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times greater than the total number of gallons 

 reported since the year 1864. The number of 

 acres in orchards, and the number of bushels 

 of apples, peaches, and pears in the State, in 

 1870, were reported as follows : 



Acres in orchards 377,257 



Bushels of apples produced 11,012,584 



Bushels of peaches produced 309,039 



Bushels of peara produced 67,047 



The grain-crops for 1870 were as follows : 



WHEAT. 



Acres sown 1,658,661 



Bushels produced 18,726,3-11 



Average per acre 11.29 



CORN. 



Acres planted 2.360,189 



Bushels produced 88,565.299 



Average per acre . 37.52 



OAT8. 



Acres sown 927,160X 



Bushels produced 24,819,908^ 



Average per acre 26.76 



BAP.LEY. 



Acres sown 78,970 



Bushels produced 1,502,007 



Average per acre 19 



EYE. 



Acres sown 35.101 



Bushels produced 331,196 



Average per acre 9.43 



BUCKWHEAT. 



Acres sown 24,426 



Bushels produced 287,643 



Average per acre 11.77 



POTATOES. 



Acres planted 87,787 



Bushels produced 6,121,590 



Average per acre 69.73 



The total acreage sown to grain in 1870 ex- 

 ceeded the average acreage for the five pre- 

 vious years by the sum of 504,845, and is 

 109,638 in excess of the acres sown in 1869. 



The aggregate of the breadstuffs in 1870 

 shows an increase of 13,401,602 bushels over 

 the aggregate for 1869, and an increase of 

 24,978,475 bushels over the average aggregate 

 for the last ten years. 



The hay-crop of 1870 was as follows: 



Acres in hay 1,390,522 



Tons of hay produced 1,554,622 



Average per acre 1.11 



The culture of flax in 1870 resulted as fol- 

 lows : 



Acres sown.... 61.204 



Bushels of seed produced 449,378 



Pounds of fibre produced 16,804,128 



The statistics of clover and its seed for 1870 

 are: 



Acres sown 340,440 



Tons of hay produced 401,389 



Bushels of seed produced 367,009 



Acres ploughed under for manure 34,692 



The tobacco-crop in 1870 was as follows : 



Acres planted 20,484 



Pounds produced 31,056,729 



Average per acre 1,027 



This crop shows an increase of 534 acres, 

 an increase of 4,971,048 pounds, and an in- 

 crease of 217 pounds on the average per acre 

 over the average for the five previous years. 



The products of the dairy in 1870 were as 

 follows : 



Pounds of butter 43,020,554 



Pounds of cheese 31,381,038 



There were 4,236,947 pounds more butter 

 made, and 10,860,870 pounds more cheese 

 manufactured in the State in 1870, than in 

 1869, and 8,957,623 pounds more butter, and 

 11,291,052 pounds more cheese in 1870, than 

 the average for the ten previous years. 



The products of the sorghum-crop in 1870 

 were reported as follows: 



Acres planted 23.450 



Pounds of sugar produced 21,988 



Gallons of molasses produced 2,187,673 



Average gallons per acre 93 



Sorghum is not cultivated very extensively 

 in the northern counties of the State, because 

 it is liable to injury from early frosts. 



The manufacture of maple sugar and syrup 

 in 1870 was as follows : 



Pounds of maple-sugar 2,204,325 



Gallons of syrup 256,133 



The sweet-potato crop in 1870 was as fol- 

 lows : 



Acres planted 2,350 



Bushels produced 264,199 



Average bushels per acre 112 



The fifth return, showing land used for pas- 

 turage, gives the following for the year 1870 : 

 Number of acres in pasture, 4,165,018, an in- 

 crease of 176,101 acres over 1869. 



The live-stock statistics, given by the Sec- 

 retary of State from the assessors' returns, 

 differ from those of the census returns and the 

 statements of the National Commissioner of 

 Agriculture. The Secretary of State insists 

 on the greater approach to accuracy in the 

 assessors' returns, from which his figures are 

 compiled. He gives, as listed for taxation in 

 1871, the following: 



Number of horses 711,349 



Value $46,302,789 00 



Average value 65 93 



Number of mules 21 086 



Value 81-593,883 00 



Average value 72 51 



Number of cattle 1 646 440 



Value $25,642,484 00 



Average value 21 64 



Number of hogs 2,164.403 



Value $9,290,414 00 



Average value 4 39 



Number of sheep 4,302 904 



Value $8,002,099 00 



Average value 1 87 



The returns of the assessors show that the 

 wool-clip of 1870 was 16,711,521 pounds, 

 which is a decrease of 2,581,337 pounds, as 

 compared with the clip of 1869. 



The following summary shows the damage 

 done to sheep by dogs during the year : 



Number of sheep killed by dogs 46,013 



Value of same $108,716 88 



Number of sheep injured by dogs 23,985 



Estimate of injury done $34,360 51 



Aggregate amount of injury to sheep by dogs. 143,009 89 

 Number of dogs in the State 183,424 



The total valuation of property, as returned 

 to the Auditor of State for 1871, is as follows : 



Acres of land returned for taxation 25,445,242 



Value of lands $698,489,198 



Value of real estate in cities and villages.... 327,129 836 

 Value of personal property 476,510,937 



Total valuation of taxable property.. $1,502,129,971 



