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Table shotcing the amount of barley, in bushels, as estimated frovi the returns 



of correspondents. 



states. 



Maine 



New Hampshire . . . 



Vermont 



Massachusetts 



Rhode If land 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Maryland 



Delaware 



Virginia 



North Carolina 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Missouri 



Wisconsin 



Iowa 



Minnesota 



Kansas 



Nebraska Territory 



Total 



1862. 



802, 109 

 121, 103 



75, 282 

 134, 891 



40, 993 



20, 813 

 186, 667 



24,915 

 530, 716 



17, 350 

 3,646 



68, 846 

 3,445 



11, 490 



14, 682 

 8, 369 



15, 135 

 1,875 



224 



67, 562 



3,158 



25, 144 



270. 685 



601, 082 



30.5,914 



296, 374 



17.5, 651 



228, 502 



678, 992 



454, 116 



125, 130 



4,128 



1,243 



11, 146, 695 



1863. 



1, 002, 636 

 141, 287 



94, 102 

 168,6)3 



51,241 



20, 813 

 4, 883, 778 



33, 220 

 636, 859 



21, 887 

 4,254 



203, 014 



1, 512, 525 



407, 885 



345, 767 



1, 175, 651 



171, 377 



905, 323 



544, 939 



156, 412 



4,953 



2,486 



12, 488, 022 



1, 002, 636 



127, 159 



94, 102 



151, 7.52 



46, 117 



20, 813 



4, 882, 778 



29, 098 



573, 174 



19, 699 



5,105 



203, 014 



1, 399, 086 



407, 885 



311,191 



1, 205, 642 



171, 377 



950, 589 



599, 432 



156, 412 



5,448 



5,446 



11, 368, 155 



1864. 



668, 424 

 96, 278 

 94,102 



149, 584 



41, .506 



18, 732 



3,710,911 



29, 098 



630, 491 



26, 591 



4,595 



1866. 



735, 266 

 101,979 

 100, 375 

 144, 598 



31, 821 



19, 200 

 4, 329, 406 



27, 167 

 603, 470 



26, 591 

 4,595 



10, 632, 178 I 11, 391, 286 



742, 619 

 105, 038 

 104, 389 

 144,598 



35,003 



19, 200 

 4, 459, 288 



27, 167 

 621, 574 



25,262 

 5,972 



2,928 



11, 745 



9,383 

 1,060 



60, 805 



4,737 



20, 115 



137, 516 



1, 294, 139 



418, 971 



339, 474 



1, 037, 753 



156, 297 



860, 521 



622, 784 



181, 876 



7,255 



8,184 



11, 465, 653 



COMMENTS ON THE PRECEDING TABLES. 



Wheat.— '\^hQ wheat crop of the United States iii 1849 was 100,485,944 

 bushels ; in 1859, 173,104,924, an increase of 72 per cent. A similar increase 

 would give, in 1869, a crop of 297,000,000; and in 1866— at 40 per cent, in- 

 crease over 1860 — the present crop of the whole country should be 242,000,000 

 bushels. That the present crop does not reach these figures is due only to a 

 deficiency of at least thirty millions in the South, occasioned by the interruption 

 of their industry by war, and forty-five millions in the North, mainly owing to 

 unfavorable seasons during the past three years. 



Our returns of wheat are nearly complete, and will be given in full next 

 month. To give an idea of the actual amount of the present crop, which inter- 

 ested parties are just now very busy in depreciating, the following approxima- 

 tion of our final estimate is made, which will not vary greatly from the ultimate 



showing : 



Bushels. 



States hitherto regularly reported 143, 000, 000 



Eleven southern States hitherto unreported 17, 000, 000 



Pacific States and Territories 20, 000, 000 



180,000,000 



This is only five per cent, increase over the crop of 1860, and 80,000,000 

 bushels less than the former ratio of increase would produce. Now, the crop of 

 the eleven seceding States was — 



In 1860, (census) 31, 441, 826 



In 1866, (estimated from returns) 16, 841, 717 



