414 



The vicinity of Norfolk affords an illustration of the whole region as to its 

 adaptfcdness to fruits and vegetaLles, showing a valuation of market-gardening 

 products in 1S60 of §292,968 in one county. 



Forests of pine and oak, interspersed with hickory, ash, and other varieties 

 of trees, afford lumber and wood for various arts and for fuel, within easy trans- 

 portation of the great markets of the country. In the thirty-eight counties of 

 this district are no less than three millions of acres of unimproved lands, occu- 

 pied by rapidly-growing forest trees — more than half the area of all its farm 

 lands. The cash value of its farm lands in 1860, at the low official assessment, 

 was $77,906,00-5, an average of $1.3 64 per acre. This is about half the 

 average assessed valuation of the farm lands of Ohio, while their intrinsic value, 

 from their peculiarly favorable and central location and means of cheap fertiliza- 

 tion, is fully equal to that of the lands of Ohio. The following are some of 

 the farm statistics of this region : 



Statistics of the tide-water region of Virginia, from datafurrashed hy tJte United 



States census of 1860. 



Counties. 



Acres of land. 



Improved in 



tarius. 



Unimproved 

 ju farms. 



« 2 



Ss 



^1 



! W^ 



o o 



o I g t. 



Casli value of 

 farms. 



Accomac 



Alexaudria 



Charles Citj 



Caroliue 



Cliesteriield 



Diuvviddie 



Elizabeth City.. 



Essex 



Fairfax 



Gloucester 



Greenville 



Hauuver 



Henrico 



Isle of Wigiit ... 



James Ciiy 



Kiug Georg:e 



King aiid C^ueeu. 

 King William — 



Lancaster 



Matthews 



Middlesex 



Nansemoiid 



Kew Kent 



Norfolk 



xvortluunptou 



NortLnmberlaud . 



Prince George.. . 



Prince William.. 



Princess Anue . . 



Richmond 



Southauiptou- . . 



Spottsylvania ... 



Stafford 



Surry 



Sussex 



Warwick 



W'estuiorelaud-, 



York , 



84,889 



8, -291 



50, vGT 



183,799 



106, 999 



1]H,440 



17,534 



9o,415 



t4, 690 



58,708 



70,317 



141, -205 



69, -220 



64, 755 



25, 003 



70,753 



108, 107 



99, 074 



34,925 



29, 594 



36, 6-24 



59,708 



46,310 



47,985 



5r), 402 



54, 459 



63, 777 



97, 353 



57,612 



52, 094 



13i,963 



116,007 



62, 377 



50,3(6 



126, 0!-« 



12, 093 



7ii, 100 



28, 030 



Total 2,698,873 



81,762 



6, 9(i9 



48, 190 



122, 123 



154,973 



109, 086 

 13,9(»5 

 60, 707 



115,916 

 53,418 

 97,648 



218,120 

 66, 490 



110,563 

 52,715 

 42,743 

 7(i, 925 

 64, 239 

 33, 742 

 19,838 

 31,655 



112,750 

 60, 965 

 8J , 794 

 49, 065 

 53, 390 

 83, 809 

 76, 746 

 75,140 

 43, 630 

 163,708 



117,059 

 63, 960 

 123, 922 

 134, 426 

 25, J 44 

 55, 415 

 39, 697 



1, 033 



138 

 199 

 724 

 782 

 581 

 156 

 418 

 852 

 384 

 201 

 786 

 670 

 689 

 149 

 327 

 573 

 544 

 320 

 400 

 243 

 673 

 330 

 666 

 402 

 468 

 351 

 581 

 755 

 406 

 639 

 602 

 476 

 439 

 562 

 99 

 379 

 311 



3, 009, 347 



18,312 



10 



1 



20 



102 



42 



50 



5 



57 



12 



22 



42 



66 



22 



12 



7 



42 



55 



41 



6 



6 



15 



3 



13 



4 



4 



18 



19 



32 



2 



o 



59 

 57 

 12 

 20 

 72 

 3 

 42 



1,006 



161 

 110 

 494 

 422 

 335 

 494 

 201 

 375 

 235 

 292 

 835 

 457 

 202 

 254 

 521 

 347 

 322 

 3(!1 

 225 

 123 

 281 

 256 

 343 

 194 

 262 

 230 

 420 

 299 

 175 

 235 

 470 

 387 

 265 

 396 

 463 

 376 

 347 

 217 



$3, 979, 

 853, 

 1,239, 

 4,407, 

 3, 263, 

 2, 643, 

 1,273, 

 2, 439, 

 3, 866, 

 2,001, 

 982, 

 4,203, 

 5, 128, 

 1,531, 

 1,011, 

 1,933, 

 2,454, 

 2, 568, 

 1,307, 

 1,4.50, 

 1,145, 

 1,680, 

 1,331, 

 2,140, 

 2, 184, 

 1,701, 

 1,947, 

 2, 373, 

 1,860, 

 1,270, 

 1,615, 

 2, 394, 

 1,536, 

 1,082, 

 1,601, 

 406, 

 l,9.il, 

 1,167, 



720 GO 

 260 OQ 

 410 00 

 613 00 

 .370 00 

 250 00 

 050 00 

 173 00 

 075 00 

 234 00 

 900 00 

 120 00 

 610 00 

 290 00 

 340 00 

 469 00 

 708 00 

 250 00 

 441 OQ 

 460 00 

 060 00 

 210 00 

 275 00 

 252 00 

 250 00 

 047 00 

 415 00 

 100 00 

 486 00 

 037 00 

 065 00 

 424 00 

 580 00 

 056 00 

 905 00 

 250 00 

 680 00 

 320 00 



77, 906, 005 00 



