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45,000 bushels wheat, and 47,984 bushels oats. In 1858 the 
yield of the crop is estimated at 94,800 bushels wheat, and 
99,800 bushels oats. [For the crops of 1859-60—both dis_ 
cussed by our author in this connection — the reader is 
referred to the statistics in the report of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee, contained in this volume. —Ed.] 
Of the capabilities of the country to produce the necessaries 
of life, some correct conclusions may be drawn from the fact 
that from one small grocery store and no manufactories in 
1849, w r e now have fifteen saw mills, six mills for flouring 
wheat, four wagon shops, eight blacksmith shops, two harness- 
shops, three cabinet shops, one gunsmith, one jeweler and 
watch maker, one sash, door and blind manufactory, two plow 
manufactories, eight boot and shoe manufactories, one fanning 
mill manufactory, one brick and one lime manufactory, nine¬ 
teen stores—two of which are hardware and tin establishments 
—three drug stores, six hotels, four grain warehouses; all 
employing an aggregate capital of $150,000. We have eight 
preachers, viz: two Calvanistic Baptist, three Methodist, one 
Presbyterian, one Free Will Baptist, one Congregationalism 
and one Roman Catholic; six church edifices, viz: two Metho¬ 
dist, two Roman Catholic, one Presbyterian and one Congre¬ 
gationalism We have eight lawyers and five physicians, and 
two newspapers, the “ North Star,” and the “ Hudson City 
Times.” 
The county is traversed from a north-easterly to a south¬ 
westerly direction, by several ridges in which are found an 
abundance of limestone, overriding sand-stone; and what is 
very peculiar, the soil on the sides and top of these ridges is 
equally as fertile as that in the valleys. The north and east 
parts of the county are covered with various kinds of w r ood r 
such as oak, ash, sugar maple, red maple, iron wood, tamarac, 
and pine; “oak openings” are interspersed throughout the 
county. It will be observed that a little less than 17,000 acres 
of land was in cultivation in 1859, and at the present time the 
quantity does not exceed 35,000, or about 10 or 12 per cent, 
of the whole area. Lands just as good as any that have been 
