1889.] 



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articles enumerated in 1845, — others could not be compared ; 

 and, from the different way of taking the census then and 

 now, I have been obliged to group neat cattle, horses and 

 colts, lumber, wood and charcoal, and the cereals. 



1S9S. 



Neat cattle, . . . , 



Horses, 



Sheep, 



Swine, 



Wool, 



Butter, 



Cheese, 



Milk, 



Poultry and eggs, . 



Cereals, 



Hay, 



Potatoes, . . . . 

 Maple sugar, . . . . 

 Tobacco, . . . , 



Beef, 



Wood, charcoal and lumber, . 



15,327,199 



3,461,118 



556,284 



917,435 



335,136 



1,106,709 



398,174 



304,907 



51,782 



2,228,229 



5,222,833 



1,309,030 



41,443 



16,686 



225,918 



2,379,911 



$23,872,794 



$8,487,982 



6,056,143 



265,952 



1,013,617 



61,432 



2,541,551 



99,119 



10,516,468 



2,070,462 



1,806,177 



9,676,893 



1,904,225 



77,175 



474,929 



493,014 



2,602,953 



148,145,092 



It will be seen that we have in forty years almost doubled 

 in every product of the farm except sheep, wool, cheese and 

 the various grains. Sheep and wool have gone to the dogs. 

 The milk that was formerly made into cheese now goes more 

 profitably to creameries, or to those who don't keep cows. 

 Of corn, our royal crop, we grow more than we did forty 

 years ago, but by the bushel the price is not so high now as 

 then. We can import it from the West cheaper than it could 

 have been grown at that time ; and, with our improved imple- 

 ments and modern modes, we can raise it cheaper than we 

 can import it. Wheat, rye and oats are grown in less quan- 

 tities, as the land can be more profitably used for other pur- 

 poses and crops. 



