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favorable to their extension exist in nearly all parts of the State. The 

 Eastern Shore is well known to be unexcelled for the production of 

 fruits and vegetables for northern markets. Grape-growing might be 

 an extensive and profitable industry. Tobacco is still a prominent crop, 

 and the reduction in quantity is more apparent than real, the heavy 

 tax having the effect to suppress nearly half the record of production. 

 The following table gives the quantities produced of the principal crops 

 reported in the census : 



The production of some of the more important crops is thus distrib- 

 uted ; 



Bushels of corn. 



Bushels of wheat. 



1869. 1859. 



Pounds of tobacco. 



1869. 



1859. 



Tons of hay. 



1869. 1859 



Alleghany 



Anne Arundel . . 



Baltimore 



Calvert 



Caroline 



Carroll 



Cecil 



Charles 



Dorchester 



Frederick 



Harford 



Howard 



Kent 



Montgomery 



Prince George's. 

 Queen Anne .... 



Saint Mary's 



Somerset 



Talbot 



Washington 



Wicomico 



Worcester 



Total 



116, 062 

 560, 359 

 856, 754 

 178, 409 

 342, 971 

 716, 887 

 683, 683 

 221, 726 

 311, 039 

 1, 360, 420 

 659, 789 

 415.719 

 723, 824 

 638, 047 

 518, 131 



605, 975 

 274, 457 

 251, 883 

 515,122 

 737, 989 

 405, 627 



606, 944 



161, 075 

 630, 243 



1, 028, 143 

 272, 084 

 247, 455 

 588, 725 

 788, 044 

 319, 272 

 687, 324 



1, 082, 903 

 735, 573 

 425, 727 

 888, 900 

 686, 843 

 699, 144 

 876, 405 

 437, 366 

 606, 733 

 679, 571 

 669, 322 



934, 070 



70, 404 

 126, 451 

 264, 568 



38, 623 

 130, 728 

 427, 586 

 385, 818 



73, 028 

 122, 460 

 , 133, 623 

 244, 835 

 128, 376 

 473, 601 

 309, 418 



79, 706 

 326, 828 

 152, 630 



40, 719 

 302, 078 

 930, 246 



12, 103 



20, 674 



87, 715 

 221, 389 

 286, 351 

 117,119 



57, 344 

 323, 996 

 326, 667 

 151, 532 

 218, 422 

 976, 143 

 224, 808 

 151, 956 

 312, 101 

 341, 087 

 312, 796 

 291, 656 

 296, 703 

 138, 404 

 343, 514 

 882, 814 



40, 963 



3, 020, 955 



1,941 



3, 158, 200 



2,000 

 6, 039, 910 



8,545 

 6, 204, 524 



225,800 

 2,"i62,"739' 



608, 424 

 4,'693,'96i 



274, 369 

 "182," 980 



387, 100 

 '460,' 266 



630, 000 

 3, 665, 054 



843, 300 

 13, 446, 550 



2, 522, 917 

 14 



5, 774, 975 



260 



1,100 



50 



17, 263 



2,207 



35, 791 



371 



1,013 



30, 766 



19, 986 



987 



884 



32, 893 



16, 927 



7,445 



4,286 



12, 735 



6, 536 



1,302 



662 



736 



990 



29, 281 



30 



28 



11, 701, 817 



13, 444, 922 



5, 7T4, 503 



6,103,480 15,785,339 38,410,965 223,119 



12, 058 



1,743 



30,164 



740 



113 



22,988 



18, 003 



459 



234 



32,078 



19, 284 



6,801 



3,311 



13, 167 



6,328 



1,152 



923 



40 



794 



21, 352 



12 



191, 744 



