Industries of New Jersey. . wheat, oats, hay, flax, etc., 1,021,251 bushels of corn,the largest yield in the State. The manufactures of this county are not noteworthy, it being peculiarly anagricultural district, but the mining of its iron and copper will doubtless lead to the establishment ofmore works for the working up of the ores. The real and personal estate of the county was stated, in1870, to be worth $48,142,051. In 1870 the population was 36,961, and in 1880, 38,568. The county seatis at Flemmgton. MERCER COUNTY.—Mercer County was organized in 1838, out of parts of Hunterdon, Somerset
Industries of New Jersey. . wheat, oats, hay, flax, etc., 1,021,251 bushels of corn,the largest yield in the State. The manufactures of this county are not noteworthy, it being peculiarly anagricultural district, but the mining of its iron and copper will doubtless lead to the establishment ofmore works for the working up of the ores. The real and personal estate of the county was stated, in1870, to be worth $48,142,051. In 1870 the population was 36,961, and in 1880, 38,568. The county seatis at Flemmgton. MERCER COUNTY.—Mercer County was organized in 1838, out of parts of Hunterdon, Somerset,Middlesex, and Burlington Counties, and received its name in honor of Hugh Mercer, the patriot general ofthe revolution, who fell at Princeton, January 3d, 1777. It comprises about 275 square miles, and in iSSOhad a population of 58,058 ; in 1850, the population was 27,992 ; in i860, 37,415, and in 1870, 46,386, whenthe real and personal property was appraised at $62,364,494. The surface is slightly rolling, and the soil. —RAILROAD BRIDGE ACROSS THE DELAWARE. fertile, with small tracts of oak hickory and chestnut trees, and quarries of red sandstone ; the stapleproducts are wheat, com, oats, hay and potatoes. Numerous dairies yield excellent milk, butter, etc.,and the city of Trenton is an important manufacturmg centre, but the county is most remarkable forthe number and standing of the educational institutions within its limits, among which are the ^College-of New Jersey and Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Princeton, and institutions of recognized meritat Hightstown, Lawrence, Pennington, etc., besides the State, Normal and Model Schools at county is drained by tlje Delaware and Millstone Rivers, which form its southwestern and northeasternboundaries, and by the Assanpink Creek, which riees in Monmouth County and flows through Mercerto the Delaware. The Bound Brook division of the Philadelphia and Reading, and three of the UnitedRailroads of New J
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