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that would yield him such a return ? The following 

 table shows that the principal crops raised in the North 

 ern and Western States do not yield anything like such 

 returns. 



TABLE 



Showing the Average Yield and Cash Value of 

 Corn, Wheat, Rye, and Oats, on one acre of land, 

 in twenty-two of the United States, for four years, 

 from 1862 to 1865 inclusive, according to the Re 

 port of the Agricultural Department for June, 

 1866. 



Bushels. Price per bushel. Value per acre. 



Corn, . . 32.99 per acre. $ .86 $28.57 



Wheat, . 14.34 " J -57 22 -44 



Rye, . . 15.94 " 1.03 15.98 



Oats, . . 28.56 " .58 16.52 



Average value of crops, per acre, $20.87. 



The introduction of the manufacture of beet sugar 

 in the West would give to the farmer a market for 

 beets at his own door, and the establishment of a man 

 ufacturing population in his vicinity would give him 

 a home market for the other productions of his farm. 



In France the manufacturer contracts with the 

 farmer for the culture of a certain number of acres in 

 beets, at a fixed price per ton, and the crop is always 

 sold in advance of its production. 



The relative cost, in the department of the Maine et 

 Loire, of raising an acre of beets, and an acre of wheat, 

 by the same cultivator, and in the same year, is shown 

 by tflfe following figures. It is fair to remark, however, 



