Growth Of NYS Business
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April 17, 1996
For a number of reasons, business enterprise in New
York grew by leaps and bounds between 1825 and 1860.
New York's growth between the years 1825 and 1860 can be attributed to a number
of factors. These include but cannot be limited to the construction of the Erie
Canal, the invent ....
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.... for raw materials and food stuffs. In 1836 four-fifths of the tonnage
over the Erie Canal came from western New York (North, 105). Much of this
cargo was in the form of agriculture goods.
The farmer become a shrewed businessaman of sorts as he tended to produce
whatever products would leave him the greatest profit margin. The rise of the
dairy industry was by far the most significant development in the agricultural
history of the state between 1825 and 1860. Farmers discovered that ....
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