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 be . performed, unless the transactions of the Society and the Institute for 1863 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, only 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, we give the summing up of Steuben county for the year 1864, which is complete, and is in addition to the statistics of 1863 given in the annexed list: Grand total of all the agricultural industry of the county-$9,082,005.63 for the year 1864. It will be seen by an examination of these returns, that should every county secure an annual return like the above, our farmers would very soon learn what crops would be most advantageous, what departments of industry most remunerating, and govern themselves accordingly. COUNTY OF planted. Acres Bush. shelled corn har vested. Acres broom corn. 63 Saratoga... 197,533 13,561 16,208 921 119 6,199 527,886 159,298 2,977,29,342 87 2 929 21,853 53,476 93,814 5,160 1,942 714 1,148 51,378 35,355 45,384 1,442 2,698 2,390 19,044 9,963 146,383 9,989 16,829 405,607 425 5,815 3,276 48,508,42,017 55,320 606 54 Cayuga 44,873 33,914 45,212 728 5,022 1,633 14,695 Greene 39,082 37,258 37,111 393 49 536 5,879 14,080 124 Oswego ... Rensselaer. 920 6,952 260 2,813 86 63 2 24,961 18,327 17,817 231 72 215 1,303 624 3,278 928 8,071 128,904 88,512 87,392 5,979 2,775 43,906 299.373 7,426 111,059 7,338 50,326 1,060,014 37,951 23,469 31,623 653 5,032 988 8,235 15,091 246,314 14,601 16,427 438,150 34,479 3,594 2,047 143 8,658 198,097 1,478 18,020 644 13,427 1,286 19,226 7 40 62,988] 288 284 3,455 2,387 31,307 1,871 32,833 7,533 134,278 13,160 141,828 188 2,389 5,602 111,305 1,966 28,625 65 616 6,014 157 1,855 Bushels harvested. 5,344 2,737 7,752 2,248 92,395 6,582 196 -2,884 209 2,171 98 5,635 775 9,855 152 3,945 80 34,000 133 8,237 746 62 1,137 9 91 3 469 95 946 .... 1,869 68,204 65 150 293 32,017 1,105 340 4,161 147 5,647 41 1,318 1,522 2,387 12 135 280 10 .... 8 10 6 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS-(Continued). HOPS. BEES. Cayuga...... Herkimer. Onondaga.. Oswego. Rensselaer Saratoga Steuben Wayne. 496 376,791 351 357,551 3,022 93 40,093 520 2,278 5 2,000 31 1-16 145 19 683 162 27 41,870 958 323,676,8,111 1,131 2,451,363 59 80,109 .... 139 136,169 1,003 686 278,976 9,451 7 131 87,445 1,761 16 309 95,418 1,881 110 160,195 162 2,719 22,739 216,512 964 71 DAIRY. Niagara (four towns). 6 4,091 4,055 34,1431,730) 685 1,009 5,595 3,140j 27 9,982 2,891 28,653 992 1,100 6,982 3,680 2,599 126 85,678) 754 3,441 228 33 1,800 262 197 8 2,000 512 3,367 49 145 1,456 1,084 840 53 37,233 5,025 36,780 1,426 761 13,230 5,298 3,774 63 44,592 3,019 19,804 9141,147 13,517 6,702 2,351 4 22 6 325 27,275 1,355 10,239 797 585 4,490 2,495 1,093 10 13,899,11,822 152,179 8,591 5,609 26,493 20,172 10,514 17,11,720 3,320, 21,902 956 657 12,850 6,487 3,463 15 411 2,243 7,083 Market Gar. [Barnya'd den Produce. Manure. Value of marker gar den produce sold. No. loads raw manure. coarse or No. of hogs raised. Lambs raised last summer No. Sheep or lambs sold during year. No. fleeces. NEAT CATTLE. BEEF. DAIRY. 9,857 1,857,522 158 61,564 23,632 20,819 59,246 295,079 18,293 26 $8,003 91 73,714 5,1521,732 4,590 9,922 556 103 67,167 2,543 1,040 191,590 11,274 3,886 110,953 8,664 2,907 164 973,511 310 16,406 8,877 10,748 15,791 65,187 4,615 20 9,033 56 495 117,094 5 596 432 357 571 333 15 2,345 247 92 1,608 373,328 90 25,732 7,096 8,028 22,402 96,697 1,744 97 1,887 47 9,312 2,295.593 269 50,892 23,004 21,451 48,152 161,585 13,215 03 28,811 38 4,534 1,763,691 127 16,393 9,765 7,991 15,891 61,417 8,409 78 13,878 82 23 13 24 5,415 6 2 2 6 29 108 50 43 00 76,837 5,7821,292 5,156 1,307,681 224 14,589 9,809 12,252 18,302 77,795 8,719 8412,520 21 604,894 26,640 6,435 19,131 4,235,612 524 175,431 68,499 28,615 166,008 688,425 19,739 7527,521 98 229,039 15,973 5,535 9,988 2,194,694 585 58,731 21,307 23,847 53,069,244,933 15,847 45 16,528 79 27,074 2,425 522 2,116 454,516 150 7,828 8,408 3,348 7,093 31,646 1,960 28 2,608 45 Pounds wool. Value poultry marketed. Value of eggs marketed. |