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 MISSISSIPPI 653 clover seed, 82 of grass seed, 2 of flax seed, 374,627 Ibs. of rice, 61,012 of tobacco, 288,285 of wool, 2,613,521 of butter, 3,099 of cheese, 100 of flax, 31 of silk cocoons, 125 of maple sugar, 9,390 of wax, 199,581 of honey, 564,- 938 bales of cotton, 3,055 gallons of wine, 17,052 of milk sold, 152,164 of cane molas- ses, 67,509 of sorghum molasses, 8,324 tons of hay, 3 of hemp, and 49 hogsheads of cane sugar. The live stock consisted of 90,221 horses, 85,886 mules and asses, 173,899 milch cows, 58,146 working oxen, 269,030 other cat- tle, 232,732 sheep, and 814,381 swine. There were also 14,379 horses and 80,172 cattle not on farms. Manufacturing is little developed. The number of establishments in 1870 was 1,731, having 384 steam engines of 10,019 horse power, and 225 water wheels of 2,453 horse power; hands employed, 5,941, of whom 5,500 were males above 16, 191 females above 15, and 250 youth; capital invested, $4,501,- 714; wages paid, $1,547,428; value of mate- rials used, $4,364,206; of products, $8,154,758. The principal industries are shown as follows : INDUSTRIES. No. of establish- ments. Capital. Value of products. INDUSTRIES. No. of otablUh- menti. Capital. Value of producti. Agricultural implements.. Blacksmithing 11 295 92 195 S5 2 28 5 8C3 24 4 2 15 $21,150 115,975 45,506 80,953 138,495 122,500 13,070 751.500 63(5,813 18,820 109,050 65,000 112,550 $51.800 860,912 159,155 655,085 268,081 143,401 61,050 234,445 2,053,567 88,796 55,250 21,000 126,082 Leather, tanned 81 25 9 265 14 4 11 46 5 41 89 5 $30,085 19,575 20,200 1,153.917 190,825 185,000 74,700 73,280 81,700 91,650 18,745 191,000 $129,407 188,816 68,850 2,160,667 223,180 165,700 121,850 106,818 157,050 189,668 50,797 122,978 Boots and shoes Carpentering and building. . Carriages and wagons Lumber, planed " sawed Machinery Cars, freight and passen- ger Oil, cotton-seed. Printing and publishing, Clothing Cotton goods .... Saddlery and harness Sash, doors, and blinds Tin, copper, and sheet-iron Grist mill products Furniture Gas Iron, blooms and pigs " castings Wheelwrighting... . Woollen goods The foreign trade of Mississippi is indirect, and almost entirely through New Orleans and Mo- bile. Cotton and lumber are the chief exports. The coasting and river trade is large. The coasting trade is chiefly directed to Mobile and New Orleans, while the Mississippi river trade centres in the latter, and that of the Tombig- bee in Mobile. The railroads terminating at these two ports and at Memphis are also large carriers of merchandise. There are three cus- toms districts : Natchez, Pearl River (port of entry, Shieldsborough), and Vicksburg. The direct foreign and the coasting trade are cen- tred entirely in the district of Pearl River. The value of foreign commerce for the year ending June 30, 1874, was $233,406, almost entirely exports, including 13,293,000 feet of boards, 529,000 shingles, and 191,563 cubic feet of timber. The number of entrances in the foreign trade was 93, of 22,523 tons ; clearances, 94, of 20,249 tons ; entrances in the coastwise trade, 68, of 12,048 tons; clearances, 96, of 21,- 382 tons. The number of vessels belonging in the state was 117, of 6,190 tons, viz. : Natchez, 4, of 160 tons; Pearl River, 94, of 3,369 tons; Vicksburg, 19, of 2,661 tons; sailing vessels, 88, of 3,139 tons; steamers, 29, of 3,051 tons. In 1844 there were 26 m. of railroad in the state ; in 1854, 222; in 1864, 862; in 1874, 1,033. The statistics for 1874 are as follows: RAILROADS. TERMINI. Milei in ope- ration in the state. Distance between ter- mini, miles. Alabama and Chattanooga Chattanooga Tenn to Meridian 18 295 Memphis and Charleston Memphis Tenn. to Stevenson, Ala 39 272 Mississippi and Tennessee " " to Grenada 88 100 Mississippi Central* Canton to Cairo 111 188 850 Mobile and Ohio Columbus Ky to Mobile, Ala 266 472 ( Muldon to Aberdeen . 9| M Branches < 14$ 144- " to Starkville 11 11 New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern* Branch . New Orleans, La., to Canton 118 89 206 New Orleans. Mobile, and Texas. . . . New Orleans La to Mobile Ala 77 180 Eiolev railroad, to Eipley. . 28 26 Vicksburg and Meridian Vicksburg to Meridian 140 140 WestFeliciana... Woodville to Bavou Sara. La. . . 7t' 27 The following lines are projected or in pro- gress: the Natchez, Jackson, and Columbus railroad, from Natchez to Columbus (180 m.); Vicksburg and Nashville, from Vicksburg to railroad. Nashville, Tenn. (380 m.), with a branch from Grenada to the Mississippi river, opposite Eu- nice, Ark. (90 m.) ; Selma, Marion, and Memphis, from Selma, Ala., to Memphis, Tenn. (280 m.) ; Mississippi Valley and Ship Island, from Vicks- burg to Mississippi City (210 m.); and Vicksburg
 * Consolidated as the New Orleans, St. Lonis, and Chicago