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Taking the New England Stales as a whole, the crop has increased trom 19,618,111 bushels in 

 1850 to 21,343,616 bushels in 1860. 



The following table shows the amount of Irish potatoes raised in the middle States in 1860, as 

 compared with 1850: 



I860. 1850. 



New York 26, 447, 394 15, 398, 368 



Pennsylvania 11, 687, 467 5, 980, 732 



New Jersey 4, 171, 690 3, 207, 236 



Delaware 377, 931 240, 542 



Maryland 1, 264, 429 764, 939 



District of Columbia 31,693 28,292 



Total 43, 980, 604 25, 620, 109 



The production of Irish potatoes has increased somewhat in all the middle States since 1850; but 

 it is only in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey that there is any marked increase. In New 

 York the crop has risen from fifteen million bushels in 1850 to twenty-six million bushels in 1860; 

 and in Pennsylvania the crop has increased from less than six million bushels in 1850 to over eleven 

 and a half million bushels in 1860. 



Taking the middle States as a whole, the crop of Irish potatoes has increased from about twenty- 

 five and a half million bushels in 1850 to nearly forty-four million bushels in 1860. 



The following table shows the quantity of Irish potatoes raised in the western States in 1860 as 

 compared with 1850: 



I860. 1850. 



Ohio 8, 695, 101 5, 057, 769 



Indiana 3,866,647 2, 083, 337 



Michigan 5, 261, 245 2, 359, 897 



Illinois 5,540,390 2,514,861 



Wisconsin 3, 818, 309 1, 402, 077 



Minnesota 2, 565, 485 21, 145 



Iowa 2, 806, 720 276, 120 



Missouri 1, 990, 850 939, 006 



Kentucky 1, 756, 531 1, 492, 487 



Kansas 296, 335 



Nebraska 162, 188 



Total 36,759,801 16,146,699 



Minnesota and Iowa show an enormous increase in the production of Irish potatoes since 1850, 

 while all the western States show a decided gain in amount. 



The crop has increased from a little over sixteen million bushels in 1850, to thirty-six and three 

 quarter million bushels in 1860. 



The following table shows the amount of Irish potatoes raised in the southern States in 1 860 as 

 compared with &quot;1850: 



I860. 1850. 



1,316,933 

 620, 318 

 136, 494 

 227,379 

 246, 001 

 95, 632 

 94,645 

 261,482 

 193,832 

 1,067,844 

 7,828 



Total 6, 647, 071 4, 268, 388 



