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counties, two are full of coal and iron. The resources of the 

 last are more slow to delelop, but in the end will be equally 

 valuable. 



But a small quantity of the corn of Ohio is exported as grain. It is 

 first manufactured into other articles, and then exported in another 

 form. The principal part of these are hogs, cattle, and whiskey. 

 It is difficult to say exactly how much corn is in this way exported, 

 but the following is an approximation 



Bushels. 



In Fat Cattle .... 4,000,000 

 In Fat Hogs .... 10,000.000 

 In tt hiskey .... 2,500,000 



Total . . 16,500,000 



Taking into view the export of corn meal about twenty millions 

 of bushels the residue goes to the support of the stock animals 

 on hand, of which there are near three millions, exclusive of those 

 fatted for market. 



The exported corn in the shape of cattle, hogs, and whiskey, is 

 worth about thirty cents cash, while on the farm it is not worth 

 twenty thus proving that it is more profitable to consume corn 

 on the farm, than to export it in bulk. This fact is well known 

 to good farmers, who seldom attempt to sell corn as a merchantable 

 article. 



!tf o mining in the world has ever been equal to mining in a 

 fertile soil, and no treasury is so reliable as a granary of surplus 

 products. 



Indian corn and meal generally find a market in the "West 

 Indies, Newfoundland, Spain, and Portugal. It commands a good 

 price, and finds a ready sale in the ports which are open to its 

 reception. 



Deducting one-sixteenth for the amount exported, and one- 

 tenth for seed, the quantity of maize annually consumed for food 

 in the United States by a family of five persons is 85 bushels. 



Maize may be considered as the great staple of the agricultural 

 products of the States. It is exported in large quantities, in a 

 raw state, or when manufactured into meal. Before it is manu- 

 factured iuto meal it is dried by a fire, in a kiln prepared for that 

 purpose. By this process the meal is much less liable to become 

 sour on the voyage, and can be preserved much longer in a warm 

 climate. No inconsiderable quantities have likewise been con- 

 sumed in distillation ; and the article of kiln-dried meal for ex- 

 portation is destined to be of no small account to the corn-grow- 

 ing sections of that country. 



The improvement continually making in the quality of the seed 

 augurs well for the productiveness of this indigenous crop, as it 

 has been found that new varieties are susceptible of being used to 

 great advantage. 



The following was the produce of the different States in the 

 years named, as given in the Official Census Eeturns: 



