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DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



liv other counties and have under-estimated the amount of permanent im- 

 provement which I believe the land derived from the lars^e application of 

 fertilizers. No account is made of any extra straw or stalks thereby grown, 

 and none of the extra market value of Long Island potatoes. All these 

 items in the statement would make it still more favorable to the county, 

 and would add force to the demonstration that Suffolk County can afford 

 to purchase, and actually profits by the large application of fertilizers. It 

 is usually the farmer who purchases judiciously the most manure who 

 makes the most profit. 



|. H. Wardle, Esq. , has kindly sent in advance sheets of the census of 

 1880, from which I give these figures: 



No. of farms in the State of New York, 241,05.8 



•" " " " Suffolk County, - 3-379 



*' " acres improved in the State, 17,717,862 



*' " " " " " Count}', 156,223 



" " " unimproved in the State, 6,062,892 



" " " " " " County, 152,694 



" " " woodland in the State, 5> 195.795 



" " " " " " County, " 134,836 



Value of farms in the State, $1,056,176,741 



