No. 112. J &89 



The increase of the number of aci*e8 in the county, under tillage 

 for all purposes, is 3,000 annually ; the estimated whole number 

 improved 124,21 8. 



There appears to be a decrease in the number of animal stock 

 in this county, but in a county where there is so much deal in 

 stock as in this county, it Is hard estimating the number ; the 

 great decrease of fodder has undoubtedly reduced the number of 

 stock very much within a few months. The yearly estimate of 

 the decrease of stock Uj horses 176, cows 245, and other cattle in 

 much greater proportion ; sheep 5,406, hogs 1,530. The breeds 

 of horn-cattle most common, is the natives, and natives with 

 crosses with Durham, and Devonshire. Mr. George Pnm- 

 pelly, of Owego, and a few others, have taken great pains to im- 

 prove the stock of cattle. It is supposed that the Durham, or a 

 cross of the Durham with the Devon, is the best for milk, 

 while others contend that the natives are the best milkers, and 

 the Durham are the best for market. 



There is quite a variety of sheep in this county, consisting of 

 part bloods of Merino and Saxony, with mixtures of Bakewell 

 and Southdown. It is calculated, for all purposes, that the South- 

 down are the best. Of horses, there is quite a variety ; the breeds 

 most common are the Mambrinoes, with mixture with Dutch 

 Messenger, &c. j by some it is thought, for all purposes, that the 

 Oanistoga is the best. 



niere is an increase of scientific attention to farm cultivation ; 

 a spirit of inquiry is abroad. Drainage has not received much 

 attention, there not being but little land that needs it ; from what 

 has been drained it has had a good effect. Since the completion 

 of the New-York and Erie railroad, the land of this county has 

 increased form 8 to :50 per c-ent , averaging 20 per cent. 



The places wliere the products ot the county are marketed are 

 all the depots in the county, beginning witli West Waverly, Smith- 

 borough, Tioga Center, Owego and Cdnipville. * The expense for 

 carriage to New- York is, grain 15 cents per hundred, pork and 

 beef 35 cts., butter 45 cts. per hundred. Tiic general way, where 



