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UNITED STATES CENSUS PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS OF 1849. 



STATES. 



Bushels 



\\ heat. 



Maine 367,980 



New Hampshire 185,658 



Vermont 493,006 



Massachusetts 29,784 



Rhode Island 39 



Connecticut 40,167 



New York 13,073,357 



New Jersey 1,508.2 1 6 



Pennsylvania 15,482,191 



Delaware 466,784 



Maryland 4,494,680 



District of Columbia 17,370 



Virginia 14,516,950 



North Carolina 2,147,899 



South Carolina 1,066,278 



Georgia 1,085,784 



Florida 1,225 



Alabama 292,429 



Mississippi 215,181 



Louisiana 84 



Texas 42,448 



Arkansas 193,9o2 



Tennessee 1,638,470 



Kentucky 2,184,763 



Ohio 14,967,056 



Michigan 4,918,706 



Indiana 6,625,474 



Illinois 9,433,965 



Missouri 2,943,840 



Iowa 1,442,074 



Wisconsin 4,292.208 



California 98,282 



Minnesota 3,422 



Oregon 228,882 



Utah 103,441 



New Mexico 196,575 



Bushels 



Ind. Com. 



1,741,715 



1, 73,670 



1,625,776 



8,326,167 



516,133 



1,996,462 



17,844,808 



8,605,396 



19,707,702 



2.888,896 



11,1(14,631 



65,280 



35,538,582 



28,286,999 



16,272,308 



30,428,540 



1,993,462 



28,485,966 



2r,836,154 



10,915 051 



5,796,7'S 



8,857,296 



f 2, 137.863 



58,922,788 



59,788,750 



5,620,215 



52,887,564 



57,179,283 



35,7u9,042 



8,475,027 



1,933,378 



90,0S2 



16.665 



2,928 



9,144 



355,795 



Pounds 

 Tobacco. 



50 



iiiC'ioe 



1,383,932 



70,222 



857,619 



21,199,281 



15,000 



56,516,492 



12,059.147 



73,235 



42n,123 



982,584 



163,605 



48,349 



23,922 



60,770 



224,164 



20,144,380 



55,765,259 



10,480,967 



2.225 



1,03% 146 



844,129 



17,038,364 



.2,012 



768 



1,000 



"325 



"i,ii8 



Pounds 

 Wool. 



1,366,866 

 1,108,476 

 3,492,087 



576,736 



111,937 



5 2,529 



10,021,51,7 



37 ,932 



4,784,367 



52,887 



477,438 



2,850,909 



915,289 



487,243 



988,8' 2 



2<*,235 



637,829 



556,"57 



105,393 



122,118 



181,427 



1,340 833 



2,246,168 



10,(89,607 



2,047,364 



2,502,763 



2,129,139 



1,63 ,182 



363,398 



243,065 



4,800 



260 



29,596 



8,897 



32,641 



Pounds 

 Butter. 



8,488,234 



6,977,056 



12,128,095 



7,825,337 



1,1:66,625 



6,620,579 



82,043,823 



9,070,710 



40,554,741 



1,031,867 



4,206,160 



14,869 



11,126,795 



4,144,258 



2,979,975 



4,6H ,074 



375,853 



3,961,592 



4,388,112 



685,136 



2,319,574 



1,854,104 



8,130,686 



10,115,267 



34,180,458 



7,043,794 



12,748,166 



12,605,554 



7,762,124 



1,933,128 



888,816 



705 



1,100 



211,734 



75,0*4 



101 



Pounds 



Cheese. 

 2,201,105 

 3, 196,563 

 6,75 > 01 6 



7,121,461 



290,718 



4 512.019 



49,785 905 



500.-19 



2,39 279 



3.187 



3 925 



431,850 



95,043 



4.810 



46,391 



18,32i 



3 »,423 



20,314 



1.148 



92.<>18 



28,440 



179.577 



228,744 



21,350,478 



1,012,551 



666,966 



1,283, 58 



201,597 



198,444 



440,961 



150 



36,030 

 32,646 



5,887 



Tons 

 Hay. 



79 1. 780 



598,^54 



763 579 



615,749 



73 353 



499,706 



3,714,734 



429 I 9 



1,826,265 



30,159 



145,070 



1,974 



370,177 



145,180 



25 427 



2<,427 



2 6-0 



31,801 



12,517 



2'',672 



3,327 



3,924 



72,912 



11 296 



1,360,636 



394,717 



402,791 



586.011 



116 284 



84,598 



295,927 



2.038 



2,069 



373 



4,288 



Busheli 

 Flaxseed. 



