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a result as most people iu other States would have predicted. In view of the 

 fact that a large element of the population has been that of the foreninner of 

 civilization, the pioneer, who desires nothing more than elbow-room and a 

 wide forest range for game, and is content to lead a primitive life, knowing 

 few wants and those easily supplied, these iigures prove incontestably a fertile 

 soil. 



A statement of the farm products, Sfc., of West Virginia, compiled from the 

 census returns for 1860, by permission of Commissioner Kennedy. 



Acres of improved land 2, 346, 137 



Acres of unimproved land 8, 550, 257 



Cash value of farms $87, 525, 087 



Value of farming implements and machinery $1, 973, 158 



Horses 85, 862 



Asses and mules 1,674 



Milch cows 100, 154 



Working oxen •. 18, 696 



Other cattle 191, 239 



Sheep 453, 334 



SAvine 327, 214 



Value of live stock $12, 382, 680 



Wheat, bushels of 2, 302, 567 



Rye, bushels of 71, 263 



Indian corn, bushels of 7, 858, 647 



Oats, bushels of 1, 649, 090 



Rice, pounds of 1, 163 



Tobacco, pounds of 2, 180, 316 



Ginned cotton, bales of, 400 pounds each 125 



Wool, pounds of 1, 073, 163 



Peas and beans, bushels of 31, 332 



Irish potatoes, bushels of 746, 606 



Sweet potatoes, bushels of 68, 081 



Barley, bushels of 60, 368 



Buckwheat, bushels of 342, 518 



Value of orchard products, in dollars $234, 273 



Wine, gallons of 2, 368 



Value x)f produce of market gardens $44, 299 



Butter, pounds of 4, 7G0, 779 



Cheese, pounds of 131, 585 



Hay, tons of 154, 136 



Clover-seed, bushels of 7, 230 



Grass-seeds, bushels of 10, 571 



Hops, pounds of 3, 018 



Hemp, dew-rotted, tons of 407 



Hemp, water-rotted, tons of 1, 020 



Other prepared hemp 1, 599 



Flax, pounds of 183, 498 



Flax-seed, bushels of 8, 430 



Silk cocoons, pounds of 69 



Maple sugar, pounds of 667, 17S 



Maple molasses, gallons of 71, 425 



Sorghum molasses, gallons of 174, 318 



Beeswax, pounds of 30, 459 



Honey, pounds of 423, 359 



Value of home-made manufactures $502, 671 



Value of animals slaughtered $2, 124, 869 



