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" The Railways in the same period have increased 

 nearly 600 per cent." 



Massachusetts annually produces over 1,000,000 

 bushels of fruit, valued at $800,000; 600,000 

 pounds of Maple Sugar, 8,000,000 pounds of butter, 

 and about 8,000,000 pounds of cheese. 



Massachusetts is the greatest manufacturing State 

 in the Union. There are about 480 Tanneries 

 throughout the State, which manufacture annually 

 about 2,000,000 hides of leather, and employ up- 

 wards of 2,000 hands. The number of boots and 

 shoes made is over 22,000,000 pairs, which give em- 

 ployment to 27,000 males and 19,000 females ; be- 

 sides which almost every description of manufacture 

 is carried on. 



Immense quantities of Iron and Coal are raised in 

 the United States. The quantity of anthracite and 

 bituminous coal raised throughout the Union in 1847, 

 is estimated at 5,000,000 tons, the average value of 

 which, at the place of consumption, is estimated at 

 $20,000,000, or $4 per ton. The greater part of 

 this coal was from Pennsylvania. The number of 

 furnaces in the United States is estimated to be 540, 

 yielding 486,000 tons of Pig Iron ; 954 bloomeries, 

 forges, rolling mills, &c., yielding 291,600 tons of 



