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provender for the immense number and variety of our 

 domestic animals. The same commodities to which 

 corn contributes for export, it also produces or aids in 

 producing on a very much larger scale for domestic 

 consumption. 



As an illustration of this, the quantity of beef, 

 veal, mutton, and pork absorbed in a single year 

 by the city of New York alone, is indicated by 

 the following statement of live stock received for 

 1865: 



Beeves 273,274 



Yeals 77,991 



Sheep and Lambs 836,733 



Swine 573,197 



Total 1,761,195 



Nearly the whole of this amount of animal food 

 was consumed during the year, by the population of 

 New York city and its vicinity ; from which some 

 conception may be formed of the quantity of meat re- 

 quired, and the quantity of corn used in producing it, 

 for a population of over thirty millions. 



The total amount of butter and cheese made in 

 1860 was about five hundred and seventy million 

 pounds, and doubtless at the present time exceeds six 

 hundred million pounds a year, most of which is con- 

 sumed by our own people. In producing these arti- 

 cles, Indian corn is extensively employed, both the 

 grain and the stover being found profitable for the 

 purpose. 



In a general view then, of the consumption of corn. 



