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Tahle No. 3— Continued. 



ACREAGE OF CROPS. 



Indian corn. acres. 



Wheat do.. 



Eye do . . 



Oats do.- 



Barley do.. 



Buckwheat ..do.. 



Potatoes do.. 



Tobacco do.. 



Hay do.. 



Total. ...do.. 



15,312, 



13, 098, 



1,439, 



6, 686, 



557, 



1,054, 



1,129, 



216, 



15,641, 



441 



936 

 607 

 174 

 299 

 060 

 804 

 423 

 504 



55, 136, 248 



17, 438, 752 



13, 158, 089 



1,410,983 



6,461,750 



540, 317 



1,051,700 



902, 295 



239, 826 



15,034,564 



56,238,276 



18,990,180 



12,304,894 



1 , .396, 123 



6, 894, 091 



542,175 



1,057,084 



964,614 



236, 363 



16, 323, 852 



58, 709, 376 



1,551,428 



432, 341 



1,858 



5,384 



62,319 



1,289,288 



853, 195 

 14, 860 



3,463 



3, 342, 618 



871,518 



VALUE OF CROPS. 



Indian corn 



Wheat 



Rye 



Oats 



Barley 



Buckwheat 



Potatoes 



Tobacco 



Hay 



Total value . . 



$278, 089, 



197,992, 



20, 589, 



105,990, 



13,496, 



12, 660, 



55, 024, 



24,239, 



247, 680, 



609 

 837 

 015 

 905 

 373 

 469 

 650 

 609 

 855 



1527, 



294, 



31, 



139, 



16, 



21, 



77, 



29, 



365, 



718,183 

 315,119 

 975,013 

 381,247 

 941,023 

 986, 763 

 184, 043 

 335, 225 

 707, 074 



955, 764, 322! 1, 504, 543, 690 



$324, 168, 698 

 217,330,195 

 21,343,283 

 93,745,314 

 10,330,294 

 18,063,325 

 65, 218, 428 

 23,348,013 

 273,812,617 



1,047,360,167 



$203, 



76, 



10, 



45, 



C, 



3, 



11, 



5, 



91, 



549, 485 

 984, 924 

 631 , 730 

 635, 933 

 610,729 

 923, 438 

 965,615 

 987,212 

 894, 457 



457, 183,523 



Explanation and comment on the foregoing tables. 



The first of these three tables exhibits the amount, the yield per acre, the total 

 acreage, the price per bushel, &c., and the total value, of each of the leading 

 crops for the States named. The amount is estimated from the returns of cor- 

 respondents, which are reported by tenths, increase or decrease from the crop of 

 the preceding year, and the yield per acre from their returns, and also the price 

 per bushel, &c., in their counties. The average yield per acre and price per 

 bushel for each State are ascertained from these county returns. The second 

 table is made up from the first, in order to exhibit the amount, acreage, and 

 value of each crop ; and the third table is a summary from the second. 



The third of these tables presents much for our reflection. Whilst it is a 

 most condensed statement of the greatest agriculture the world has seen, it is 

 not pretended to be precisely accurate. It aims but to show, in a general 

 approximation to correctness, the vast results of xlmerican agricultural industry, 

 and the fluctuations it meets each year. 



In commenting on a similar exhibit a year ago we gave the following table, 

 showing to what extent the rate of gold affected these crops. We give the 

 table here in order to add to it the crop of 1865, and to show how this rate has 

 afi"ected its value : 



