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There are no means of ascertaining with positive accuracy 

 the yield of this crop in 1858, but from the most reliable 

 sources at command, it is safe to say there were no less than 

 670,000,000 of bushels, and this at an average value of fifty 

 cents per bushel would be worth 1335,000,000 ; and if we add 

 to this the value of the fodder it yielded in addition, the value 

 of the cobs and the cords of manure produced from this croj) 

 alone, the aggregate value to the United States for 18o8, can- 

 not be set down as less than $700,000,000. 



To show how rapidly the culture of this plant has extended, 

 it may be stated that France produced 17,280,000 bushels in 

 1826, and in 1847, about 33,400,000, an increase of nearly one 

 hundred per cent, in twenty years. Russia produced 16,000,000 

 bushels in 1850. 



The yield of Indian corn in the different counties of Massa- 

 chusetts may be stated as follows : — 



The number of acres of Indian corn cultivated in Massachu- 

 setts in 1855 was 91,056. The number of acres in 1858 was 

 undoubtedly considerably larger, and the yield, as nearly as 

 can be estimated from various data, about 3,643,440 bushels, 



