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censns of 1860 being in round numbers 31,000,- 

 000, there would be required for home use of the 

 crops of 1860, which came to market in 1861, 

 108,500,000 bushels; but the official returns 

 alone show us that there remained enough to 

 supply all the wants of the people at low prices. 

 Hence the crops could not have been less than 

 160 or 170 millions of bushels of wheat, of which 

 nearly one-third was exported, forming more 



than one-fourth of the value of the whole nation- 

 al exports. For the first time since the inven- 

 tion of the cotton gin, the export of grain has far 

 exceeded the value of the cotton exported from 

 the country. The presence of such immense 

 quantities of grain in our sea ports is an evidence 

 not only of the rapid development of the resour- 

 ces of the country, but also of the extent and 

 efficiency of its artificial means of transportation. 



CONDENSED VIEW OF THE TONNAGE OF EACH DISTRICT OF THE UNITED STATES. 



