376 THE YEAR-BOOK OF AGRICULTURE. 



The following table gives the production of wheat in the other States and Territories, 

 according to the census of 1850, and according to the estimates of the Herald for 1856 : 



Bushels of Wheat. 

 1850. 1855. 



Arkansas...'. .?. 199,000 300,000 



California 17,000 150,000 



District of Columbia 17,000 20,000 



Connecticut v 41,000 .;... 50,000 



Delaware 482,000 550,000 



Florida 1,000 2,000 



Georgia 1,088,000 1,200,000 



Louisiana : 



Maine , 296,000 400,000 



Massachusetts * 31,000 50,000 



Mississippi -. 137,000 .. 200,000 



New Hampshire 185,000 200,000 



New Jersey 1,601,000 2,000,000 



North Carolina 2,130,000 2,500,000 



Rhode Island.. 



South Carolina 1,066,000 1,200,000 



Texas 41,000 100,000 



Vermont 535.000 650,000 



Minnesota 1,000 500,000 



New Mexico 196,000 400,000 



Oregon 211,000 500,000 



Utah 107,000 500,000 



Kansas 200,000 



Nebraska 200,000 



Total 8,382,000 11,872,000 



Fourteen States in previous table .92,086,000 156,700,000 



Grand total 100,468,000 168,572,000 



In comparing the estimates as given by Mr. Cist with those of the New York Herald, and 

 also with those of the New York Courier and Enquirer, (leaving out of consideration those 

 of the Cincinnati Price Current, as far below the truth,) it will be seen that the principal 

 element of difference consists in the estimate placed upon the crop of Ohio. Making this the 

 same for each estimate, and the aggregates differ but little. In regard to the estimate of 

 Mr. Cist, he says : I consider Kentucky, Alabama, and Tennessee entitled to the estimate 

 given by me, not less on account of the favorable season, but because, in 1839, they yielded 

 respectively four millions eight hundred and three thousand one hundred and fifty-two, 

 eight hundred and thirty-eight thousand and fifty-two, and four millions five hundred and 

 sixty-nine thousand six hundred and ninety-two. For the old States of Maryland, Virginia, 

 New York, and Pennsylvania, which have formerly been the principal sources of supply for 

 wheat, my estimate is not greatly above that of the Price Current, and is less than that of 

 the Herald. It is in the great wheat-growing States of 'Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michi- 

 gan, Wisconsin, and Missouri, which, great as is their aggregate, has far from developed 

 their productive capacity, that the great difference between my estimate and that of most 

 others consists. And my estimates of those States differ little in the aggregate, except as 

 relates to Ohio, from those of the Herald. Our difference upon Ohio, and his short allowance 

 for California and Texas, would about make up the difference of our general aggregate. 

 And now for Ohio. My estimate of its wheat crop, for 1855, of forty millions, will, doubtless, 

 startle many persons, and discredit my judgment with yet more. Why I should exceed by 

 150 per cent, on this point the figures of other business men in our City and State, is well 

 calculated to inspire suspicion, surprise, and distrust. The wheat crop of Ohio was, in 



Bushels. Bushels. 



1839 16,571,661 



1847 16,800,000 



1848 > 20,000,000 



1850 28,769,137 



1851 25,309,225 



1852 22,962,774 



1849 14,487,351 



The figures for 1839 and 1849 are taken from the United States Census of 1840 and 1850. 

 Those for 1847 and 1848 will be found in the Patent Office Agricultural Reports for those 

 years. The figures for the three later years are taken from the official returns in the office 

 of the auditor of the State of Ohio. The exhibit of 1850, although the largest on the list, is 



