105 



price to an unusual height, is any considerable quan- 

 tity attempted to be transported. 



When the Corn is out it is left a long time in 

 sheaves in the fields till it can be threshed, or rather 

 trodden out with oxen and horses. When the sepa- 

 ration from the straw and chaff is effected, the Grain 

 is. preserved in excavations in the earth, till it is 

 either called forth by high prices, or, which, fre- 

 quently happens, till it is destroyed by corn-worms, 

 or other insects. It appears from the official ac- 

 counts, that in the year 1802, the following were 

 the results of the cultivation of Corn : 



Quarters. 



Sowed - - Winter Corn - - 293,183 

 Do. - - Summer do. - - 3.51,620 



644,803 



Harvested - - Winter Corn - 1,640,271 

 Do. - - Summer do. - 1,427,575 



.'j } 067,846 



Used for Seed for the next year : 



Winter Corn - - 297,254 



Summer do. ... 358,476 



655,730 



There 'consequently remained 



Summer Corn - 1,34.3,017 



Winter do. - 41,069,099 



e.412.116 

 of which - 1,172,211 



were consumed within the province, and 1 ,239.905 

 were either exported, or remained in the province till 

 after the following harvest. The consumption here 



