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Years. Louisiana. 
Years. Louisiana. Total. 
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. 
SACS eae net 2 242, 881, 150 443, 908, 572 || 1864......-.....--.- 7, 668, 200 611, 284, 468 
v2 3) ee es 272, 029, 050 642, '792, 597 || 1865..........-... 17, 250, 000 594, 330, 143 
Te Tae MEINE Be Sa 370, 224, 100 815,663,450 || A86bscense- =~... ~~~ 47, 150, 000 1, 012, 799, 904 
ibe (ea eee 505, 222, 600 9448145232 || 1867.25.55. .5.-.. 43, 294, 050 870, 526, 017 
ae See eee eee 398, 630, 250 92/6105 363: 1) 186825 cece oa 96, 894, 400 1, 195, 120, 413 
i sees See 266, 141, 050 695/021. "736' /| TS692so. o-oo =. 100, 153, 500 1, 309, 847, 125 
$ebGS. ose ook coe 85, 072, 400 396,038,260 || L8vO0scc. 6 cccwce ns 166, 613, 150 1, 306, 202, 065 
at ae er efemie 321, 651, 550 10784505344 || TRAMs ee. 147, 730, 150 1, 327, 456, 300 
PSap eee es noc onan \ac 416, 640, 400 803, 994, 264 || 1872.-..00.5.----- 124, 798, 000 1, 565, 760, 616 
SGU). Ss 255, 116, 000 STOSS0L Ooai) eae cnteasm cake sarc 102, 922, 700 1, 525, 794, 971 
POGUE owes omc.cce: 263, 071, 700 SUG SSG, Thee! || Lease cee ck gate cs 134, 504, 691 1, 705, 193, 954 
UT Loe S Sere 528, 321, 500 1, 251, 620, 551 —— ——_—_. 
i252 2s eee ie. See 530, 832, 412 Totals... 4, 913, 980,591 | 23, 960, 395, 437 
The] TESS oar Dear amaiaini” ins | 498, 846, 005 
6. The cotton-crop of ten years—effect of quantity upon value.—This 
brings in juxtaposition the aggregate quantity and value of the crop for 
each year since 1865, one inch in length meaning a half million of bales 
or $50,000,000. It shows that when the quantity rose from 3,154,946 
bales in 1869 to 4,352,317 bales in 1870, the price declined from 23.6 to 
14.9 cents, so that the large crop brought $44,673,491 less than the me- 
dium crop preceding. The next year the crop declined to 2,974,351 
bales, and the price rose to 19.3 cents. The high price of the first year 
was, of course, the result of the cotton-famine of the war-period. 
7. Average yield per acre, 1866-1875.—The estimates of area and pro- 
duction furnish means of making averages for a period which are truer 
and more instructive than the fluctuating averages of separate years. 
Those averages are not necessarily indices of fertility of soil, as Massa- 
chusetts, utterly insignificant in corn-preduction, stands far higher than 
Illinois. Fertilizers and special culture give larger results per acre 
than the richest soils. Llinois probably stands lower for this period of 
nine years than for any former period, having suffered for several seasons 
of drought and other unpropitious meteorological conditions. The aver- 
age yields of corn and wheat are as follows: 
