OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



301 



1865. 



Acres. 



1875. 



Acres. 



Land under crops, . 

 Unimproved land . 

 Unimprovable land, 

 Woodland, 



Total, 



881,402 

 1,052,374-| 



282,359 

 1,019,843$ 



3,235,479f 



912,521 



1,469,988| 



89,4574, 



930,402| 



3,402,36gi 



Hence it will be seen that the proportion of improved and 

 cultivated laud has considerably increased during the last ten 

 years. 



The aggregate value of farms, with all their appliances, is 

 found to be as follows : — 



Land $116,629,849 00 



Buildings, 66,033,291 00 



Fruit trees and vines, 4,674,188 00 



Domestic animals, 17,316,381 00 



Agricultural implements, 5,321,168 00 



Total for 1875, $209,974,877 00 



Total for 1865 176,579,965 00 



Increase in ten years, f 33,394,912 00 



By a reference to the tables of domestic animals, it will be 

 seen that the horses on farms number 53,218, the whole num- 

 ber in the State being 129,969. The number of cows on 

 farms, including heifers, 154,091 ; of milch cows, 126,034. 

 Whole number of cows in the State, including those not on 

 farms, 148,395. A large proportion of the fruit trees of the 

 State are to be found in small gardens and orchards not con- 

 nected with farms, and hence are not included in these return. 



The total number of persons employed on farms is 35,488 ; 

 this number includes only those who have been paid wages for 

 their labor. The entire number engaged in agriculture is 



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70,945 ; but this includes proprietors or owners of farms as 

 well as the farm hands. Deducting the former from the latter, 

 we have 35,457 to represent the number of proprietors. In 

 1865 the total number engaged in agriculture was 68,538. 



