The Agricultural Productions of the United States for the year 1855. 



Ix preparing the following estimates of the various agricultural productions of the United 

 States for the year 1865, the information given has been obtained from many different 

 sources. While the estimates of those best qualified to judge concerning the specific quanti- 

 ties produced differ to a wide extent, all authorities agree that the harvest, taken as a whole, 

 has been one of unparalleled abundance in all sections of our country. 



Statistics of the Wheat Crop for 1855. The lowest estimate published of the wheat crop of 

 1855 is that of the Cincinnati Price Current, which computes the aggregate of the fourteen 

 leading wheat-growing States at one hundred and fourteen millions five hundred thou- 

 sand bushels. The next important estimate, published in the New York Herald, computes 

 the aggregate of the whole country at one hundred and sixty-eight millions five hundred 

 and seventy-two thousand bushels ; and is less than that of the New Tork Courier and 

 Enquirer, which estimates a maximum of one hundred and seventy-five millions. The esti- 

 mates, however, which seem to us as most reliable, are those published in the New York Times, 

 by Charles Cist, Esq., well known for his statistical information and correct judgment. Mr. 

 Cist, after the most careful study and examination of the subject, gives as his opinion that 

 the wheat crop of 1855, in the United States, will reach, at the very least, the enormous 

 amount of one hundred and eighty-five millions of bushels. The wheat crop of 1839 census 

 of 1840 was an ordinary crop, and a product of eighty-four millions eight hundred and 

 twenty-three thousand two hundred and seventy-two bushels. That of 1849 census of 1850 

 a deficient crop, yielded one hundred millions four hundred and eighty-five thousand 

 nine hundred and forty-four bushels. How great that deficiency was in one State (Ohio) 

 may be judged by the fact that, under a greatly-increased breadth of cultivation, the crop 

 of 1849 fell short of that of 1839 more than two millions of bushels. 



The following table exhibits the returns of the wheat crop in the fourteen leading wheat- 

 growing States, as given by the census of 1850, and the comparative estimates of the Cin- 

 cinnati Price Current, the New York Herald, and Mr. Cist in the New York Times : 



Cincinnati 



Census Reports. Price Current. Herald. Cist. 



1850. 1855. 1855. 1855. 



Ohio 14,487,000 16,000,000 25,000,000 40,000,000 



Pennsylvania 15,367,000 18,000,000 21,000,000 18,000,000 



Virginia 11,212,000 12,000,000 15,000,000 13,000,000 



New York 13,121,000 15,000,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 



Alabama... 294,000 500,000 700,000 1,500,000 



Illinois 9,494,000 13,000,000 23,000,000 20,000,000 



Indiana 6,214,000 10,000,000 19,000,000 15,000,000 



Iowa 1,530,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 



Kentucky 2,142,000 3,000,000 3,500,000 6,000,000 



Maryland 4,494,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 5,500,000 



Michigan 4,925,000 6,000,000 7,000,000...... 9,000,000 



Missouri 2,981,000 4,000,000 5,500,000 6,000,000 



Tennessee 1,619,000 3,500,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 



Wisconsin 4,286,000 7,000,000 9,000,000 11,000,000 



Total , 92,086,000 114,500,000 156,700,000 171,000,000 



*8,382,000 11,872,000 14,000,000 



Total 100,468,000 168,572,000 185,000,000 



* Add for other States and Territories. 



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