1846. 



GENESEE PARMER. 



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Agricultural and Gommercial Statistics. 



Wr are very partial to the study of Statistics; 

 and hope the day is not distant when plain facts, 

 simple truth, and genuine knowledge, will take 

 the place of romunce in the public mind, and of 

 fiction in the politics and legislation of the coun- 

 try. Fairv tales will do for the amusement of 

 children. But after all, the clouds, moon-boams 

 and mysticisms of twiliglit intellects, can never 

 successfully compete with the sober statistics of 

 patient, calculating reason. It was t'ne source ! 

 of great mortification to us that our Tables for 

 showing at a glance, first, the whole numb(n* of 

 acres of land cultivated in this state; secondly, 

 the number in meadow and pasture ; thirdly, the 

 acres sown and planted in grain, roots, &c., 



Clover Seed, Ibw 3,571,334 



Flax, lbs <);)f),lji;3 



Hops, Ibs.^ 2.)nMK, 



Spirits, gall. 2.0J-.'.77) 



Lcithor, Ib-j i,8'>i),!) ) t 



Furtiiiure, lbs l,h^?,,7S! 



Le:id, lbs '2'>'},ni 



Vvr, Iron, lbs. 4,037, 12 J 



Iron War.', Ib.s S8;),777 



VVoolpn.s. lbs. 42 1,820 



("orr.on.'^. lbs ] ,0:j3,t)lf5 



.Salt, I)l!l.f 18,197 



StoiK! Ivimo, lbs 2),72o.73.'> 



Gy)).siim, lbs 12), 772 



(Joal, lbs _ l>'j,089,fJ7l 



Sumiries, lbs. _ 31.fi70,13!) 



MiTchmdize. lbs 39.9,90,) 



iJo. goiiiK from tide water, 



ToriH, 132,811 



4,.594,800 

 3,114,8;)3 

 l,31!).70i> 

 1.1!M.317 



3,<)iw,o;)j 



2,177,4)0 

 4l,8;)3 



6,422,(;0!) 

 !)44,9)t) 

 867,200 



17."),0i:! 



.V), 139,80") 



1.891,80,) 



18,480,700 



5 1.7 22, 400 



-;92,30a 



iir^eiG 



The above Table disclose,:! many facts worthy 

 of note. It will be seen tlmt, in three years. 



should have been so mutilated in the Senate as j -4.*f/j('5 (pot and pearl,) have increased from 43, 

 wholly to omit the columns relating to meadows, i 09:i bbls. to 80,646, or about 100 per cent 



This is intei-esting, as it marks the rapid clear- 

 ing of land in the West. The increase has been 

 regularly progressive; being 43,093 lbs. in 1841,, 

 —44,824 in 1842,-77,739 in 1843, and 80,- 

 646 in 1844. Of the latter, about one half came 

 from the Western States (being the increase.) 

 32,209 bbls. arrived last season, 1844, at the port 

 of Buffalo. 



Cheese arriving at tide water has increased 

 from 14,171,081, to 27,674.500 lbs. 



Butter and Lard increase.! largely in three 

 years ; being 16,1.57,6.53 lbs. in 1841, and 22,- 

 596.300 in 1844. 



Note the increase in Jlour, wool, dried fruity 

 flax, leather, pig iron, ivoolen and cotton goods, 

 stone lime and gypsum; and also the decrease in 

 spirits, (whiskey,) which shows a happy falling 

 off, of nearly one half, or over 800,000 gallons. 



In our next number we shrJl give tables show- 

 ing the ])rice of Flour in the city of New York 

 for the last 23 years, — the imports of Agricutlu- 

 tural and Forest prorlucts into this State at Buf- 

 falo, Black Rock. Oswego, and Whitehall, for 

 the years named above ; and, if made up at the 

 Articles that "arrived at Tide ^Vater on the \ Controller's OfBcc, the total movement on all the 



Canals in this State, IVjr the remarkable year 

 ju.st closed. 



Keeping Your. Pigs in Winter. — There is 

 both negligence and mistake in the way of win- 

 tering pig.^. I ani not talking to those whose 

 manner of keeping r-tock is, to let stock take 

 care of themselves, but to farmers who 7nean to be 

 careful. Hogs should be sor^efZ. The little ones 

 will, otherwise, be cheated at the trough, and 

 overlaid and smothered in the sleeping hea[). — 

 There should not be too many in one enclosure ; 

 especialy young pigs should not sleep in crowds, 

 for, although they sleep warmer, they will suffer 

 on that very account. Lying in piles, they get 

 sweaty ; the skin is much more sensitive to the 

 cold, and coming out in the morning,reeking and 

 smoking, the keen air pierces them. In this way, 

 voung pigs die off in the winter by being too warm 

 at nijr'at. — Indiana Fanner. 



tons of hay, and grazing lands. In this regard 

 our late Census returns are sadly defective. It 

 is some satisfaction, however, to know that the 

 Agricultural Statistics are more comprehensive, 

 and particular, than any which either the State or 

 United States Government has before made. We 

 shall compile for the present volume of the Far- 

 mer a valuable synopsis of the Agricultural pro- 

 ducts of every county in the State, so soon as the 

 matter is arranged at the Comptroller's Office. 

 We shall also show tlmt, from some cause, we 

 are driving our native born citizens out of the 

 state, by tens of thousands, and supplying their 

 places by immigrants from Europe. 



We have on hand a mass of statistics relating 

 to our whole exports to all nations since the or- 

 ganization of our National Government, from 

 which we shall condense a bii'ds-eye view of our 

 foreign trade. It is a curiousyaci!, and one that 

 signally marks our good living, that, of the 459,- 

 000,000 lbs, of Coffee grown on this planet, the 

 people of this country actually consume about 

 one-third part, or 149,711,820 lbs. ! It is hoped 

 that the following Table will be found interesting : 



Hudson in 1841 and 1844 : 



^ 18'!1. 



Furs, lbs 1,180,000 



Boards, M. feet, 177,720,349 



yhinsileg, M._ 40,385 



Timber, cubic feet, 1 ,028,576 



-y St,ive.s,' Ib.s 110,542,839 



Wood, eords, 21,403 



Aslies. bbls 13,093 



Pork, bbls, 11.5,1.50 



Beef, bbls... 18.113 



Ctees?, lbs 11,171,081 



Butter and Lard, lb.s lb',1.57,6.53 



Wool, Iba. 3,617,075 



Flour, bbls. 



Wheat, bush 



Rye, bush 



Corn, bush 



Barley, btish 



Other grain, 



Bran, bush 



Peas and iicans, bush. 



Potatoes, bu.^h 



Dried Fruit, lbs 



Cotton, lbs. 



Tobacco. li:'.s ..-. ^ 



1.647,492 



781,055 



8,070 



119,762 



121,010 



663,375 



566,013 



39,280 



32.397 



493,607 



196,842 



850,730 



1844. 



832,200 



232,434,700 



78,125 



921,982 



97,533,000 



16,.550 



80,646 



63,646 



.50.000 



26,674,-500 



22,.59(v300 



7,672,300 



2,222 204 



l'262!249 



62.239 



17,861 



818,472 



1,166,-524 



4,177,489 



21,176 



18,263 



1,299,400 



79,600 



323,900 



