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In conclusion is submitted a statement relative, to the quantity of 

 Indian corn raised in the United States, the value of the same, and 

 the amount exported, furnished us by Mr. Edwin Williams. 



According to the United States Census, of 1840, and the result of 

 Professor Tucker's inquiries as to the prices in different parts of the 

 country, the quantity of Indian corn raised in the United States in 

 1839, and the value of the same, was as follows: 



Bushels. Value. 



New England States, 6,992,909 $4,794,893 



Middle States, 39,946,213 23,356,515 



Southern States, 94,998,255 44,994,506 



South Western States,- - - - 129,74 1,093 38,259,033 



North W^estern States, 105,853,405 21,186,681 



Total United States, 377,531,875 $132,591,628 



The average value for the United States, according to this state- 

 ment, is about thirty-five cents per bushel. 



The blades or stalks of Indian corn, as is well known, form an 

 excellent fodder for horses and cattle; and which, estimating twen- 

 ty pounds for every bushel of grain, amounts to 3,775,000 tons; 

 worth, by Professor Tucker's estimate, $37,750,000. 



Thus the value of the crop of Indian corn in the United States in 

 1839, may be stated to have exceeded one hundred and seventy millions 

 of dollars, an amount greatly exceeding in value that of any other 

 crop raised in this country. The Secretary of the Treasury estimates 

 the total value of the crop of cotton grown in the United States, in 

 1846, on the 1st of December, 1846, at $73,150,000, and that of 

 Indian corn at $314,871,826. 



The crop of maize, for 1845, was estimated by the Commissioner 

 of Patents in his annual report, to have amounted to 417,899,000 

 bushels, and on that basis it may be assumed that the crop of last 

 year, 1846, was at least 425 millions of bushels. This quantity at 

 an average value of fifty cents per bushel would amount to $212,- 

 500,000. This enhanced value it seems justifiable to assume in the 

 present estimate, taking into consideration the prices of Indian corn 

 as well as provisions, (which are in some respects the product of 

 this grain,) in the principal marts of the United States since the last 

 harvest. 



