APPENDIX. 



A. The latest official statement I have at hand, is the United States 

 Commerce and Navigation Report for 1859 — according to which, the 

 vessels built in that year had an aggregate capacity of 156,602 tons 

 burthen, out of which vessels with a tonnage of 79,432 tons were built 

 in New England. The total tonnage of the United States in 1859 

 was stated, in the same report, as 5,145,037 tons, of which 1,766,250 

 tons belonged to New England. 



B. Agricultural Statistics of the Counties of Worcester in Massa- 

 chusetts and Ayr in Scotland, for the year 1855, unless otherwise 

 specified. 



Worcester County. 



Ayrshire. 



Total area in acres, 



Population, 



Number of Farms, 



Area "Improved Land," acres 



Area "Under Rotation of Crops," acres,. . 

 Crops produced — Wheat, 



Rye, 



Barley, 



Oats, 



Indian Corn, 



Total grain — bushels 



Total area Grain crops, acres 



Other Tillage crops, Potatoes, 



Turnips, 



Other Roots, 



Beans, 



Other crops, 



Total area Roots, &c, acres, 



Area in Hay, 



Fallow, 



Area under Rotation, Ayrshire and cor- 

 responding area in Worcester County,. 



Live Stock. — Horses, 



Milch Cows, 



Other Cattle, 



Calves, 



Total Cattle, 



Sheep and Lambs, 



Swine, 



BUSH. 



46,101 



51,571 



41,137 



283,556 



418,918 



32,622 



11,750 

 117,117 



161,489 



[1860] 



ACRES. 



650 



3,967 



1,890 



9,930 



16,185 



ACRES. 



9,439 

 172 

 658 



1,481 



33,917 



18,561 



9,443 



706,000 



159,659 



7,002 



483,472 



841,283 

 32,622 



11,750 



13,484 



61,921 



6,212 



11,023 



BOSH. 



430,421 



k j 12,127 



33,221 



2,475,186 



[1851.] 



ACRES. 



12,847 

 362 

 971 



61,648 



665,000 



189,858 



3,329 



258,154 



2,950.955 



75,828 acres. I 75,828 



8,167 



16,480 



1,136 



3,485 



898 



30,166 



151,216 



944 



258,154 



39,286 

 : 28,809 

 , 15,913 



30,166 



9,702 



84,008 



245,373 



12,483 



