98 



AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



The prices per pound of all kinds of batter at tlie close of eacb of the 

 last three commercial years were as follows : 



Heceipis aitd shqmients of butter for twenty-six. commercial years. 



Tears. 



Keceipts. 



Barrels. 



Kegs and 

 fii'kins. 



Siiipmcntti. 



Barrels. 



Kejrs and 

 firkins. 



1847. 

 1848. 

 1849. 

 1850. 

 1851 

 1852. 

 1833. 

 1854. 

 1855. 

 1856, 

 1857. 

 1858, 

 1859, 

 1860, 

 1861 

 1862 

 1863, 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



6,345 



0,625 



7,721 



3, 674 



8, 259 



10, 203 



It;, 484 



16, 842 



10, 185 



11,301 



11, 352 



14, 525 



10, 034 



15,209 



12, 395 



5,916 



4,408 



11, 126 



5,327 



4, 512 



2,969 



716 



1,009 



1.112 



2, 069 



1,721 



7,090 

 6, 405 

 7,999 

 7,487 

 11,043 

 13,720 

 11,331 

 11,692 

 7, 132 

 12, 422 

 10, 818 

 17, 945 



23, 055 



24. 468 

 2i; 860 

 14, 090 

 2.0 304 

 48,754 



55, 887 

 67, 018 



56, 414 

 56, 344 

 51, 210 



57, 010 

 68, 471 

 69, 748 



1,348 



2,937 



1 272 



l!964 



3, 258 



3,006 



3,833 



3,003 



1,300 



2, 391 



2,569 



2,949 



1,607 



4, 0.56 



2,385 



248 



977 



1,676 



2,176 



1,758 



1,053 



326 



443 



339 



532 



769 



31,194 

 28,315 

 24,398 

 24, 393 

 36, 185 

 31, 395 

 42, 316 

 41, 595 

 24, 196 

 28, 128 

 21, 913 

 29, 007 

 27, 286 

 48, 208 

 32, 046 

 9,262 

 15, 481 

 18, 423 

 23,. 636 

 24, 786 

 22,228 

 12, 017 

 17, 447 

 21,753 

 19,592 

 23,086 



Cheese: The cheese-factory system is extending westward and super- 

 seding- the dairy system. During the past year quantities of Wisconsin 

 and Kentucky factory cheese first made their appearance in market. 

 The receipts and shipments of cheese during the past two commercial 

 years were as follows : 



Receipts. 



Shipments. 



Months. 



September 

 October... 

 iKovember 

 December 

 January . . 

 Febniarj' . 



March 



April 



May ■- 



June 



July 



August ... 



Pounds. 



9, 430 



17, 179 



18, 595 



23, 179 



12, 920 



10, 995 



10, 400 



7, .561 



5,62:3 



.5, 781 



6,287 



7, 265 



Pounds. 



23,133 



32, 080 



24, 571 



26,105 



11,034 



3, 885 



4,911 



4,981 



12, 452 



15, Oil 

 11, 843 



16, 904 



