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The average of tlie foregoing twelve counties amounts to 15.V bushels per acre. In 

 several of these counties, the average is reduced considerably, by the crop being raised 

 upon a soil derived from the rocks above the Marcellus shales, or underlaid by the lower 

 and more sandy soil of the Medina sandstone. 



In the Southern district, the results by the census returns are as follows : 



Allegany county raised 260,190 bushels upon 23,600 acres, thus giving- nn average of 1 |i bushels. 

 Broome county raised 81,388 bushels upon 7204 acres, whose average is 1 H bushels per acre. 

 Cattaraugus county raised 177,927 bushels upon 15,331 acres; the average is 12 bushels. 

 Chemung county raised 180,095 bushels upon 15,365 acres, an average of 12 bushels per acre. 

 Chenango county raised 104,562 upon 8313 acres, giving an average of 13 bushels per acre. 

 Cortland county raised 96,852 upon 8111 acres, the average being 12 bushels per acre. 

 Otsego county raised 109,551 bushels upon 8733 acres, giving an average of 13 bushels per acre. 

 Sullivan county raised 3252 bushels upon 310 acres, giving an average of 10 bushels per acre. 

 Yates county raised 403,069 bushels upon 20,447 acres, giving an average of 14 bushels per acre. 



The average of the nine foregoing counties is 12 and a fraction bushels per acre. 



The Atlantic district gives the following result : 



Kings county raised 26,992 bushels upon 1411 acres, giving the average of 19 bushels per acre. 

 Queens county raised 99,374 upon 8702 acres, giving an average of 12 bushels per acre. 

 Suffolk county raised 77,423 bushels upon 661 1 acres, giving an average of 12 bushels per acre. 



The average of the three counties is 14 bushels per acre. 



The average of the Taconic district is 8 bushels per acre. 



Hudson and Mohawk district 9a " 



Western and Central district 1 5£ " 



Southern district 12 " 



Atlantic district 14 " 



The average derived from the above estimates is less than that of the State. The loss 

 is to be set down to the Hudson and Mohawk district. 



The maize crop gives a result somewhat different. Pursuing a plan of estimates similar 

 to that respecting the wheat crop, we shall find thatythe Taconic district, which is so poor 

 in wheat, is quite as productive in maize as the Central and Western districts. This 

 deficient return in wheat is therefore not due to poverty of the soil, but to its peculiar 

 adaptedness for maize. 



