884 Observations on the 
The prodigious extent of the resources of the United 
States, and of its progress in wealth and numbers, may be 
judged of from the following general statement of its 
agricultural production for the year 1849; viz.— 
AGRICULTURE. * 
Total number of acres of land im- 
112,042,000 acres 
DIOVEC Mme ctetetesttstconetstoveretarcteretstrsretss 
Value of farming implements and 
TH CHITIGS Mts Pirterrerirci cocictessstitssccieners 151,820,273 dollars 
Value of live stock ...........2s000eeeseee w. 052,705,238 
\Wiheateerrnencrte seeerestrvezeeee 104,799,280 bushels 
Indian Corn ....cecscceeecesetseesseoesveesereeree 091,586,058 
Tobacco....... eT ce oe pa ay ara 199,582,494 Ibs. 
Ginned cotton, (bales of 400 Ibs.) .... 2,474,214 bales 
52,422,797 lbs. 
141,295 gallons 
areqtir pepo terion oo Rea ibs 
Butter 
Cheese. sesfitnesstieie . 108,184,585 Ibs. 
ISG crete atonoimernesins arr ruses 13,605,384 tons 
IK) an as Poneto AmnealTun 75,241 
Flax-seed 567,749 bushels 
Maple sugar ....... fet Pha rateli Pree 32,759,263 Ibs. 
* It is as yet but the “day of small things” in respect to the agri- 
culture of Australia as compared with the United States: but the import- 
ance of the pursuit, and the stimulus imparted to it by an unlimited market 
and “ golden prices,” and the facilities gradually unfolding themselves in 
Victoria by the “ unlocking of the lands,” comprising some of the richest 
alluvial soils in the world, give earnest of arapid development of the best 
treasures of the earth.—Labour and industry only are wanted to ensure 
such results; and perhaps one of the best compensations to the colonists 
upon the loss of the supply of the former by the cessation of transportation, 
will be found in the removal of a stumbling-block to the exercise of the 
latter,—it being the sentiment of many that the existence of a servile class” 
in the community tended to degrade labour, a reproach upon its dignity 
that must now be at once and for ever wiped away. 
