DIAGRAM 



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Slioiinng the relative importance and fluctuations of the staple crops cultivated 

 in South Carolina from 1670 to 1880. The money value 

 of each crop is estimated for the year of its maximum pro- 

 duction anterior to 1880, and a point assigned it above tlie 

 line A B. From this point the distance of the line of each 

 crop above the line A' B is dctei-mined by the amount jyro- 

 duced tnthout regard to prices. 



1 -H — M — X — K — K — K — X Upland Cotton. 



2 Corn 



3 Sea Island Cotton 



5 Indigo. 



6 r-H-t-H-i— i-t-H-i— i-HH-hH-H Forest Products. 



7 ^-J — I — I I I I > ' Small Grain. 



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