I N T K U D U C T I N . 



K YE. 



Bushels of rye produced in 1860. 



The amount of rye produced in the United States in 1840 was 18,645,567 bushels; in 1850, 

 14,188,813 bushels; and in 1860, 21,101,380 bushels. 



Pennsylvania and New York are the largest producers of rye. These two States produce nearly 

 as much rye as all the other States and Territories together. New Jersey also produces largely, 

 raising nearly as much rye as wheat. It is a crop well adapted for light sandy soils, and in the neigh 

 borhood of large cities is a profitable crop, not so much, however, for the grain as for the straw. 



The following table shows the amount of rye raised in the New England States in 1860, as com 

 pared with 1850 : 



Connecticut 



Maine 



Massachusetts . . 

 New Hampshire. 

 Rhode Island. . . 

 Vermont . . 



1860. 



618, 702 

 123,287 

 388, 085 

 128, 247 



28, 259 

 139, 271 



1, 425, 851 



1850. 

 600, 893 

 102,916 

 481,021 

 183,117 



26, 409 

 176, 233 



1,570,589 



