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that of the lumber. It will be observed, that for wool, hops, full- 
ing-mills, and grist-mills, we are the first county in the State. 
For wax we are the second ; and doubtless for honey also, though 
honey is not specified in the table. For neat cattle we are the 
third. For wheat the twenty-third ; thirty-five years ago, this 
Avas one of the greatest wheat regions in the Avhole country, but 
the weevil made its appearance, and became so mischievous that 
our farmers have changed their wheat-fields into hop-ground'S. 
Oddly enough, for tobacco we are the second county, although 
that does not say much, since only 744 lbs. are raised in the State, 
and probably most smokers would think that amount more than 
enough, for the quality must be very indifferent. But here and 
there a little is raised by the farmers for their own uses, and per- 
haps to fill a pipe for their wives now and thi3n ; quite a number 
of country women in our neighborhood are in the habit of smok- 
ing, and occasionally, young women, too. JSTot that the habit is a 
general one, though in rustic life, more women smoke than is 
commonly believed. Formerly, there was probably much more 
tobacco raised in this State than at present, for in old times, when 
we still had slaves among us, it was a general rule that every 
head of a family among the blacks had a little patch of land al- 
lotted to him expressly for the purpose of raising broom-corn and 
tobacco : the corn he made up into brooms and sold to the family, 
the tobacco he kept for himself and his wife. 
Observe that the woollen and cotton goods manufactured in this 
State are nearly equal in value ; the cotton goods amounting to 
13,600,000, the woollen goods $3,500,000. The amount of home- 
made goods exceeds either by a million, $4,600,000. The value 
of the lumber, for the same year, was less than that of the home- 
