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UNITED STATES : — NEW JERSEY

an acreage of 362,000 acres, producing 521,000 short tons, valued at 10,420,000 dollars. The yield of potatoes was 9,936,000 bushels. The farm animals in 1910 comprised 103,000 horses, 190,000 milk cows, 82,000 other cattle, 44,000 sheep, and 152,000 swine.

New Jersey has valuable fisheries, the lakes and streams being stocked with trout, perch, black bass, &c., while there are shad, menhaden, and sturgeon fisheries on the Delaware River and round the coast. In 1908 435 vessels and 3,843 boats were employed, with 7,231 men ; the fishery products were valued at 3,068,590 dollars;

The mineral deposits consist of magnetic iron, zinc, manganese, talc, soapstone, and graphite. Only the iron and zinc are at present worked to any considerable extent. The pig-iron output in 1911 was valued at 583,300 dollars,- and the refined zinc at 1,724,592 dollars. Granite, trap rock, sandstone, and limestone quarries show an output in 1911 valued at 1,597,410 dollars; the production of Portland cement was valued at 3,259,528 dollars; the clay-working industries of the State produced brick, terra-cotta, tiling, and pottery to the value of 18,178,228 dollars. The total mineral output in 1911 was valued at 27,559,246 dollars.

The manufacturing industries within the State are prosperous. In 1910, the manufacturing establishments had a capital of 977,172,000 dollars ; they emplo3'^ed 36,838 salaried officials and 326,223 wage-earners ; the raw material used was valued at 720,033,000 dollars, and the output at 1,145,529,000 dollars. The textile industries (taken collectively) are the most important ; in 1910 their joint output was valued at 131,282,625 dollars. This output comprised, among other products, silk manufactures, 53,513,274 dollars; dyeing and finishing silk goods, 9,066,062 ; worsted and woollen goods, 30,754,104; felt hats, 10,503,020; cotton goods, 21,403,553; hosiery, 5,992,612. Statistics of the chief groups of industries for 1910 are given as follows : —

Industries

Capital

Wage- earners

Raw

material

Output

Dollars

Number

Dollars

Dollars

Textile

119.049,299

59,687

74,718,541

125,370,194

Copper and silver smelting

17,869,021

4,456

43,225,326

54,115,231

Foundry and machine works

87,023,000

27,815

29,940,000

65,398,('00

Petroleum jToducts

70,7.04,966

7,367

60,716,766

70,720,942

Iron and steel.

34, 082,1 87

8,971

15,372,398

25,200,052

Leather ....

17.133,095

6,200

20,215,588

29,359,572

Brewery products.

37,322,809

2,296

5,296,556

20,449,978

Food products.

11,666,548

3,345

27,173,023

33,747,182

Electrical machinery

19,081.086

7,736

9,775,022

20,16.'>,077

Chemicals

37,096,101

8,467

18,469,281

35,657,246

Pottecy ....

9,795,610

5,345

2,558,366

8,340,246

In 1909, according to State statistics, there were 43 establishments for canning fruit and vegetables, employing 5,392 persons, who packed 75,171,912 pounds of vegetables, comprising tomatoes, pease, and pears.

In 1910 the length of railroad Avithin the State was 2,396 miles ; electric railway track, 1,298 miles ; the length of canals was 175 miles.

Books of Reference concerning New Jersey.

Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. By T. F. Fitzgerald. Trenton. Animal Reports of: State Treasurer; Comptroller of tiie Treasury; Commission of Banking and Insurance ; Bureau of.Statistics, and other State Authorities. Scott (A.), New Jersey in ' American Commonwealths.' Boston 1907.