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ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY. 



Farms. 

 Acres of cultivated land. . . 

 " Wood and Bush-land 

 " Banked Meadow. 



" Salt Meadow 



Value of cultivated land per 

 acre 



Stock. 

 Number of Horses 

 Cattle .. 

 Sheep. . 

 Hogs... 



Produce. 

 Bushels of Wheat . . 

 Bye 



Oats 



Corn 



Potatoes 



Sweet Potatoes. . . 



Pounds of Butter sold 



Tons of Upland Hay cut 



" Salt Hay cut 



Value of fruit sold in dollars 

 Value of market garden pro- 

 duce in dollars 



Lower. 





4,150 



5,228 



447 



1,295 



$50 



281 

 945 

 526 

 563 



5,080 



318 



4,135 



20,732 



3,126 



1,320 



3,386 



73 



1.915 



592 



748 



Middle. 



4,827 



10,572 



80 



4,925 



35 



242 

 1,214 

 1,175 



776 



10,570 



50 



5,705 



37,680 



4,565 



1,357 



4,515 



184 



2,500 



500 



340 



Dennis. 



3,190 



27,318 



631 



2,303 



35 



175 

 915 

 734 

 505 



4,833 

 290 



3,920 

 13,365 



3,753 



1,310 

 729 

 115 



2,222 

 317 



188 



Upper. 



3,580 



18,560 



760 



8,700 



30 



245 

 1,608 



790 

 1,170 



4,130 

 1,115 

 3,000 

 18,740 

 6,215 

 2,130 

 6,230 

 660 

 4,590 

 1,000 



1,740 



Total in 

 1856. 



15,747 



61,678 



1,918 



17,223 



37i 



943 

 4,682 

 3,225 

 3,014 



24,603 



1,773 1 

 16,760 f 

 90,517 

 17,659 ] 



6,117 I 

 14,860 



1,032 1 

 11,227 I 



2,409 



3,016 



Total in 

 1850. 



14,310 

 37,653 



519 

 3,563 

 3,849 

 1,905 



16,334 



12,429 

 84,915 

 18,548 

 46,269 

 9,972 

 2,188 



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In the area of land cultivated, it will be noticed that 

 the amount is considerably less than the area of cleared 

 land set down in the table on p. 18. Some of the cleared 

 lands are not cultivated ; and the house lots of six acres 

 and less were not all included in the returns. There 

 are one hundred and eight of this kind in Middle Town- 

 ship. In the same way, the wood and bush-land is not all 

 given in, not being attached to farms ; and the salt-marshes 

 are by no means all in meadow. The prices of wood and 

 bush-land are not given. That of the former is extremely 

 variable ; the price of the latter is from two to eight dollars 

 an acre, according to quality and location; the average is 

 probably not above five dollars. No comparison can be 



