182 Mineral and Agricultural Resources qfJVew York. [Oct., 



was 999,490, and the pounds of butter made, 79,501,733; of 

 cheese 36,744,976. 



The number of neat cattle was 2,072,330. Of these 334,456 

 were under one year, and 1,709,479 over one year. The number 

 of horses in the state 505,155; no distinction of age. The sheep 

 in the state amount to 6,443,855. Of these 1,870,728 were 

 under one year, and 45,053,369 over one year old. The number 

 of fleeces sheared was 4,607,012, yielding 13,864,828 pounds of 

 wool. The number of hogs in the state was 1,584,344. The 

 aggregate number of domestic animals in the state is 8,867,810. 

 This includes merely cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. 



The number of acres of improved land is 11,757,276. This 

 embraces the aggregate for all the counties, or the whole state. 

 The number of farmers or agriculturists in the stale is 253,292. 

 Those who are eno;ao;ed in manufactures and trades amount to 

 138,089. These three classes embrace the great mass of active 

 business men. The number of merchants is 20,758. The num- 

 ber of lawyers, clergymen and physicians is 12,558. 



The agricultural resources of New York appear in the premi- 

 um crops. It would not be right to rate them according to the 

 average product of the state, or of any one section of the state, 

 for these are by no means the measure of the state's ability. In- 

 deed it is quite probable that we may consider the ability to pro- 

 duce even greater than appears in any of the premium crops. In 

 comparing premium crops with the averages of any part of the 

 state, we are forcibly reminded that most of the husbandry of the 

 state is in inefficient hands. It Avould not be proper to consider 

 the defect as due to inertness, or bodily laziness, but rather to a 

 state of ease and contentedness in ignorance of what may be 

 done. 



The foregoing results show us another important fact, namely, 

 that the profits of husbandry must be qmte equally divided; that 

 the advantages which are possessed in some parts of the state, are 

 balanced or may be set off against others in distant sections of 

 the state. The pasturage of Herkimer and Delaware seems to be 

 better fitted for making cheese than Livingston, or the wheat 



