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Boll) Tennessee and South Carolina produced less corn in 1800 than in 18. r &amp;gt;0; while Georgia, 

 though showing a slight increase, remains almost stationary. Texas, which was un reported in 1840, 

 gave six million bushels in 1850, and sixteen and a half million in 1860. Arkansas nearly doubled her 

 production of Indian corn from 1840 to 1850, and again from 1850 to 1860. Louisiana also shows .1 

 rapid increase nearly six million bushels. The total increase in the southern States from 1840 to 

 1S50 is a little over fifty-three million bushels of Indian corn, and from 1850 to 1860 less than forty- 

 two and a half million bushels. 



The following table shows the production of Indian corn in the western States, together with the 

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



The above table is worthy of careful study. It shows at a glance the unparalleled rapidity with 

 which the agricultural resources of the western States are being developed. 



Kansas has advanced more rapidly than any other State, having neither crops nor population in 

 1850. The production of Indian corn has grown up to over five and a half million bushels in 1860. 



Minnesota presents also another instance of rapid increase In 1850 her return of Indian corn was 

 only 16,725 bushels. While in 1860 her product is given at nearly three million bushels, or over one 

 hundred and seventy-eight times as much as in 1850. 



Nebraska, which was unreported in 1850, produced nearly l.J million bushels of Indian corn in 

 1860, as before stated. 



Iowa makes exhibit of remarkable increase in the production of Indian corn. From less than one 

 and a half million bushels in 1840, she has increased to over forty-two million bushels in 1860. 



The following table shows the production of Indian corn in the Pacific States, together with the 

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



