610 
RURAL HOURS. 
We turn to the proceeds of the forest ; 
No., Val- 
ue, &c., in 
County. 
No., Value, &c., in 
State. 
Otsego Co. ranking as— 
Lumber, value, 
$39,934 
Value 
$3,891,302 
XXIV. 
Pot and Pearl Ashes, tons. 
122 
C< 
7,613 
XX. 
Skins and furs. 
none 
Am’t 
15,550 
— 
Various other items stand as follows : 
Cast-iron Furnaces, 
7 
No. 
186 
rv. 
Machinery mnft’d, value. 
$4,750 
Am’t 
$2,895,517 
XXXVI. 
Hardware “ “ 
$660 
$1,566,974 
XXII. 
Small Arms mnft’d. 
565 
8,308 
III. 
Precious Metals “ 
$500 
$1,106,208 
XVI. 
Granite and Marble, 
$2,120 
$966,220 
XXL 
Farious Metals, 
$21,000 
cc 
$2,456,792 
XII. 
Brick and Stone Houses, 
10 
No. 
1,238 
XIX. 
Wooden “ 
134 
(< 
5,198 
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 strictl}" 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 view 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 
