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the quantity raised in 1840, and averaging nearly 26 bushels to the acre. In the coun- 

 ties of Seneca and Kings, the average exceeded 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 Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Orange, Wayne, and Yates, 28 ; and in each or the 

 counties of Chautauque, Clinton, Columbia, Jefferson, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk, and 

 St. Lawrence, 27. 



From the 31*7,099 acres devoted to the production 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 product is reported at nearly 20 bushels to the acre; in the county 

 of Richmond, at 14^ ; in the county of Jefferson, 13-|- ; in each of the counties of Clin- 

 ton, Orleans, and St. Lawrence, 12 ; in Chenango, 11|-; in each of the counties of Erie, 

 Livingston, Rensselaer, and Wyoming, 11; in each of the counties of Schenectady, 

 Queens, and Essex, 10|- ; and in each of the counties of Albany, Delaware, Franklin, 

 Fulton, Genesee, Herkimer, Lewis, Monroe, Montgomery, Orange, Warren, and West- 

 chester, 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 the town of Gravesend in the same county. 



From 595,135 acres planted with corn, the aggregate number of bushels harvested is 

 returned at 14,722,1 15, 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 county, 38^ ; in Richmond, 35 ; in Suffolk, 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 counties 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^; and in the county 

 of Broome, 26. 



From 255,762^ acres planted with potatoes, the aggregate number of bushels obtained 

 wf'S 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, Cattaraugus, and Cayuga, 10*5 ; in Allegany, 89 ; 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 bushels. There has been a falling off of the potato crop of upwards of 

 6,000,000 bushels since 1840. 



From 117,379 acres sown with peas, the aggregate number of bushels raised was 

 1,761,504, or an average of 15 bushels per acre. In the town of Westchester, West- 

 chester county, upwards of 170 bushels are returned as having been produced from 3^ 

 acres, averaging 56 bushels per acre. In the county of Kings, the average crop was 

 35 bushels ; in Richmond, 24 ; in Putnam, Queens, and Wyoming, 20 ; in Onondaga 

 and Orleans, 19|-; in Suffolkj 18 ; in each of the counties of Genesee, Madison, Mont 

 gomery, and Rockland, 17 ; and in each of the counties of Albany, Allegany, Cayuga, 

 Chautauque, Erie, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Ontario, Seneca, St. Lawrence, 

 and Steuben, 16. 



From 16,232 acres devoted to the raising of beans, the aggregate number of bushels 

 produced was 162,188, or an average of 10 bushels per acre. In the town of West- 

 field, Richmond county, from 2f acres 228^ bushels were produced, being an average of 

 114 bushels per acre; in the ninth ward of tha city of Brooklyn, 1,960 bushels were 

 raised from 19:^ acres, being an average of 100 bushels per acre ; in the town of New- 



