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STATISTICS OF BRISTOL COUNTY. 13 



As our manufactures increase, the farmers in our vicinity 

 will find more and more demand for those products of the earth 

 which are essential to the support of man and beast. Hay and 

 all kinds of vegetables will find a ready market, and here we 

 shall see the symmetrical working of these two combined 

 interests, — agriculture and manufactures. 



As I have intimated before, we are not strictly an agricultural 

 county ; our pursuits are in other directions. And while we 

 would not attempt to compare ourselves in this branch of busi- 

 ness with other counties, still we think it quite evident that, 

 taking all the branches of industry, it can be made to appear 

 that we need not be ashamed to make an open exhibit. I 

 propose, therefore, to allude to some of the leading interests of 

 our part of the State. 



Taking the statistics of the industry of our State, we shall 

 find wherein Bristol County in certain industrial pursuits takes 

 a very decided lead. The whale fishery, which has been prose- 

 cuted for so many years with such success, is in a great measure 

 confined to our county, and more particularly to New Bedford. 

 The aggregate value of production from this source, was six 

 million fifty-seven thousand four hundred and sixty-nine dol- 

 lars (16,057,469), while the whole production of the State was 

 only $6,618,670 ; showing the product of our county to be 

 within $516,200 of that of the whole State. 



We will take another product which is nearly allied :■ — 



Sperm, whale, lard and linseed oil — Whole product, . . $5,604,761 00 



County of Bristol, . 4,227,970 00 



Manufacture of copper, . . Whole State, . . $3,577,672 00 



County of Bristol, . 2,295,772 CO 



Metal sheathing, . . . Whole State, . . $954,610 00 



County of Bristol, . 601,772 00 



Britannia ware, . . . Whole State, . . $419,033 00 



County of Bristol, . 377,033 00 



Tacks and brads, . . . Whole State, . . $660,516 00 



County of Bristol, . 609,350 00 



Shovels, spades, forks and hoes, Whole State, : . $1,150,267 00 



County of Bristol, . 1,103,550 00 



