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GENESEE FARMER. 



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Delaware ; 61,706 in the county of Otsego ; 

 59,712 in the county of Orange ; 57,506 in the 

 county of Erie ; 55,482 in the county of Steu- 

 ben ; 53,440 in the county of Herkimer ; near- 

 ly 52,000 in the county of Allegany ; 49,498 in 

 the county of Onondaga ; 47,258 in the county 

 of Dutchess ; 45,256 in the county of Cattarau- 

 gus ; 45,216 in the county of Madison ; 43,527 

 in the county of Washington ; 41,584 in the 

 county of Cayuga ; and 41,300 in the county of 

 Oswego. The number of neat cattle under one 

 year old is 334,456, and the number over one 

 year old is 1,709,479. The aggregate number 

 of neat cattle is less by about 130,000 than in 1840. 



The aggregate number of cows milked is re- 

 turned at 999,490, or an average of nearly 17,- 

 000 to each county. The aggregate number of 

 pounds of butter made during the year was 79,- 

 501,733i, or an average of about 1,350,000 to 

 each county, or79i pounds to each cow milked; 

 while the aggregate number of pounds of cheese 

 is returned at 30,744,976, being an average of 

 622,796 pounds to each county, or about 36 lbs. 

 to each cow milked. In the county of Oneida, 

 the number of cows milked is stated at 47,713 ; 

 from which 3,876,276 pounds of butter, and 3,- 

 277,750 pounds of cheese were made, or an aver- 

 age of upwards of 80 pounds of the former and 

 68 of the latter. In the county of Orange, from 

 42,256 cows milked, 4,108,840 pounds of butter 

 were obtained, being an average of 97 pounds to 

 each. In the county of Jefferson, from 41,360 

 cows, 3,080,767 pounds of butter and 2,802,314 

 of cheese were obtained ; averaging 74 pounds 

 of the former and nearly 70 of the latter. In 

 the county of Kings, the average number of 

 pounds of butter made from each cow milked was 

 110 ; in the counties of Delaware and Chenango, 

 100 ; in each of the counties of Putnam, Sullivan, 

 and Tompkins, 95 ; in each of the counties of 

 Cortland, Greene, Onondaga, Schenectady, Scho- 

 harie, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates, 90 ; in Liv- 

 ingston, 85 ; and in each of the counties of Dutch- 

 ess, Ontario, Saratoga, Steuben, Tioga, Warren, 

 and Washington, 80. In the county of Herki- 

 mer, 8,208,796 pounds of cheese were manufac- 

 tured from the milk of 36,255 cows, being an 

 average of 226 pounds to each ; in the town of 

 Fairfield, in the same county, 1,355,967 pounds 

 were manufactured from the milk of 3,910 cows, 

 being an average of nearly 350 pounds. In the 

 county of Madison, 2,022,855 pounds were ob- 

 tained from 21,513 cows, being an average of 90 

 pounds ; and in the county of Lewis, 1,420,368 

 pounds from 18,024 cows, or an average of 80 

 pounds. Tn the county of Otsego, the average 

 exceeds 50 pounds. 



The aggregate number of horses in the State 

 is 505,155, being an increase of over 29,000 

 since 1840. In Oneida county there are 17,- 

 303; Onondaga, 16,968; in Monroe, 16,811; 

 in Jefferson, 16,397 ; in Otsego, 14,183 ; in 



Cayuga, 13,922 ; in Erie, 13,527 ; in St. Law- 

 rence, 13,470 ; in New York, 13,346 ; in Steu- 

 ben, 12,310 ; in Wayne, 12,2.58 ; in Madison, 

 11,774 ; in Dutchess, 11,342 ; in Tompkins, 

 11,191; in Washington, 11,115; and in each 

 of the counties of Albany, Allegany, Chautauque, 

 Chenango, Genesee, Herkimer, Livingston, 

 Orange, Rensselaer, and Saratoga, 10,000 and 

 upwards. 



The aggregate number of hogs returned is 

 1,584,344, or an aver.-ge of nearly 27,000 to 

 each county. In Dutchess county there are 

 66,828 ; in Orange, 57,265 ; in Columbia, 54,- 

 477 ; in Jefferson, 53,068 ; in Onondaga, 52,- 

 907 ; in Monroe, 48,493 ; in Niagara, 45,723 j 

 in Cayuga, 43,540 ; in Ulster, 42,627 ; in Wash- 

 ington, 42,189 ; in Rensselaer, 39,262 ; in Ot- 

 sego, 38,485; in St. Lawrence, 38,150; in Erie, 

 38,087 ; in Saratoga, 37,882 ; in Ontario, 36,- 

 986 ; in Steuben, 35,987 ; in Wayne, 35,873 ; 

 in Westchester, 35,609 ; and in each of the coun- 

 ties of Albany, Chautauque, and Niagara, upwai'ds 

 of 30,000. In 1840, the aggregate number of 

 swine in the state was 1,916,953 ; being an ex- 

 cess of 332,619 beyond that of the present year. 



The aggregate number of sheep -in the state is 

 6,443,855, exceeding by 1,062,630 the number 

 returned in 1840, and being an average of up,- 

 wards of 107,000 to each county. Of this num- 

 ber 1,870,728 are under one year old, and 4,505,- 

 369 over one year old. The number in the 

 county of Otsego is 270,564 ; in Madison, 263,- 

 132 ; in Ontario, 257,821 ; in Washington, 

 254,866 ; in Chautauque, 235,403 ; in Chenan- 

 go, 223,453 ; in Livingston, 218,258 ; in Steu- 

 ben, 217,658 ; in Dutchess, nearly 200,000 ; in 

 Oneida, 194,589; in Onondaga, 190,429; in 

 Allegany, 184,901 ; in Jefferson, 184,526 ; in 

 Cayuga, 175,148; in Monroe, 173,952 ; in Co- 

 lumbia, 172,959 ; in Rensselaer, 170,552 ; in 

 St. Lawrence, 168,314 ; in Wyoming, 166,365; 

 in Genesee, 156,578; in Erie, 148,732; in 

 Tompkins, 135,787; in Delaware, 135,633; in 

 Wayne, 130,562; in Yates, 130,134; and in 

 Cortland, 108,862. The aggregate number of 

 fleeces obtained is returned at 4,607,012 J, com- 

 prising 13,864,828 pounds of wool, less by 208,- 

 306 pounds than the aggregate fleece of 1840, 

 and averaging about three lbs. to a fleece. In 

 the county of Kings the average is upwards of 

 six pounds. — Transactions State Ag. Society. 



Butter. — The Southern Planter says : — " A 

 proposition was laid before the Virginia Legisla- 

 ture, last winter, to establish an inspection of 

 butter in the city of Richmond ; one of the mem- 

 bers desired us to say to the people of the Com- 

 monwealth that if they would keep the butter-pot 

 with the mouth downwards, so that the putrid 

 fluid might drain from the butter, there would be 

 no need of such an office as the one proposed, 

 far there would be no butter to be condemned." 



