: 



Dear Sir— =-In accordance with your request I have carefully com- 

 piled, from the original returns in the office of the Secretary of Statej 

 and herewith transmit to you, such statistics in reference to the agri- 

 cultural interest of the State as I conceived would be most acceptable 

 to the members of the society with which you are connected, and 

 best adapted to the diffusion of an accurate knowledge of our agri- 

 cultural resources and condition. 



The entire population of the State, as returned by the marshals, is 

 2,604,495 : comprising 1,311,342 males and 1,293,153 females. 



The aggregate number of farmers and agriculturists in the State is 

 253,292, or somewhat less than one-tenth of the entire population, 

 and one-fifth of the whole male population. The number of legal 

 voters in the State (exclusive of persons of color) is 539,379 : con- 

 sequently the proportion of farming to all other professions is very 

 nearly as one to two. 



The whole number of acres of improved land in the State is 

 11,737,276: of which 1,013,665 is devoted to the production of 

 wheat ; 1,026,915 to that of oats ; 595,135 to that of corn ; 255,762 

 to that of potatoes ; 317,099 to that of rye ; 192,504 to that of bar- 

 ley ; 117,379 to that of peas ; 16,232 to that of beans ; 255,496 to 

 that of buckwheat ; 15,322 to that of turnips, and 46,089 to that of 

 flax ; wheat and oats being the great agricultural staples of the State ; 

 corn and rye holding the next place, potatoes and buckwheat, in 

 about equal proportion, the next, and barley, peas, flax, beans and 

 turnips following in the order in which they are here named ; the 

 least number of acres being devoted to the culture of the turnip. 



* This communication of Mr. Randall should have accompanied Dr. Eeekman's re- 

 port, but the tables had been mislaid, which rendered it necessary to postpone its in- 

 sertion to this place. 



