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INTRODUCTION. 



It will be seen that of the thirty-eight million bushels produced in the United States in 1850, the 

 southern States raised thirty-five millions, and nearly thirty-eight millions in 1860 of the forty-two 

 millions raised in the whole country. 



Taking all the southern States, there were 4.87 bushels of sweet potatoes raised to each inhabitant 

 in 1850, and in 1860 4.16 bushels, showing a slight decrease in proportion to population. Considerable 

 attention has of late years been given to raising sweet potatoes in the New England, middle, and west 

 ern States. 



Connecticut, which raised only eighty bushels in 1850, produced 2,710 bushels in 1860. 



Delaware produced 65,443 bushels in 1850, and 142,213 bushels in 1860. 



Maine, which was unreportcd in 1850, produced 1,435 bushels in 1860. 



Michigan, which produced 1,177 bushels in 1850, produced 38,492 bushels in 1860. 



New Jersey, which produced 508,015 bushels in 1850, produced 1,024,832 bushels in 1860. 



Wisconsin, which produced 879 bushels in 1850, produced 2,396 bushels in 1860. 



Illinois, which produced 157,433 bushels in 1850, produced 306,154 bushels in 1860. 



For the production of sweet potatoes in the other States we would refer to the tables. Since the 

 cessation of commercial intercourse with the southern States the cultivation of sweet potatoes in the 

 northern States has received considerable attention, and were the census taken at this time it would 

 doubtless be found that the crop in these States is very much larger than it was in 1860. 



DAIRY PRODUCTS. 



Butter and cheese Pounds of. , 1860. 



The total production of butter in the United States and Territories in 1850 was 313,345,306 

 pounds, and in 1860 459,681,372 pounds. Of cheese, 105,535,893 pounds in 1850, and 103,663,927 

 pounds in 1860. 



There is a considerable increase (about fifty per cent.) in the production of butter, but not so in 

 cheese. There was nearly two million pounds more cheese produced in 1850 than in 1860. 



