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or what otlier tree eujiplied them with (bod before 

 thai period 7 



The little bird was doubtless the cedar bird — 

 one of the crreatest nmraiiders ot" our land ; but 

 haviti'^ no cani<er woriiip lor him to leed on in Ihifj 

 district, we should be cjlad to send him where he 

 niiiTlit find useliil employment. 



For tlie F.irmcrs' Rogister. 

 AGRfCl'LTI'RAr. STATISTICS— FUBMSH KD IN 

 CONNUXIOX WITH THE I.ATK CKNSUS OK 

 THE VNITED STATES. 



A document has been published, as emanating 

 from an official poiirce, purporlinu to exhibit the 

 aiiricultural .sialisiics of the United Siaiep, which 

 is Ro rrroi^sly and pf^lpably eironeuns as to reflec-i 

 greai discredit on the department, that allowed it 

 to iio belbre the public. It has been already no- 

 ticed in the Peiershijr<r Intelli<xencer, and that it 

 may not mislead those who may be in the hibit 

 of adoptiiiij oflicia! statements without examina- 

 tion, we will point out some of the grossest blun- 

 ders which the table exhibits. 



The article of hemp and flax is among the 

 ' most conspicuous. 

 New Hampsliire is stated to produce 53 040 tons. 

 Massachusetts - - - - 2.3 132 " 

 New Jersey . . . . 33,170 " 



Pennsylvania - - - - 170,760 " 



Virginia 92,123 '' 



Ohio 2.52,520 " 



Tennessee ----- 45053 " 



Missouri 20 071 " 



Indiana - 97.657 " 



Illinois 50,326 " 



And the total product of the United Siates is put 

 down at 843.049 tons! and 148,224 pounds. It 

 may be salely ques'ioned whether the whole 

 world produces any thing near this quantity, and 

 whether the United States produces more than 

 the smallest quantity above enumerated. It must 

 be observed that Kenluiky, the only stale that 

 grows much hem|i, is omitted. 



Hay is another of the incredible products stated. 

 New York is stated to produce 3,160,916 tons. 

 Pennsylvania - - - 1,199.963 " 



Ohio 1,024,803 " 



Maine 691,058 " 



Vermont 734,047 " 



Massachusetts . - . 569,425 " 



Aggregate, 9,641,225 tons! Is this probable, or 

 possible'? 



Of tobacco Tennessee is stated to produce 

 26,542,448 pounds, and Virginia oniy 14,157,841 

 pounds, or about 11,000 hhds., when her annual 

 inspections are 45,000 to 58,000 hhds., in which, 

 we admit, is included a considerable portion urown 

 in North Carolina. The total product of tobacco 

 is stated at 78,070,803 pounds, which is much be- 

 low the mark, as the inspections of Virsinia in 

 1840 (when the census was taken) wer? 58,000 

 hhds., weighing nearly or quite 78,000,000 lbs., 

 V exclusive of a large quantity manufactured and 

 not inspected ; the inspection at New Orleans, 

 is 41,000 hhds., (but we admit that Kentucky has 

 made no return,) and in Baltimore. 40.000 hhds. 



Virginia is said to produce 10,767,451 lbs. of 

 cotton, equal to about 30,000 bales, or more than 



double her actual product, for a largre portion of 

 the 25,000 bales she receive.<< is jrrown in North 

 Carolina. In the re[)ort it is noted that some of 

 the returns are in seed, others in ginned cotton, 

 but as the quantity of each is not distinguished, 

 the table, if otherwise correct, is valueless. The 

 ajrgreiiate of cotton is 1,064,660,785 lbs., which, 

 at an average of 400 lbs. per liale, is equal to 

 2 661.400 tiales, or 461,000 bales mure than the 

 larurpst crop ever made, and 861,000 more than a 

 full average crop. 



The whole quantity of siitrar made in the 

 United States, accordinjj to thi.« extraordinary do- 

 cument, is 281,205.116 His.! of which New York 

 produced 10,093,991 lUs. on paper ! and Louisiana 

 249,937,720 lbs. ! or, in ti^wer figures, 2.50,000 

 hhds., or 200,000 hhds. more than the planters 

 hroiighl to market. 



Louisiana is the only state in the table, that 

 produces any considerable qi:aniiiy of pitch, tar, 

 turpentine and rosin, say 12,233 barrels! We 

 presinne they are produced from some other tree 

 than the pine. Total of the United States 31,689 

 barrels. North Carolina has omi'ied to furnish 

 lier claim to tins, (her frreat staple.) or to any 

 other product ; so have Kentucky, Micliigan and 

 Florida. 



' Of silk (cocoons) the table shows a product 

 of 328,482 lbs.; of which Pennsylvania claims 

 278,939. Tiie error in this item is loo obvious lo 

 require comment. 



Having noticed the most eiiregious errors, we 



will close with a summary ol the other principal 



products, and leave ihe reader to judge of their 



accuracy; some of them are not over-esiima'ed. 



Bushels of wheat - . . 76.174,849 



" Indian corn - - - 297,855 658 



" Oats - - - . 106.375,192 



" Potatoes - - - 101.981.439 



" Kve - - - - 17037,600 



" Buckwheat - - - 6,952,326 



" Barley - - - 3 848,140 



Number of horses and mules - - 3,489.150 



" Neat cattle - - 13,438,383 



" Sheep - - - - , 19,085.962 



" Swine - - - 20.745 898 



Value of poultry - - - -^10,992.610 



Pounds of wool - - - 26.939340 



Products of dairy - - . - 23.959,581 



Products of orchard - - . 7,259,078 



Gallons of wine - - - - 316. 626 



Value of lumber - - - 10,955,646 



The table is at least a bad basis on which to 



f)und calculations. What dependence can be 



placed on the census of population emanating 



Irom the same sources 7 X. 



ON INDICATING AND DESCRIBING GRASSES. 



To tlie Editor of tlie Farmers' Register. 



Ilillsbnrovgh, N. C, June I6th, 1841. 

 Dear sir— The suggestion of my excellent 

 friend, Dr. Darlington, seems to me to present the 

 greatest advantages lor securing the end which 

 we have lately discussed. A specimen of a plant 

 is certainly better than the best description which 

 can be written for determining the true name of 

 a species. It is also better than a plate or figure, 

 which is proposed by Mr. Lewis, in the Kentucky 



