824 
ANNUAL REPORT Op NEW PORK 
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1863. 
The blanks for the collection of statistics were prepared in due season 
and distributed throughout the State, in December, as required by the act 
of the Legislature. It was soon ascertained that the work would not bo 
performed, unless the transactions of the Society and the Institute for 18G3 
could be had—of this, there was no assurance that they could be had until 
the close of 1864. We were advised that unless the books were ready the 
work would not be done, and the returns which are annexed are all that 
have been received up to January, 1865, being from twelve counties, onlj’ a 
portion of which are complete. If the transactions were printed and ready 
for delivery in September, as they formerly were, there would be little diffi¬ 
culty in obtaining competent persons to take the statistics as provided in 
the law; many suggestions have been made as to changes in the provisions 
of the law, substituting money for books, and placing the work in the 
hands of Trustees of school districts, or with the town assessors. The 
whole matter is submitted for the consideration of the Legislature. 
To show what might be done, if the statistics were properly taken, wo 
give the summing up of.Steuben county for the year 1864, which is com¬ 
plete, and is in addition to the statistics of 1863 given in the annexed list: 
Total value pasture and meadow lands... 
Cereal crops. #. ... 
Root crops and peas and beans 
Hay.. 
Tobacco seed. 
Tobacco leaf. 
Hops. 
Bees honey. 
Ilccs wax. 
Neat cattle. 
Reef cattlo. 
Dairies. 
Market gardens. 
6wino. 
Sheep . 
Poultry. 
Fruit crops. 
Horses. 
Sugar and syrup per year. 
Syrup... 
$2,145,17! 
2,021,824 
427,527 
18,150 
7,401 
5,062 
4,482 
40,430 
5,057 
30,040 
138,450 
1,139,088 
10,084 
829,021 
831,937 
68,470 
141,996 
214,452 
42,350 
9,497 
Grand total of all the agricultural industry of the county—$9,082 
00 . 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
50 
00 
24 
70 
4T 
42 
50 
00 
00 
,005.63 
for the year 1864. 
It will be seen by an examination of these returns, that should every 
county secure an animal return like the above, our farmers would veiy 
soon learn what crops would be most advantageous, what depai linents o 
industry most remunerating, and govern themselves accordingly. 