3b2 

 94 



307 



16 



695 



19,405 



80.458 



185,59 i 



1,166 



35,803 



1 1 ,873 



13,439 



2,182 



834 



Pounds 

 Slap Sua. 



87.541 

 1 292 129 

 5,159,641 



768,596 



9,775 



53,824 

 12 353 

 43,627 

 838 

 2,816 



53,333 



38,183 



II 



585 



37,781 



10,310 764 



5,886 



2.218,644 



47,710 



1,223,905 



27,448 

 200 

 50 



473 

 110 

 260 



8 825 



159,647 



388,525 



4,521,643 



2 423.897 



2.921,638 



2*o,078 



171 943 



70 680 



661,969 



2,950 



Total 104,799,230 591, c 86,u53 199,532,494 52,422,797 312,202,286 103.184,565 13,605,384 567,;49 32,7 9,263 



AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS OF THE 

 UNITED STATES. 

 The following letter, addressed to the editors of 

 the National Intelligencer, Washington, and pub- 

 lished in that journal, contains facts interesting to 

 the American people : 



To the Editors of the National Intelligencer: 

 — The statistics of Agriculture, so far as they have 

 been published from the Census Office, disclose 

 many instructive facts. To promote the farming 

 interest, and bring some of the most prominent 

 features of this branch of national industry under 

 the eye of legislators and statesmen, I respectfully 

 solicit a small space in your paper to call attention 

 to the progress made by a nation of farmers. 



Maize is the most important crop grown in the 

 United States. It is one of the staples of every 

 State and Territory, not excepting Oregon, whose 

 climate is least friendly to this American cereal. 

 The United States census of 1R40 makes the corn 

 crop of the year preceding 377,531,875 bushels. 

 The census of 1850 shows that the crop of 1849 

 was 591,586,053. Increase, 214,054,178 bushels. 

 These figures indicate a gain of fifty-seven per 

 cent. ; while the increase of population was not 

 far from thirty-four per cent. Corn being one of 

 the most profitable crops grown anywhere, I have 

 studied its increase and decrease in the several 

 States with much interest ; but a due respect for 

 the numerous claims on your columns forbids an 

 extended notice of even the most abundant and 

 remunerating product of our national industry. 

 Allow me, however, to say that New York pro- 

 duced in 1839, 10,975,286 bushels ; and in 1849, 

 17,944,808 bushels. This, for an old State whosej 



rural population increased but little in the last de- 

 cade, is a large and creditable gain. It is one of 

 the many good fruits of her excellent agricultural 

 societies, known all over this extended Republic, 

 as well as in Europe. 



Pennsylvania has advanced her corn culture con- 

 siderably, although less than New York. Her 

 crop in 1839 was 14,240,022 bushels ; in 1849 it 

 was 19,707,702. Gain 5,467,680 bushels. She 

 will do better in the present decade. 



Georgia has sustained an agricultural journal for 

 the last nine years, <ind a flourishing State socie- 

 ty and others some five years. Her corn crop in 

 1839 was 20,905,122 bushels; in 1849 it was 30,- 

 428,540. While Georgia has added to her annual 

 harvest of maize 9,523,418 bushels in ten years, 

 South Carolina has increased hers only 1,549,503. 

 Ohio has seventy well organized agricultural so- 

 cieties, and an efficient board of Agriculture. Her 

 corn crop in 1839 was 33,668,144 bushels ; in 1849, 

 it was 58,922,783. Gain in the ten years, 25,354,- 

 639 bushels. 



These official statistics speak volumes in favor of 

 agricultural societies, and legislative aid for their 

 support. They are composed of practical reading 

 farmers, and I am very happy that men of this 

 stamp are making an earnest effort to organize a 

 national agricultural society. Should they, in its 

 feeble infancy, ask for a little assistance from Con- 

 gress, it is to be hoped that such small aid as State 

 Legislatures grant to State societies will not be 

 withheld. To say nothing of the large increase in 

 her grain crops, New York, by giving some forty- 

 five societies less than $8,000 a year, has increased 

 the products of her dairies over fifty per cent. The 

 recent census shows the immense product of over 

 eighty-two million pounds of butter. (82,043,828 



