1846. 



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Agricultural Statistics of New York. 



BY S. S, RANDALL. 



Thk entire population of the state, as returned 

 by the marshals, is 2,604,495 : comprising 1,311,- 

 342 males, and 1,293,153 females. 



The aggregate number of farmers and agricul- 

 turists in the state, is 253,292, or somewhat less 

 than one-tenth of the entire population, and one- 

 fifth of the whole male population. The number 

 of legal voters in the state, (exclusive of persons 

 of color,) is 539,379 ; consequently the number 

 farming to all other professions, is very nearly 

 as one to two. 



The whole number of acres of improved land 

 in the state is 11,737,276: of which 1,013,665 

 is devoted to the production of wheat ; 1,026,915 

 to that of oats ; 595,135 to that of corn ; 255,762 

 to that of potatoes ; 317,099 to that of rye ; 192, 

 504 to that of barley; 117,379 to that of peas; 

 16,232 to that of beans ; 255,496 to that of buck- 

 wheat ; 15,322 to that of turneps ; and 46,089 

 to that of flax ; wheat and oats being the great 

 agricultural staples of the state ; corn and rye 

 holding the next place ; potatoes and buckwlieat, 

 in about equal proportion, the next ; and barley, 

 peas, flax, beans, and turneps, following in the 

 order in which they are here named ; the least 

 number of acres being devoted to the culture of 

 the turnep. 



The western and northern portions of the state 

 are best adapted to the cultivation of wheat, pota- 

 toes, oats, while the southern and eastern por- 

 tions seem most favorable to corn, barley, peas, 

 beans, turneps, and flax. The middle counties 

 afford the best encouragement to the raising of 

 cattle. 



Of the 1,013,665 acres employed in the rais- 

 ing of wheat, the number harvested during the 

 year is repoi-ted at 958,234, yielding an aggre- 

 gate of 13,391,770 bushels, exceeding by 1,438,- 

 263 bushels the amount raised in 1840, and aver- 

 aging a fraction under 14 bushels to the acre. — 

 Ih the county of Monroe, the average yield is 

 19i bushels; in tlie county of Kings, 19; in 

 each of the counties of Orleans and Niagara, 18 ; 

 in the county of Clinton, l~h ; in Genesee coun- 

 ty, 16 J ; in each of the counties of Cayuga, On- 

 tario, Livingston, and Franklin, 16 ; and in each 

 of the counties of Onondaga, Richmond, Seneca, 

 Warren, and Wyoming, 15. In two of the outer 

 wards of Brooklyn, the average yield was 24 

 bushels to the acre ; in the town of Wheatland, 

 Monroe county, 22 bushels ; and in Sweden, 

 same county, 21, 



From the 1,026,915 acres devoted to the pro- 

 duction of oats, the aggregate number of bushels 

 harvested during the year is stated at 26,323,051, 

 exceeding by 5,594,313 the quantity raised in 

 1840, and averaging nearly 26 bushels to the 

 acre. In the counties of Seneca and Kings, the 

 average exceeeding 35 ; in Monroe and Ontario, 



32 ; in Onondaga, 31 ; in each of the counties 

 of Cayuga, Dutchess, and Livingston, 30; in 

 each of the counties of Orleans, Niagara, and 

 Rensselaer, 29 ; in each of the counties of Che- 

 nango, Madison, Oneida, Orange, Wayne, and 

 Yates, 28 ; and in each of the counties of Chau- 

 tauque, Clinton, Columbia, Jefferson, Queens, 

 Richmond, Suffolk, and St. Lawrence, 27. 



From the 317,099 acres devoted to the pro- 

 duction of rye, the aggregate number of bushels 

 harvested during the year is stated at 2,966,322, 

 being 18,591 bushels less than were harvested in 

 1840, or an average of nearly 9| bushels to the 

 acre. In the county of Kings, the average pro- 

 duct is reported at nearly 20 bushels to the acre ; 

 in the county of Richmond, at 14i ; in the coun- 

 ty of Jefferson, 13^ ; in each of the counties of 

 Clinton, Orleans, and St. Lawrence, 12 ; in 

 Chenango, Hi ; in each of the counties of Erie, 

 Livingston, Rensselaer, and Wyoming, 11 ; in 

 each of the counties of Schenectady, Queens, 

 and Es£ex, 10^ ; and in each of the counties of 

 Albany, Delaware, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, 

 Herkimer, Lewis, Monroe, Montgomery, Orange, 

 Warren, and Westchester, 10. In the ninth 

 ward of the city of Brooklyn, 265 bushels were 

 obtained from 16 acres, being an average of 25 

 bushels to the acre ; and an equal average crop 

 was obtained in tlie town of Gravesend in the 

 same county. 



From 595,135 acres planted with corn, the ag- 

 gregate number of bushels harvested is returned 

 at 14,722,11.5, being an increase of 3,636,973 

 over the harvest of 1840, and averaging nearly 



25 bushels to the acre. In the county of New 

 York, the average yield was 40 ; in Kings coun- 

 ty, 38i; in Richmond, 35; in Suflx)lk 34; in 

 each of the counties of Orange and Westchester, 

 32; in Rockland, 31 ; in each of the counties of 

 Monroe and Orleans, 30 ; in each of the coun- 

 ties of Niagara, Ontario, and Seneca, 29 ; in 

 each of the counties of Chemung, Chenango, 

 Jefferson, Oneida, Onondaga, Putnam, and Tioga, 

 27 ; in each of the counties of Clinton and Wayne, 



26 j ; and in the county of Broome, 26. 



From 255,762 acres planted with potatoes, the 

 aggregate number of bushels obtained was 23,- 

 653,418, or an average of 90 bushels to the acre. 

 In Jefferson and Franklin counties the average 

 yield exceeded 150 bushels; in St. Lawrence, 

 145 ; in Clinton and Orleans, 137 ; in Essex and 

 Genesee, 125 ; in Washington, 122 ; in Suffolk 

 and Wayne, 120; in Chautauque, 112; in each 

 of the counties of^ Kings, Monroe, and Niagara, 

 110; in each of the counties of Ontario, Catta- 

 raugus, and Cayuga, 105 ; in Allegany, 99 ; in 

 Yates, 98 ; in Seneca, 97 ; and in each of the 

 counties of^ Lewis and Queens, 95. In each of 

 the towns of Antwerp and Rutland, in Jefferson 

 county, the average yield per acre was 187 bush- 

 els. There has beenafallingoff of the potato crop 

 of upwards of six millions of bushels since 1840. 



