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CHYMISTRY APPLIED C A iBICULTURE. 



7. Potatoes 



8. Oats . . 



9. Small grains 



10. Wines 

 merino 



11. Wool,^ half-breed 

 common 



■•I 



19,800,741 hectolitres. 

 32,066,587 



1,103,177 



35,358,890 



790,175 



3,901,881 

 33,236,487 



!" 



logram- 

 mes.* 



Total 37,928,543 kilogr. 



12. Cocoons of silk .... 5,157,609 kilogr. 



13. Hemp and flax .... 49,677,300 



14. Oils of all kinds .... 130,000,000 

 Independently of the principal products of French agri- 

 culture above enumerated, there are several distinct crops, 

 which, without presenting such large results, enrich cer- 

 tain localities: as, for example, madder, saffron, hops, 

 woad, fruits, green pulse, &c. 



I think it proper to add to the above table, that of the 

 animals which are more or less employed in agriculture. 



1. Oxen 1,701,740 



2. Bulls 214,131 



3. Cows 3,909,959 



4. Heifers 856,122 



5. Horses or mules . . . 1,406,671 



6. Colts 464,659 



7. Pure merino sheep . . 766,310 



8. Half-breed merino sheep 3,578,748 



9. Common sheep . . 30,845,852 

 10. Swine 3,900,000 



CHAPTER IX. 



OP THE NATURE AND USES OF THE PRODUCTS OF 

 VEGETATION. 



" The elements that enter into the composition of plants, 

 are but few in number; but the proportions in which they 

 are combined establish so great a difference in the prod- 

 ucts of vegetation, that it seems almost incredible, that 



r* The kilogramme is equivalent to 2.20548 lbs. avoirdupois. — Tr.] 



