The same year 262 yards of homespun cloth were made and the dairy products amounted to 18,635 pounds of butter. The live-stock on farms consisted of 78 horses, 420 neat cattle, 416 swine, 386 sheep, yielding 730 pounds of wool. No returns are given in respect to the value of farm stock or of farm produce, but the latter, so far as the outside market is concerned, was probably inconsiderable, most being devoted to home consumption.

In 1855, when the next State census was taken, the population numbered 445, of whom 45 were landowners- The value of farms was estimated at $427,140 and the acreage of the town was classed thus : Improved, 2801 acres; unimproved, 1132 acres ; pasture, 977 acres ; and meadow-lands, 786 acres. The yield of hay was 1225 tons. The amount of the principal crops was as follows : Corn, 5982 bushels; oats, 2376 bushels ; wheat, 1054 bushels ; potatoes, 2080 bush-

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els ; turnips, 1395 bushels. The dairy products were : 17,339 pounds of butter and 19,540 jjallons of milk, the latter being exclusive of that consumed at home; 435 pounds of honey were gathered this year, and poultry were sold to the value of $1853. The farm stock consisted of 116 horses, 375 neat cattle (including 213 milch cows and (58 working cattle), 325 swine and 261 sheep, yielding 636 pounds of wool.

The census for 18()5, some of the statistics, however, referring to the previous year, gives the following figures : The population amounted to 557 persons, of whom 61 were land-owners. The farm valuation was $712,800, and the acreage divided thus: Improved, 3168 acres ; unimproved, 948 acres ; pasture, 1264 acres ; meadow, 993 acres. The yield of the princicipal crops was as follows : Hay, 1436 tons ; corn, 6435 bushels ; oats, 4898 bushels ; rye, 1850 bushels ; potatoes, 7872 bushels ; turnips, 2570 bushels.