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value of agricultural products was given at $64,318, of which 

 $19,280 were from Alexandria. The products were insignifi- 

 cant, except those of market gardens, the value of which for 

 the District, exclusive of Alexandria, was over $38,000. The 

 next statement relative to farm products of the District of Co- 

 lumbia is for 1870, when they had risen to $319,517, but this 

 included some values of betterments not purely products. In 

 1880 the products were valued at $514,441, but through exten- 

 sions of streets and avenues the values fell to $373,070 in 1890. 

 The fisheries in 1890 were valued at $26,028. The number of 

 farms in 1850 was 267 and in 1890 382, while the average size 

 of the farms in 1850 was 103 acres and in 1890 but 31 cres. 

 These figures show conclusively that the District of Columbia 

 cannot be considered as an agricultural territor}^, and that as the 

 city expands the farming interests, of course, diminish. 



The contrary is true when we consider manufactures. As 

 early as 1810, when the first attempt was made by the Federal 

 census to secure returns as to manufacturing establishments, the 

 District produced goods to the value of nearly $1,000,000 per 

 annum, about $354,000, however, belonging to Alexandria and 

 $572,750 to the rest of the District. Washington had some cot- 

 ton factories in those days, and it produced $20,000 worth of 

 blended cloths and stuffs. It also made $60,000 worth of fur 

 hats. The products of its breweries amounted to $9000. Its 

 glass works produced $36,000 worth of goods, its rope walks 

 $232,000 worth, and its grist mills $211,250 worth. In 1840, 

 Alexandria still being in the District, the total product of its 

 manufactures were $1,313,584, $750,000 worth belonging to 

 Alexandria and $577,000 worth to the rest of the District. Its 

 chief manufacturing interest was that of flour and grist mills, 

 amounting to $176,870. Among the leading industries at that 

 time are found bricks and lime, hats and caps, leather and 

 leather goods, carriages and wagons, furniture, and the build- 

 ing of houses, which in that year (1840) amounted to nearly 

 $87,000. 



In 1850 the products of the manufactures of the District 

 amounted to over $2,690,000, in i860 to nearly $5,500,000, in 

 1870 to over $9,250,000, in 1880 to $11,882,316, while, accord- 



