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The Late Census. 



Vol. V. 



The Late Census. 



PRODUCT OF BREAD-STUFFS IN THE U. STATES. 



No returns from North Carolina, Ken- 

 tucky, Florida, and Wisconsin. 



RECAPITULATION. 



Bushels of wheat 66,089,947 



Other uraiu 419,776,871 



Potatoes 102,459,926 



Bushels 588.326,744 



Estimate for Kentucky, N. Carolina, &;c. . . 70,000,000 



Bushels 658,326,744 



Putting the population of the United States 

 at 17 millions, there will be over 38 bushels 

 of bread-stuff for every inhabitant ! the ave- 

 rage consumption in England being about 

 Jive bushels to a person, including young and 

 old, and all kinds of grain. 



In viewing the amount of bread-stufl's 

 raised, the farmer can draw his own conclu- 

 sions by the foregoing, as to the probability 

 of a rise of prices, or conjecture as to a still 

 further decline; unless there is a great de- 

 mand from abroad, we fear the latter ; at pre- 

 sent there is nothing to encourage more than 

 a usual exportation. In making this calcula- 

 tion, it must be recollected, that there are 

 about 4 millions of people in the West Indies 

 and South America, who now receive their 

 flour from us. Allowing 10 bushels to each 

 inhabitant, which is double the average in 

 Europe, and we have a surplus of 172,000,000 

 bushels; from which we conclude, that unless 

 there is an increased demand from abroad, 

 present prices of bread-stuffs will not advance 

 during the present season, whatever change 

 may follow the ingathering of the ensuing 

 crop. 



EXPORTS OF FLOUR AND WHEAT FROM 

 1790 to 1838. 



Thus it will be seen, that our exports have 

 diminished yearly from 1790 to this time, 

 with the exception of the years when Europe 

 has been at war. In 1793, we exported equal 

 to 6,828,770 bushels of wheat ; but in 1838, 

 only 2,246,769, although we produced five 

 times as much as we did in 1790. In 1700, 

 the wheat grown in Great Britain was only 

 14,000 bushels, barley 27,000 ; in 1830, wheat 

 over 100,000,000, and barley 37,000. Not- 

 withstanding the policy of England is to pro- 

 tect her agricultural industry, no countervail- 

 ing protection has been adopted by the United 

 States. Duties upon British goods are every 

 year lessening, and many are free of duty. If 

 she would receive our bread-stuffs on payment 

 of the same duties which we pay on her man- 

 ufactures, then the farmer would have no just 

 cause for complaint. — Inquirer. 



