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The following are some of the Total Results for the whole of the 



United States, and are taken from the Statistics of 1840, as procured 



for Mr. Macgregor by the Hon. Daniel Webster, and which, with much 



interesting details, are to be found in Mr. Macgregor's work, above 



alluded to : — 



Dollars. 

 Value of Produce of Market Gardeners 2,601,196 



Ditto ditto Nurseries and Florists 593,534 



Number of Men Employed in Nurseries 8,553 



Capital Invested in ditto 2,945,774 



Value of Dairy Produce 33,787,008 



Ditto of Orchard Ditto 7,256,904 



Bushels. 

 Number of Bushels of Wheat produced 84,823,272 



Barley " 4,161,504 



Oats " 123,071,341 



Rye " 18,645,567 



Buckwheat " 7,291,743 



Indian Corn " 337,531,875 



Potatoes " 108,298,060 



lbs. 

 Number of Pounds of Rice " 80,841,422 



Tons. 

 Tons of Hay " 10,248,108| 



There are other Returns for Sugar, Wine, Cotton, Tobacco, Wool, 

 Hemp, Flax, &c, but the above will suffice for our present purpose. 



