Westchester County contains 2991 farms, of which 2385 are cultivated by their owners, 455 are rented for fixed money rentals and 151 are rented for shares of products.

Of these farms, 888 have an area of from 50 to 100 acre« ; 909 from 100 to 500 acres ; 17 measure over 500 and under 1000 ; and 3 over 1000 acres. There are only 4 farms under three acres ; 183 are over 3 and under 10 acres ; 290 over 10 and under 20 acres ; and 697 over 20 and under 50 acres. It will be seen from these figures that the majority of our farmers own enough land to raise either profitable crops or live stock. The smaller farms are well adapted for the cultivation of fruits and vegetables and the raising of poultry, a by no means insignificant feature in our list of productions.

The total farming area of the county is 255,774 acres. Of this, 141,583 acres are tilled land, including fallow and grass in rotation ; 62,265 acres are in permanent meadows, pastures, orchards and vineyards. There are 40,462 acres in woodland and forest, and 11,464 acres in old fields and other unimproved lands.

The value of farms, including land, fences and buildings, is set down at $33,264,505. That of farming improvements and machinery at $597,892; of live stock at $1,805,838. The cost of building and repairing ferries, in 1879, was $129,336 ; that of fertilizers purchased during the same year, $48,645, The estimated value of all farm productions sold, consumed or on hand, for 1879, was $2,544,041.