xxx INTRODUCTION. 



Indiana, which was sixth in 1850, was second in 1860 16,848,267. 



Wisconsin, which was ninth in 1850, was third in 1860 15,657,458. 



Ohio, which was second in 1850, drops to fourth in 1860 15,119,047, though showino- an actual 

 increase of 631,696 bushels. 



Virginia shows an increase in the last decade of 1,918,361 bushels, but nevertheless stands fifth 

 /in 1860, instead of fourth, as in 1850. 



Pennsylvania, which stood first in 1850, is now sixth, with an actual decrease of 2,325,526 bushels 

 and 10,794,858 less than Illinois. 



New York stands seventh 8,681,105 bushels. In 1850 she stood third, producing 13,121,498, 

 showing a decrease in ten years of 4,440,393 bushels. 



Iowa, which was fifteenth in 1850, now stands eighth, producing 8,449,403 bushels, against 

 1,530,581 in 1850, showing an increase of 6,918,822. 



Michigan, which was seventh, is now ninth, though the produce of wheat has nearly doubled. In 

 1850 it was 4,925,889 bushels; in 18608,336,368. 



Kentucky, which was eleventh in 1850, is now tenth 7,394,809 bushels showing an increase of 

 5,251,987. 



Maryland, which was eighth in 1850, falls to the eleventh in 1860 6,103,480 bushels though 

 showing an increase of 1,608,800. 



California, which was twenty-ninth in 1850, is now the twelfth wheat-producing State in the 

 Union. In 1850 she produced but 17,228, while in 1860 she produced 5,928,470 bushels, being nearly 

 as much as Indiana (which stood sixth) produced in 1850. 



Tennessee, again, as in 1850, stands thirteenth, producing, however, 5,459,268, against 1,619,386 

 bushels in 1850. 



North Carolina, which was twelfth in 1850, now ranks only as fourteenth, producing, however, 

 4,743,706 bushels, being an increase of 2,613,604. 



Missouri, which was tenth in 1850, is now fifteenth, producing 4,227,586 bushels, showing an 

 increase, however, of 1,245,934. 



Georgia, in 1860, stands sixteenth, as in 1850, in order, producing 2,544,913, against 1,088,534 

 bushels in 1850. 



Minnesota, which was thirtieth in 1850, now occupies the seventeenth rank, having increased the 

 produce of wheat from 1,401 bushels in 1850 to 2,186,993 in 1860. 



New Jersey, which was fourteenth in 1850, is now eighteenth, with a product of 1,763,218 bushels, 

 showing an increase of only 162,028 in ten years. 



Texas, which was twenty-seventh in 1850, is now nineteenth, producing 1,478,345, against 41,729 

 bushels in 1850. 



South Carolina, which was seventeenth in 1850, is now twentieth, producing 1,285,631 bushels in 

 1860, against 1,066,277 in 1850. 



Alabama is again twenty-first, as in 1850, producing 1,218,444 bushels in 1860, or 924,400 more 

 than in 1850. 



Arkansas is .now, as in 1850, twenty-second, producing 957,601 bushels, being an increase of 

 757,962 in ten years. 



Delaware, which in 1850 was nineteenth, stands now twenty-third, producing 912,941 bushels, 

 against 482,511 in 1850. 



Oregon, which stood twenty-second in 1850, is now twenty-fourth, producing 826,776 bushels in 

 1860, against 211,943 in 1850. 



Mississippi is again twenty-fifth, as in 1850, producing 587,925 bushels, against 137,990 in 1850. 



Vermont, which was eighteenth in 1850, is now twenty-sixth, producing only 437,037 bushels, 

 against 535.955 in 1850, or a decrease of 98,918 bushels in ten years. 



