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RURAL NEW YORK 



Table IV. Summary of the Area in Crops in 

 Acres in New York Since 1844 * 



YEAR 



harvested 



1 Corn 



2 Corn for silo 



3 Corn or sorghum 

 grown for feed or 

 for fodder only.. 



4 Oats 



5 Barley 



6 Buckwheat 



7 Winter wheat. . ) 



8 Spring wheat. . J 



9 Rye 



10 Flax 



11 Field beans 



12 Alfalfa 1 



13 Other hay . . . . j 



14 Cabbage 



15 Potatoes 



IC Hops 



17 Tobacco 



18 Nursery stock and 

 flowers 



19 Root crops raised 

 for stock food... 



20 Peas 



21 Canning factory 

 crops 



22 Other vegetables 

 and garden 



23 Misc. crops 



24 Apples 



25 Peacnes 



26 Pears 



27 Plums 



28 Cherries 



29 Quinces 



30 Vineyards 



31 Small-fruit 



32 Total except hay 

 and fruit 



33 Total except fruit 



34 Total 



1844 



595,134 



1,026,915 

 192,503 

 255,495 



1,013,665 



317,099 

 46,089 

 16,231 



255,762 



§15,322 

 117,379 



1854 



3,851,594 



917,601 



1,349,384 



212,608 



293,233 



) 601,142 



} 194,346 



281,715 



11,764 



16,918 



3,384,441 



220,576 



9,482 



786 



§7,578 

 48,155 



112,591 

 4 



1864 



4,177,883 

 7,562,324 



632,213 



tl4,579 



1,109,910 



189,030 



240,302 



399,919 



113,115 



234,670 



23,874 



61,821 



4,237,085 



235,058 

 24,339 

 12,981 



§8,124 

 46,401 



1110,837 

 102 



1865 



3,357,275 

 7,594,360 



721,600 



tl2,430 



1.163,545 



243,125 



184,717 



406,577 



104,992 



233,214 



18,242 



24,208 



4,296,721 



254,403 



25,870 



4,614 



§5,632 

 40,725 



fI10,110 

 58 



1874 



3,454,062 

 7,750,783 



627,749 



t^8,712 

 1,327,975 

 211,560 

 263,781 

 558,069 

 96,027 

 257,736 



' '8i,321 

 4,796,739 



' 358,433 



28,278 



2,593 



22,384 



3,894,618 

 8,691,357 



This table is adopted from the Census of Agricultural Resources 

 of New York State for 1917. 



* Statistics for 1879, 1889, 1899, 1909, are from the U. S. Census. All 

 other figures are from the State census. 



From 1844 to 1875, inclusive, for all crops except hay, the figures are 

 acreage sown or planted. After 1875, for all crops except fruit the 

 figures are acres harvested. For 1874 and all later years, the hay fig- 

 ures are acres harvested. 



In 1875 the number of apple trees of all ages was reported. This 

 number was divided by forty-five to get the approximate number of 

 acres. The trees were then planted closer than is now the case. 



