386 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



866,153 tons Hay 10.00 $8,661,530 



12,137,980 pounds Butter .20, .... 2,437,596 



8,720,834 ♦' Cheese .08 697,666 



6,349,357 " Maple Sugar .10 634,935 



3,400,717 " Wool .40, .... 1,360,286 



104,649 " Pease& beans 1.50, .... 156,973 



Gardens and orchards, 334,108 



Various agricultural products not here enumerated, . . 457,567 



$22,341,823 



Home manufactures, 267,710 



Product of manufactures, mining and the mechanic arts, 



exclusive of raw material, ..... 3,569,543 



Total product, $26,179,076 



Deduct interest at 6 per cent, on $71,107,886 invested in 



manufactures, farms and implements, . . . 4,266,473 



Balance $21,912,603 



By this estimate we have an average product to each person 

 in Vermont of 170, while upon tlie same basis we obtain an 

 average in Illinois of $67.50, in Wisconsin of $40, and in Ohio 

 of $44. If we reject the item of interest, we have an average 

 in Vermont of $83 to each person, being eight dollars more 

 than the average in Illinois, the highest of the three Western 

 States named. 



Massachusetts is not an agricultural State, though aljout 

 one-fifth of her whole male population are employed upon the 

 land. The number of inhabitants, according to the census of 

 1850, was 994,514. The products of agriculture and manu- 

 factures were as follows, viz. : — 



$18,165,371 



