There were also produced in 1879, 300 tons flax-straw and 10 lbs. maple sugar; 63,408 acres of hay were mown, yielding 69,221 tons.

There were on hand, June 1, 1880, exclusive of spring hatching, 116,782 barn-yard fowls and 7506 other poultry. The number of eggs produced in 1879 was 662,672 dozens ; 13,475 pounds of honey and 363 pounds of wax were gathered in 1879 ; 3 acres cultivated in tobacco yielded 1825 pounds; 326,092 bushels Irish potatoes were raised on 3876 acres.

The value of orchard products, sold or consumed in the year was $164,196 ; that of garden products, $54,105.

There were 19,653 cords of wood cut and the value of forest products sold or consumed during the year was $90,095.

Spring wool (1880), 1646 fleeces, weighing 6069 of all pounds ; 100 pounds broom corn, and 82 bushels dry beans were gathered in 1879.

These figures speak highly for the productiveness of our soil and the industry of our farmers.

Manufacturing Industries. -- Not less interesting is the report on the manufacturing interests of the county. While Westchester County stands seventeenth on the list as regards the number of establishments and the amount of capital invested, it will compare favorably with the most important manufacturing counties. The true criterion of prosperity is not so much the amount of capital and the namber of manufacturers, as the proportion of working people who find employment at fair wages and the margin of profits after all expenses are paid.

A comparison of the various factories of our manufiacturing interests with those of some other counties liaving a larger number of manufacturing establishments will show that Westchester County is particularly favored in this respect. The census reports give the number of manufacturing establishments in this county as 502, with an aggregate capital of $5,659,- 424r-an average of $10,841.48 per establishment.