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was 26,323,051 bushels on 1,026,915 acres, averaging 25 bushels 

 to the acre. The variations from the average of the state are not 

 very great, still some sections seem to be better fitted to this crop 

 than others. Thus in Rensselaer county, the average yield per 

 acre is 28 bushels, and in Dutchess 31; Westchester 26, Colum- 

 bia 25, and Washington only 23. The average of these five 

 counties amounts to a little over 26 bushels. It will be seen on 

 comparison, that the western and central counties scarcely exceed 

 the river counties in productiveness in this crop. Thus Monroe 

 raised 517,789 bushels on 18,510 acres, the average of which is 

 27^ bushels nearly; Livingston raised 351,233 on 11,616 acres, 

 which is only 21 J bushels; Onondaga 825,002 on 26,506 acres, 

 equalling 31 bushels; Erie 637,513 on 27,312, the average of 

 which is 23. The average of these four counties is a little over 

 25 bushels, about the mean of the whole state. 



The southern counties fall a little short of the others. Thus 

 Broome raised 331,425 bushels on 13,945 acres, or an average 

 of 23 1 bushels; Allegany 503,134 on 22,274 acres, which is 

 about 28 bushels per acre; Delaware 648,982 on 28,950 acres, 

 an average of 22i per acre; Steuben 635,304 on 24,356 acres, 

 or an average of 26 per acre. The average of the four counties 

 is a little over 23 bushels per acre. . 



The northern counties are superior to the southern; thus Clin- 

 ton gives a return of 26 bushels to the acre, having raised 268,256 

 bushels on 9,969 acres; Jefferson 709,232 on 26,462 acres, or 

 an average of nearly 27 bushels; St. Lawrence averages 27 

 Ijushels, having raised 646,556 on 24,175 acres; Lewis averages 

 25 bushels to the acre, having raised 202,551 bushels on 7,923 

 acres. The average of these four counties equals 26 bushels. 

 The surface of the country, its soil and its rocks, or geological 

 formations of those four counties, is almost identical. Clinton has 

 a larger proportion of surface perhaps of tertiary clay. The same 

 similarity also exists in the section in which the other counties 

 are situated. The southern tier of counties geologically consists 

 of slates, shales, and sandstones, which agree in their lithological 

 characters. The same may be said of the river counties. The 



