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quently obtained, and that without much extra labor and expense 

 in favorable locations, or in soil adapted to the crop. It will be 

 interesting to see in what parts of the state there is a failure in 

 the corn crop so far as to diminish the product below the average 

 of the state. Westchester gives an average of 31 bushels per 

 acre, Dutchess 25, Columbia 20, Rensselaer 28, and Washington 

 21. The averaije of these five counties is 25 bushels. 



The western and central counties, which constitute the best 

 wheat lands, give the following results: Livingston raised 257,346 

 bushels of corn on 9,922 acres, or an average of 25 bushels per 

 acre; Onondaga 516,496 on 19,688, an average of 26 bushels; 

 Monroe 453,463 on 15,270, an average of 29 ; and Erie 238,295 

 on 10,530, an average of only 22.^ bushels to the acre. In these 

 four standard counties we obtain only 25^ bushels of corn per 

 acre. Comparing the two districts together, it is plain that al- 

 though the western is superior for wheat, it is not for Indian 

 corn; that the river counties are quite as well adapted to this 

 crop as the central counties. It is, however, questionable whe- 

 ther the soil is really as good, and it is probable that the chilly 

 winds of the lakes may affect unfavorably some portions of the 

 western district. This conjecture may not prove true to any great 

 extent, as we find that the average yield of Wayne county is 

 26 and Orleans 27 bushels. Still it would appear that soils like 

 Orleans, Wayne and Monroe ought to yield an average considera- 

 bly exceeding that of the river counties, particularly Washington, 

 Rensselaer and Columbia county. The two best northern coun- 

 ties will be found also to compare very well with the preceding; 

 thus Clinton county produced 104,830 bushels on 3,093 acres, or 

 an average of 26 bushels. St. Lawrence 304,403 on 12,341, 

 which is an average of 24 to the acre. 



In the southern tier of counties, Broome raised 172,703 bush- 

 els on 6,611 acres, which is an average of 25 bushels. Allegany 

 raised 101,140 on 4,845 acres, which averages only 20 bushels 

 to the acre. 



The State Society's premium for corn for 1845 was awarded 

 to George Vail, of Rensselaer county, who raised 182 bushels 



