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The History of Otsego, NY By Holice and Debbie |



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AGRICULTURAL AND GENERAL STATISTICS - 1874 |
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Improved land |
15,647 acres |
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Woodland |
3,519 acres |
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Other |
922 acres |
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Cash Value-Farms-1875 |
$1,272,520 |
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" "-Farm buildings |
$173,525 |
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" "-stock |
$168,531 |
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" "-Tools, etc. |
$48,025 |
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Plowed in 1875 |
2,168 acres |
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Pasture |
7013 acres |
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Mown |
6,024 acres |
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Hay produced |
8,319 tons |
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Barley-1874 |
1.670 bushels |
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Buckwheat |
3.836 bushels |
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Indian Corn |
5,393 bushels |
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Oats |
40,394 bushels |
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Spring wheat |
64 bushels |
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Winter wheat |
1,081 bushels |
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Beans |
22 bushels |
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Peas |
493 bushels |
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Hops |
70,705 pounds |
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Potatoes |
27,062 bushels |
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Apples |
13,636 bushels |
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Cider |
401 barrels |
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Grapes |
150 pounds |
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Maple sugar |
10,225 pounds |
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Horses |
661 |
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Butter |
54,855 pounds |
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Cheese |
12,692 pounds |
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Sheep shorn-1875 |
687 |
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Weight of Clip |
3,462 pounds |
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Swine-1875 |
1,161 |



| Area.—Richfield has an area of 20,418 acres, the assessed valuation of which is $499,180; assessed per acre, $2,445; equalized valuation, $505346; equalized per acre, $2,475. |



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POPULATION |
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Year |
Population |
Year |
Population |
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1800 |
1405 |
1845 |
1641 |
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1810 |
2079 |
1850 |
1502 |
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1814 |
2365 |
1855 |
1543 |
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1820 |
1772 |
1860 |
1648 |
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1825 |
1893 |
1865 |
1665 |
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1830 |
1752 |
1870 |
1831 |
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1835 |
1673 |
1875 |
2151 |
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1840 |
1680 |
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