EAST AND WEST. 



385 



SlaTightered aniroals, valued at , 



4,286. i;U bushels Wheat at $1 00, , 



Garden and orchard products, . 



Various agricultural products not here enumerated, 



Home manufactures, 



Product of manufactures, mining, and the mechanic arts, 

 exclusive of raw mateiial, 



Total product, ....... 



Deduct interest at 6 per cent on $33,oo2,279 invested in 

 manufactures, farms, and imjikments, . . . 



$920,178 

 4,286,131 

 1,034,401 



994.489 



350,739 

 1,669,972 



545,061 

 28,019 



101,585 

 36,965 



357,076 



$10,314,616 

 43,624 



3,878,137 

 $14,236,377 



2,013,136 



Balance $12,223,241 



These tliree States may be justly deemed a fair illustration 

 of the productive labor of the West. Ohio, one of the oldest, 

 Wisconsin, one of the youngest, and Illinois, intermediate 

 between them, and all having a fertile soil, temperate climate, 

 and superior natural advantages for external and internal 

 commerce. 



I have selected Vermont and Massachusetts as representative 

 States of the influence of the ocean and mountains upon na- 

 tional character. The present generation in these States is 

 substantially the same in its origin with the inhabitants of 

 Ohio and Illinois. In the p )pular judgment they are not so 

 blessed in soil and climate, though it is the fact, I believe, that 

 Vermont is quite underrated, as an agricultural State, by the 

 public generally. 



In 1850, the population of Vermont was 314,120. Its 

 products of agriculture and manufactures were as follows, 

 viz. : — 



Slauglit>-red animals, valued at 



535 955 bushels Wheat at $1.50, 



2,307,734 " Oats .40, 



2,032, sge " Corn 1.00, 



4,951,014 '♦ Potatoes .40, 



49* 



$1,861,336 



803,932 



923,093 



2,032,396 



1,980,405 



