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I860. 1850. 



Ohio 2, 370, 650 638, OGO 



Indiana 39C, 989 149, 7 10 



Michigan 529,916 472,917 



Illinois 324, 117 184, 504 



Wisconsin 38, 987 79, 878 



Minnesota 28, 052 515 



Iowa 215, 705 52, 516 



Missouri 182, 292 23, 641 



Kentucky 18, 928 16, 097 



Kansas 41, 575 



Nebraska 12,224 



4,159,435 1,617,864 



It will be seen that Ohio raises more buckwheat than all the other western States, and that the 

 crop has rapidly increased since 1850. 



Michigan raises the next largest crop of buckwheat, though but little more than one quarter of the 

 amount raised in Ohio. 



Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri are evidently giving some attention to buckwheat, but it is a 

 very subordinate crop in these great corn-growing States. 



The following table shows the amount of buckwheat raised in the southern States in I860 as 

 compared with 1850: 



I860. 1850. 



Virginia 478, 090 214, 898 



North Carolina 35, 924 16, 704 



South Carolina 602 283 



Georgia 2,023 250 



Alabama 1, 347 348 



Louisiana 160 3 



Texas 1, 349 59 



Mississippi 1, 699 1, 121 



Arkansas 509 175 



Tennessee 14, 481 19, 427 



Florida.. 55 



536, 184 253, 323 



The crop of buckwheat has more than doubled in the southern States since 1850. It is, however, 

 a very small crop in the south. 



Virginia produces eight times as much as all the other southern States together. It is probable 

 that the bulk of the crop is raised in western Virginia, where the agriculture assimilates closely to that 

 of Pennsylvania and Ohio. 



The following table shows the amount of buckwheat raised in the Pacific States in 1860, as com 

 pared with 1850 : 



I860. 1850. 



California 76, 887 



Oregon 2, 749 



New Mexico 6 100 



Washington 707 



Utah 68 332 



80, 417 432 



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