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INTRODUCTION. 



the necessity of raising peas and beans as renovating crops, while viewed merely as grain crops, it is 

 doubtless found that the cereal grains are more profitable. 



IRISH POTATOES 

 Bushels of Irish potatoes produced in 1860. 



There were raised in the States and Territories in 1850, 65,797,896 bushels of Irish potatoes ; 

 and in 1860, 111,148,867 bushels. 



The following table shows the amount of Irish potatoes raised in the New England States in 

 1860 as compared with 1850: 



I860. 



Connecticut 1, 833, 148 



Maine 6, 374, 617 



Massachusetts 3, 201, 901 



New Hampshire 4, 137, 543 



Rhode Island 542, 909 



Vermont 5, 253, 498 



Total 21, 343, 616 



1850. 



2, 689, 725 



3, 436, 040 

 3, 585, 384 

 4,304,919 



651, 029 

 4,951,014 



19,618,111 



In Connecticut there is a great falling off in the production of this crop, while in Maine the crop 

 has nearly doubled since 1850. There is a slight falling off in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and 

 Rhode Island. 



