1893 - State Library Information Center

18 SlATISTfCS OF IJAHOK ANDThese data hardly would bo indicative of the depn'ttnion inagriculture, of which so much haa been heard during (he pantfew years, if it were not for the additional statistic* tabulatedbelow, a summary of which is here appended, showing the remarkablefall of $31,632,993 in the value of farm landu and improvements(fences and building) Binue 1880; of a. di'ereane of97,180 acres in improved land, and of 3,479 in the number offarms. Iii 1890 there were also 3,427 IOHH farms cultivated byowners than ten years before. The average size of the farm hasincreased from 85 to 86 acres, although that apparently 1H of nomoment, as the number of farms of 500 acres and over decreased"from 207 in 1880 to 127 in 1890. The decrease in the numberof farms and in the contained acreage oi improved land is ofconsiderable significance, however, and indicates the disputedcorrectness of the conclusions of the Bureau investigation in 1H90of the abandoned farm movement in this State—that, in, abandonmentfor cultivation, the estimated acreage at that date thusabandoned being between 19,000 and 20,000.The comparative summarized data above returned to am hereadded for the whole State and the twelve principal agriculturalcounties. See page 19. These are followed by the followingtables of U. 8, Census statistics, 1890, in the order named ;TABLE 1.—Statistics of manufactures, totals fur the United KtntuM, by Slatesand Territories.TAHLK 2.—Statistics of the loading New Jerney mtiitiifiidtiriiiK industries,aggregates for the State and United States.TAHLIE 3.—Statistics of New Jersey inanufactureH, detailH, by Hproifiwd indiiHtries.TAHLK 4.—Statistics of a^ricuittirw: Number of farmti, farm ucnuiw«\values and tofcal value of farm prK b.—Oamihwiionof (aims hy HC'«HK« and Uuiure,TABMC 6.Livestock and livestock produdu on UirwH.7.—Miflrellftiieouscropsof farmn in \HH\K8.—Cereal production in I8M; Harley, buckwheat, Indiitrt corn, cmtii,rye and wheat.