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The grain, butter and other productions, of the town of Che- 

 nango, exclusive of hay and stock, is $145,605 



In Barker, is 54,324 10 



It appears, from the foregoing, that what is called grain lands 

 are much more productive, even including hay, than grazing farms; 

 since the use of manures of various kinds has become more general, 

 it is known that any land which produces grain' well, can be con- 

 verted into good pasturage and meadows. 



The amount of improved land in this county is rapidly in- 

 creasing, and farms are being improved in the character of their 

 buidings and fences, and farmers are employing a style of more 

 thorough tillage, but are still far below a proper standard ; and 

 but little attention is paid to the improvemjnt of cattle, which 

 are chiefly of the native breeds, with a sprinkling of Devon and 

 Durham blood. 



The value of farms has consderably advanced within a few 

 years, and is still improving, by reason of the construction of the 

 railroads terminating in the center of the county, and the influx 

 of purchasers, who are "attracted by the comparative cheapness of 

 farms, the productiveness, of the soil, tlie salubrity of the climate 

 and beauty of the scenery. 



The lumber region of the Delaware river, the coal mining Lack- 

 awanna valley, and New-York, are the chief places where our 

 products are marketed. The cost of transportation to New- York 

 is from twenty-five to fifty cents per thousand pounds. 



A. DOUBLEDAY. 



CAYUGA. 



The annual fair of the Cajuga county Agricultural Society, 

 was held at Auburn on the sixth and seventh of October, 1852. 

 The weather was very pleasant, and the display of the various 

 animals and articles usually exhibited on such occasions, was very 

 good. The horses of all kinds were good, especially the 

 matched horses. The show of sheep wus al<o excellent, es- 



