384 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Deduct intere!»t at 6 per cent, on $400,528,726 invested in 



manufactures, farms, and implements, . . . $24,031,723 



Balance, $87,805,991 



This gross product of 187,805,991 gives an average product 

 to each inhabitant of a trifle over forty-four dollars. If we 

 omit to charge interest upon the capital invested in mining, 

 manufactures, and the arts, and also upon the estimated cash 

 value of the farms, the average returns to each person would 

 be fifty-six dollars. 



In 1850 the population of Illinois was 851,470. Its agricul- 

 tural and manufacturing products were as follows, viz. : — 



Slaughtered animals, valued at 

 9,414,575 bushels Wheat at $1.00, 



10,087,241 " 



57,646,984 '< 



2,672,295 " 



601,952 tons 



Oats 

 Corn 

 Potatoes 

 Hay 



12,526,543 pounds Butter 



1,278,225 " Cheese 



2,150,113 " Wool 

 Garden and orchard products, 

 Various agricultural producus not here enumerated. 



.30, 

 .50, 



.i-O, 



6.00, 

 .15, 

 .07, 

 .40, 



Home manufactures, 



Product of manufactures, mining and the mechanic arts, 

 exclusive of raw material, 



$l,972,l'P-5 



9,414,575 



3,026,172 



28,82:5,492 



668,073 



3,611,712 



1,878,981 



89,475 



860,045 



573,543 



628,177 



$54,546,531 

 1,155,902 



8,320,900 



Total product $34,023,333 



Deduct interest at 6 per cent, on $108,924,238 invested in 



manufactures, farms, and implements, . . . 6,535,454 



Balance $57,487,a79 



This gross product of $57,487,879 gives an average product 

 to each inhabitant of sixty-seven and fifty one-hundredth dol- 

 lars, or about twenty-three dollars above the average in Ohio. 

 If we omit to cliarge interest upon the capital invested in 

 agriculture, manufactures and mining, the average returns to 

 each person will be seventy-five dollars, against fifty-six dollars 

 in Ohio. 



In 1850, the population of Wisconsin was 805,391. Its 

 products of agriculture and manufactures were as follows, 

 viz. : — 



