12 PRODUCTS OF THE STATES. 



bushels; Indian corn 441.829.246; Oats 150.883.617; Rye 22.762.- 

 952; Buckwheat 9.483.409 ; Barley 3.871.622; Potatoes 135.833.381 ; 

 Rice 94.007.484. 



The principal producing states. Of wheat, in bushels. Ohio 25.- 

 387.439; New-York 11.132.472; Penn. 10.887.015; Ind. 8.500.666; 

 Tenn. 5.915.033; 111.5.799.038; Ken. 5.131.114, and Mich. 3.952.- 

 389. Of Indian Com., Tenn. 55.742.384; Ken. 49.053.849 ; Ohio 

 39.424.221; Ind. 38.838.275; Va. 38.101.657; Ala. 26.345.105 ; 111. 

 25.546.728; Mo. 25.338.922; N. C. 25.332.194; Ga. 24.072.043, &c. 

 Of oats, N. Y. 24.882.671 ; Penn. 24.120.363 ; Ohio 19.381.035; Va. 

 14.264.539, and 111. Ken. Ten. and Ind. over eight millions each. Of 

 Potatoes, N. Y. 36.880.017; Penn. 12.724.180 ; Me. 12.504.308; Vt. 

 10.941.718 ; N. H. 8.218.369 ; Ohio 7.277.309 ; Mass. 4.821.308. Of 

 Rice, S. C. 70.265.554 ; Ga. 14.535.309 ; La. 4.000.500 ; N. C. 3.491.- 

 667. Of Rye, Penn. 8.368.661; N. Y. 3.280.306; N. J. 2.201.592; 

 Ken. 1.987.236; Va. 1.186.449. Of Buckwheat, Penn. 3.119.831; 

 N. Y. 2.917.974; Ohio 741.230. Of Barley, N. Y. 2.196.081; Ohio 

 229.282. 



The progress of improvement in these products and of agriculture is 

 steadily progressing. Besides the amount required for home consump- 

 tion, these and other agricultural productions now furnish three- 

 fourths of all the exports of the United States. The sale and cultiva- 

 tion of the public lands will continue to increase greatly the amount of 

 these products, while the late geological surveys of the states have and 

 will continue to develope and reveal the mineral and other resources 

 of our country. It is estimated that 83 per cent, of our population is 

 engaged in agriculture, or depending on it for a livelihood, and that 

 2.700.000, or one fifth, are effective male laborers three times more 

 than are employed in commerce, manufactures and trade. In Great Brit- 

 ain nine millions are engaged in agriculture, and four in manufactures. 



Last year was highly productive in all the grains. More than two- 

 thirds of the wheat was raised in the western states, and more was 

 sown than during any previous year. It was better in the New Eng- 

 land states than the year before, the improvement in grain in New 

 Hampshire, and also in Kentucky and Tennessee being estimated at 

 25 per cent. Next to Ohio, New- York is the greatest wheat state ; 

 and it exceeds all others in its agricultural products, generally. The 

 wheat crop of last year in New-York and Penn. was inferior to that 

 of the year before by 20 per cent. A new species of wheat lately in- 

 troduced into this latter state from the Mediteranean is said to with- 

 stand the effects of the fly rust. This is attributed to its peculiar vigor 

 of root. Its energy in the spring is greater than any other winter 

 wheat ; so that its hard and sapless stem in April is impenetrable to 

 the young maggot ; and, being eight or ten days earlier, it is not liable 

 to rust. 



