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ted States, we have no positive evidence, it is never- 

 theless certain that the quantity is great, and rapidly 

 increasing in all the older States north of James 

 River. 



In 1810, from the Marshalls returns it appears, that 

 1103&7& gallons were distilled from domestick ma- 

 terials in the small state of New- Jersey; while in 

 Connecticut, in the same year, there were distilled 

 1374404 gallons of both these quantities we may 

 safely calculate, that three fourth parts were the pro- 

 duct of cider. In Essex county, N. J. in the year 

 1810, there were made 198000 barrels of cider, and 

 307310 gallons of cider spirits were distilled one 

 citizen of the same county in 181&, made SOO barrels 

 of cider daily through great part of the season, 

 from six mills and twenty three presses. In the pre- 

 sent season, 1816, &5000 barrels of cider were made 

 within the limits of a single religious society, as it is 

 called, in Orange township, Essex county New- Jer- 

 sey ; comprising about three fourths of the township. 

 Such has been the abundance of apples in many of 

 our eastern counties, that hogs and horses have been 

 kept fat on them till late in December: in the great 

 scarcity of provender produced by the severe drought 

 of the last summer, cattle have been fed on the po- 

 mace taken into the fields, and spread on grass grounds, 

 and have been kept in good condition until the end 



