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WORK OF MAN-LABOR REQUIRED FOR PRODUCING THE 



The table shows that in the work of producing each of the crops 

 considered, excepting only the cotton crop, there has been an 

 absolute displacement of man-labor. Disregarding the cotton crop, 

 the absolute displacement in the work of producing the other eight 



1 The value of New England agricultural products, as reported in 1880, was 

 $103,343,566; in 1900 it was $169,523,435 (Twelfth Census, Agriculture, Vol. I, 



P. 703). 



2 Twelfth Census, Agriculture, Vol. I, p. 698. 



8 The barley crop of 1839 was 4,161,504 bushels (Sixth Census, p. 408). 



The corn crop of 1855 is assumed to be 765,431,923 bushels. This is midway 

 i-en the amounts reported to the Census Office in 1850 and 1860. 



The cotton crop of 1841 was 1,634,945 bales (World Almanac for 1896, p. 164). 



The hay crop of 1849 was 13,838,642 tons (Eleventh Census, Agriculture, 

 p. 90). 



The oats crop of iS^o was i 2^,054,992 (Report p. 572). 



potato crop of 1866 was 107,200,976 bushr >ept. Agr., Year Book, 



1898, p. 679). 



The rice crop of 1870-1871 was 52.892,400 pounds (Letter of August 26, 1902, 

 from the I)cpartrm-nt of Agriculture, Division ot Statistics). 



The rye crop of 1849 was 14,188,813 bushels (Patent Office Report, 1853, Pi. 2, 



P-'55)- 



The wheal crop of 1839 was 84,821,065 bushels (Report of U.S. Dept Agr., 



p. 572). 



Crop reports for the desired years could not be found in every case. When the 



ctween the year reported upon by the investigations of ihe Depart- 



menl of I.ahor and the nearest year for which a crop report could be had was 



greater than one year, a later crop report was preferred as yielding a displacement 



of labor too low rathe i bigh. 



