510 RURAL HOURS. 
We turn to the proceeds of the forest : 
No., Val- 
ue, &c., in 
No,. Value, &c., in 
Otsego Co. ranking as — 
County. 
State. 
Lumber, value, 
$39,934 
Value $3,891,302 
XXIV. 
Pot and Pearl Ashes, tons. 
122 
7,613 
XX. 
Skins and furs. 
none 
Am't 15,550 
Various other items stand as follows : 
Cast-iron Furnaces, 
Machinery mnft'd, value, 
Hardware " " 
Small Arms mnft'd, 
Precious Metals " 
Granite and Marble, 
Various Metals, 
Brick and Stone Houses, 
Wooden " 
7 
$4,750 
$660 
565 
$2,120 
$21,000 
10 
134 
No. 
Am't 
No. 
186 
$2,895,517 
$1,566,974 
8,308 
$1,106,208 
$966,220 
$2,456,792 
1,2.38 
5,198 
IV. 
XXXVI. 
XXII. 
in. 
XVI. 
XXI. 
XII. 
XIX. 
XV. 
Upon some occasion, when assailed by the statistics of his op- 
ponents, Mr. Canning is said to have quietly observed, that few 
things were more false than figures, unless it be facts,'" an asser- 
tion no doubt as true, as it is witty. There are probably many 
errors in all these tables ; perhaps one might point out two items 
which are not strictly accurate in the statement of things in our 
own county. It is said, for instance, that no flax is manufactured 
here, while there is very frequently a little used in this way in 
home-made manufactures. Then, again, no furs and skins are 
reported : but a few fox skins are sold in the village, probably, 
every year. Still, the general vicAv is sufficiently accurate to be 
very interesting. What a striking difference there is already, for 
instance, in this new county, between the produce of the forests 
and that of manufactures and agriculture ! Furs and skins have 
entirely disappeared, and in the place of the beaver and deer, our 
valleys now feed a greater number of sheep than any other county 
in the State. The produce of the lumber is already less than 
that of the orchards. The value of the maple sugar nearly equals 
