ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY. 



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made in the article of butter, the estimate for this year 

 being on the amount sold, while in 1850 it was on the 

 amount made. 



The population of the county, according to the State 

 Census of 1855, was 6,936.* The comparative ratio of 

 agricultural production to population, ip different parts of 

 our country, is shown in the following table, mostly taken 

 from the Compendium of the United States Census of 

 1850:— 



The larger part of the able-bodied men of the county 

 are engaged in other pursuits than agriculture, such as 



