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  AGRICULTUEE. 
  

  

  STATISTICS. 
  

  

  PROGRESS 
  AND 
  CONDITION 
  OP 
  THE 
  PLANTING 
  INTEREST. 
  

  

  Having 
  passed 
  in 
  review 
  the 
  chief 
  products 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  I 
  subjoin 
  a 
  set 
  of 
  tabular 
  

   statements, 
  compiled 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  census 
  re- 
  

   turns, 
  and 
  from 
  other 
  sources, 
  to 
  exhibit, 
  in 
  a 
  condensed 
  

   view, 
  the 
  progress 
  and 
  present 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  planting 
  

   interest, 
  and 
  which 
  will 
  afford 
  some 
  reliable 
  data 
  for 
  

   estimating 
  its 
  future 
  prospects. 
  The 
  progressive 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  of 
  the 
  population 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  also 
  given 
  for 
  

   convenient 
  reference, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  agricultural 
  

   statistics. 
  

  

  Population 
  of 
  Mississippi, 
  decennially 
  ascertained. 
  

  

  o 
  

   o 
  

  

  Statement 
  of 
  the 
  Cotton 
  Crop 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  ten 
  years, 
  

   loitJi 
  the 
  Receipts, 
  Average 
  Price, 
  and 
  Value 
  at 
  New 
  Orleans. 
  

  

  Total 
  value 
  in 
  

   New 
  Orleans. 
  

  

  129,147,328 
  

   23,501,712 
  

   33,716,256 
  

   32,589,436 
  

   35,200,345 
  

   30,844,314 
  

   41,886,150 
  

   48,756,764 
  

   48,592,222 
  

   68,259,424 
  

  

  Total 
  crop 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  United 
  

  

  States. 
  

  

  2,030,409 
  

   2,394,503 
  

   2,100,537 
  

   1,778,651 
  

   2,347,634 
  

   2,728,596 
  

   2,096,706 
  

   2,355,257 
  

   3,015,029 
  

   3,262,882 
  

  

  