1846.] Mineral and Agricultural Resources of J^ew York. 185 



to an impoverishing system of culture which may not be followed 

 in this state. This crop of 1842, was 25,387,439 bushels; 1843, 

 18,786,705; 1844, 15,969,000; 1845, 12,000,000. The corn 

 crop in Illinois is also falling off. In four years, according to 

 his statement, the crop has diminished more than one-half, a fact 

 which must be owing in pcirt to a diminished product of the soil. 



In this state, on the contrary, the harvest of 1845 exceeded 

 that of 1840 by 1,438,263 bushels. From these and other facts 

 we infer that New York can raise wheat at a profit notwithstand- 

 ing the cry that the east cannot compete with the west It may- 

 cost more to raise a hushel of wheat in New York than in Iowa 

 and Wisconsin; our difference however is not so great as to leave 

 the farmer without profit, and as the husbandry of the state is 

 improving, as the expense of the wheat crop is diminished by it, 

 we hope to see the crop still increasing. 



For the purpose of giving a wide circulation to the important 

 and interesting facts contained in the census returns of this state, 

 we are induced to publish them entire, and to append them to 

 this article. That some may feel that they occupy too much 

 space in a journal of this kind, is highly probable, but we intend 

 that it shall be a repository of facts which shall be useiul to the 

 farmer and statesman, to which each and all may refer, as occa- 

 sion may require. Very few persons who can read but have some- 

 times to refer to facts contained in statistical reports; for this 

 reason we given them a place in the Journal. 



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