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miliar with the immensity of our cereal productions and the compara- 
tively small proportion of the whole sent abroad. 
The accompanying diagram represents it on a reduced seale. This 
chart makes the average supply of corn, in excess of export, for each 
unit of population, almost exactly 24 bushels for this period ; ‘the aver- 
age area in cultivation, 37,699,803 acres; and the yield per acre 26.3 
bushels. The statement accompanying the chart represents corn produe- 
tion and distribution as follows: 
| 
| 
bushels. 
Export. 
Years. | Production. | Consumption. Seed. ; 
| Corn as meal.| Corn. 
| ; 
/ | 
Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. 
Li (Us See 1, 094, 255, 000 1, 070, 695, 802 12, 882, 325 | 850, 564 9, 826, 309 
UU. se 991, 898, 000 944, 807, 278 Li 363, 712 1, 235, 360 34, 491, 650 
livid, 4.3.63 See 1, 092, 719, 600 1, 040, 722, 348 11. 842. 278 1, 612, 444 38, 541, 930 
LS 2. 8 / 932, 274, 000 883, 222, 450 13, 065, 716 1, 551, 228 34, 434, 606 
Llc... +2 425 Be ee : 850, 148, 509 806, 444, 492 13, 678, 972 | 1, 166, 616 28, 858, 420 
— ——— Be 
2 ae | 4, 961, 294, 500 4, 745, 892, 370 62, 833, 003 6, 416, 212 | 146, 152, 915 
Miverase-......=---- | 992, 258, 900 949,178,474 | 12,566,601 | 1, 283, 242 | 29, 230, 583 
An importation of corn is a fact scarcely dreamed. A little crosses 
our northern boundary from the Dominion, averaging 68,864 bushels. 
The average supply of wheat in excess of export is 5 bushels; area 
in cultivation (average for five years) 21,386,709; yield per acre, 12.2 
The imports of wheat have averaged 1 502,541 bushels, of 
which about three-tenths have been exported. The ‘wheat figures are as 
follows: 
| / Export. 
Years. | Production. | Consumption. Seed. 3) 
| Wheat as 
: ) ) W heat. aoa 
Bushels. Bushels. | Bushels. Bushels. Bushels. 
235. 884, 700 | 154, 821, 703 28, 488, 886 34, 304, 906 18, 269, 205 
230, 722, 400 | 161, 810, 206 29, 915, 839 26, 423, 080 | 12, 572, 675 
249, oui, 100 166, 694, 847 31, 287, 538 39, 204, 285 . 12, 810, 430 
280, 372, 700 | 155, 735, 041 33, 127, 261 71, 039, 928 | 20, 470, 470 
308, 102, 700 | 197, 849, 555 37, 450, 540 53, 047, 175 | 19, 755, 430 
US a ee ) PE 305, 079, 600° 836, 911,952 | 160,270,064 | 224,019,374 | 83, 878, 210 
Average......--..--. 261,015,920 | 167,382,390 | 32,054,013 | 44, 803, 875 16, 775, 642 
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2. Showing the proportion of improved lands to the farm-area of each 
State and Territory. This is given in classes as follows: 
Under 30 per cent.: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico, Washing- 
ton, Wyoming; 30 and under 40 per cent.: Florida, Alabama, Minne- 
.sota, Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho ; 
40 and under 50 per cent.: Maine, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Cali- 
fornia, Oregon, Nevada; 50 and under 60 per cent.: Rhode Island, In- 
diana, Michigan, Wisconsin ; over 60 per cent.: New Hampshire, Ver- 
mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Ilinois, Iowa, Utah, Arizona, Montana. 
This chart also indicates the extent of several erop- -belts, by a delinea- 
- tion of the line of northern limit respectively of sea-island cotton, upland 
cotton, sorghum, and winter-wheat. The line dividing spring wheat 
from winter is worthy of careful study, as it separates, tortuous as it ap- 
pears, within one or two parts in a hundred, the entire production of 
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