No. 112. 1 857 



The hay consumed by the Adirondac company, formerly cost 

 $30 per ton, delivered at their works. The fact is now estab- 

 lished, that their own territory, in immediate proximity to their 

 works, will yield all the hay, and of a most excellent quality, 

 required for their consumption. 



In the improved tracts of the county, the general estimate, as- 

 signs one-third to meadows, one-third to pasture, and the remain- 

 der to tillage and waste land. 



Hops, are not cultivated as a field crop, in this county, although 

 a very important one in the adjoining county of Franklin. 



STOCK. 



In no department of its husbandry has this county ex- 

 hibited such decided progress, as in the quality and character 

 of its stock. I cannot ascertain that a thorough bred animal was 

 owned in the county, until about the year 1849. Grades of Tees- 

 water and Durham had been introduced probably before that pe- 

 riod. It now contains individuals of nearly every breed, that may 

 almost maintain an equal competition with the stock of any sec- 

 tion of the State. A race of horses almost indigenous to its soil 

 is disseminated througli the countv, which combine properties 

 of rare excellence. The high reputation of the Black lla'.vk 

 horses has become widely diffused, and each year adds to their 

 consideration. In no district have they been more extensively 

 bred, or attained greater perfection tlum in this region. A nei? 

 and wise policy in breeding has been adopted, tending in itself to 

 advance the quality of tlie stock. Tlie liigh prices of choice 

 Black Hawks has mainly dictated this system. I refer to the ap- 

 propriation of the best mares to the most valua])le horses fur the 

 purposes of breeding. Tlie ellect of this custom is now witnessed 

 in tlie prevalence of a family of horses not exceeded, it ((jiialled, 

 by any race in tlie Union. The owners of the original animal of 

 this name, the great progenitor of the stock, claim a pedigree on 

 the side of his sires, wldrh extends to a horse imported by GeH. 

 Delaiicy, in 1701, aiul embraces in his European ancestors, *' Fly- 

 ing Childers," and the ecjually distinguished *Godolphin Arabian." 

 The dam ul" Black Hawk is represented by his proprietors tu have 



