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It will be seen from the above table that we raise nearly five bushels of Indian corn to one of wheat, 

 and more than double tfie aggregate production of wheat, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, peas, and beans. 

 Such was also the case in 1850. It will be seen, however, that less wheat was raised in 1850 in pro 

 portion to Indian corn than in I860. In other words, vastly as the production of Indian corn has 

 increased in ten years, the production of wheat has increased in still greater proportion. 



We produce more bushels of oats than of wheat, but in proportion to Indian corn the increase is 

 not as great in I860, as compared with 1850, as in the case of wheat. 



The production of no other grain has increased so much in the last ten years as barley. It will 

 be seen that we produce three times as much in I860 as in 1850, while the production of Indian corn 

 has not quite doubled. 



Buckwheat, peas, and beans have also greatly increased, but only a fraction more than Indian corn. 



The principal corn-growing States are: Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, 

 Iowa, Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and New York. 



The following table shows the production of Indian corn in these States in 1860, 1850, and 1840 



Production of Indian corn in the principal corn-growing States in 1860, 1850, and 1840. 



Tennessee Was the greatest co -a-producing State in 1840, Ohio in 1850, and Illinois in 1860. 



Kentucky was the second greatest corn-producing State in 1840, and also in 1850, while she 

 yielded the honor to Ohio in 1860. 



Virginia stood third as a corn-producing State in 1840, Illinois in 1850, and Missouri in 1860. 



Ohio stood fourth in 1840, Indiana in 1850, and again in 1860. 



Indiana stood fifth in 1840, Tennessee in 1850, and Kentucky in 1860. 



North Carolina stood sixth in 1840, Virginia in 1850, and Tennessee in 1860. 



Illinois produces nearly one-seventh of all the corn raised in the States and Territories. 



The six States of Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, produced, in 1860, 

 449,332,502 bushels of Indian corn, or more than half the entire production of the United States and 

 Territories. 



It will be observed from the above table that Iowa has increased her production of Indian corn 

 during the last twenty and ten years, more than any other of the great corn-growing States. In 

 twenty years she has increased from less than one and a half million bushels to more than forty-one 

 million bushels. This young State produces nearly half as much corn as all New England and the 

 middle States. 



The following table shows the production of Indian corn in the New England States, together 

 with the number of inhabitants, in the years 1860, 1850, and 1840 : 



