INTRODUCTION. 



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

 South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Texas in 1850, with a population of 7,373,954, produced 

 17,791,761 bushels of wheat, or 2.42 to each inhabitant. In 18GO the same States, with a population 

 of 8,975,124, produced 81,441,826 bushels, or 3.50 to each inhabitant; an increase, in proportion to 

 population, of 44.6 per cent. In 1850 the product of rye was 914,819 bushels, or 0.12 to each inhabitant. 

 In 1860 the quantity produced was 2,203,052 bushels, or 0.256 to each inhabitant ; an increase, in pro 

 portion to population, of 113.3 per cent. The product of corn in 1850 was 240,209,743 bushels, or 

 32.68 to each inhabitant. In 1860 the product was 282,626,778 bushels, or 31.49 to each inhabitant; a 

 decrease, in proportion to population, of 3.78 per cent. The aggregate of wheat, rye, and corn produced 

 in 1850 was 258,916,323 bushels, or 35.2 to each inhabitant. In 1860 the aggregate was 316,271,656 

 bushels, or 35 24 to each inhabitant; the number of bushels to each inhabitant being the same as in 1850. 



Statistics &amp;lt;&amp;gt;f itlicat, rye, and corn produced in the United blatcs. 



* Decrease. 



