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New Hampshire, which was twenty-fourth in 1850, is now twenty-seventh, producing 238,965 

 bushels in 18GO, against 185,658 in 1850, or an increase of 53,307 bushels in ten years. 



Maine, which was twentieth in 1850, is now twenty-eighth, producing 233,876 bushels in 1860, 

 against 2% ,25 J in 1850, or a decrease of 62,383 bushels. 



Kansas, which was unreported in 1850, now stands twenty-ninth, producing 194,173 bushels, 

 taking the same relative rank occupied by California in 1850, but which stands twelfth in 1860. 



Massachusetts, which was twenty-eighth in 1850, is now thirtieth, producing 119,783 bushels, 

 against 31,211 in 1850, showing an increase of 88,572. 



Connecticut, which was twenty-sixth in 1850, is now thirty-first, producing 52,401 bushels, 

 against 41,762 in 1850, showing an increase of 10,639. 



Louisiana continues thirty-second, as in 1850, though producing 32,208 bushels, against 417 in 1850. 



Florida, which was thirty-first in 1850, is now thirty-third, producing 2,808 bushels in 1860, 

 against 1,027 in 1850. 



Rhode Island, which was thirty-third, is now thirty-fourth, producing 1,131 bushels in 1860, 

 against 49 in 1850. 



PRODUCTION OF WHEAT IN PROPORTION TO POPULATION. 



In 1850, the United States and Territories, with a population of 23,191,876, exclusive of Indian 

 tribes, produced 100,485,944 bushels of wheat, or 4.33 bushels to each inhabitant. 



In 1860, with a population, exclusive of Indian tribes, of 31,443,322, there were 173,104,924 

 bushels of wheat produced, or 5.50 bushels to each inhabitant, showing an increase of one bushel and 

 one sixth to each inhabitant, or an increase in proportion to population of over twenty-five per cent. 



The New England States, with a population of 2,728,116 in 1850, produced 1,090,894 bushels, 

 or only thirteen quarts to each inhabitant. In 1860, with a population of 3,135,283, flic New England 

 States produced 1,083,193 bushels, or about eleven quarts and a half to each inhabitant. 



The middle States, (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware,) in 1850, 

 with a population of 6,573,301, produced 35,066,570 bushels, or five and one-third bushels to each 

 inhabitant. The same States in 1860, with a population of 8,258,150, produced 30,502x909 bushels, or 

 about three and two-thirds to each inhabitant. 



The western States, (Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Kentucky, 

 Indiana, and Kansas,) in 1850, with a population of 6,379,723, produced 46,076,318 bushels, or seven 

 and a quarter to each inhabitant. The same States in 1860, with a population of 10,218,722, pro 

 duced 102,251,127 bushels, or ten to each inhabitant. 



The southern States, (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Texas,) in 1850, with a population of 7,349,472, produced 

 17,795,761 bushels, or nearly two and a half to each inhabitant. The same States in 1860, with a 

 population of 9,103,332, produced 31,441,826 bushels, or three and a half to each inhabitant. 



The fifteen slaveholding States, in 1850, with a population of 9,698,487, produced 27,897,426 

 bushels, nearly three to each inhabitant. The same States in 1860, with a population of 12,112,683, 

 produced 50,080,642 bushels of wheat, or a little over four to each inhabitant. 



The non-slaveholding States and Territories, in 1850, with a population of 14,492,389, produced 

 72,588,518 bushels, or five to each inhabitant. 



The same States and Territories in 1860, with a population of 19,330,639, produced 123,024,282 

 bushels of wheat, or about six and one-third bushels to each inhabitant. 



To recapitulate : The production of wheat in the whole United States and Territories was four 

 and one-third bushels in 1850 to each inhabitant, and in 1860 five and a half bushels to each inhabitant. 



In the New England States the production of wheat in 1850 was thirteen quarts to each inhab 

 itant, and in 1860 only eleven quarts. 



