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The following table shows the quantity of tobacco grown in the New England States in 1860, as 

 compared with 1850: 



I860. I860. 



Connecticut 6, 000, 133 1, 267, 624 



Maine 1, 583 



Massachusetts 3, 233, 198 138, 246 



New Hampshire 18, 581 ,50 



Rhode Island 705 



Vermont 12, 245 



Total 9, 260, 445 1, 405, 920 



Iii 1850 the amount of tobacco raised in the New England States was less than one and a half mil 

 lion pounds, while in I860 it was over nine and a quarter million pounds an increase of over 500 per cent 



Of the nine and a quarter million pounds raised in the New England States, Connecticut produced 

 six million, and Massachusetts over three and one-fifth million. 



The ibllowing table shows the amount of tobacco grown in the middle States in 1860, as compared 

 with 1850 : 



I860. 1850. 



New York 5, 764, 582 83, 189 



New Jersey 149, 485 310 



Pennsylvania 3, 181 , 586 912, 651 



Maryland 38, 410, 965 21, 407, 497 



Delaware 9, 699 



District of Columbia 15, 200 7, 800 



Total 47,531,517 22,411,447 



Maryland produced nearly twenty-one and a half million pounds of tobacco in 1850, while all the 

 other middle States produced only about one million pounds. In 1860 this State produced nearly 

 thirty-eight and a half million pounds, while the other middle States produced over nine million. New 

 York and Pennsylvania show a remarkable increase in the tobacco crop. New York has increased from 

 83,189 pounds in 1850, to over five and three-fourth million pounds in 1860. The increase in Penn 

 sylvania is by no means so great, but is nevertheless quite striking. 



The following table shows the amount of tobacco raised in the southern States in 1860, as com 

 pared with 1850: 



I860. 1850. 



Alabama 232, 914 164, 990 



Arkansas 989, 980 218, 936 



Florida 828, 815 998, 614 



Georgia . 919, 318 423, 924 



Mississippi 159. 141 49, 960 



North Carolina 32, 853, 250 11, 984, 786 



South Carolina 104, 412 74, 285 



Louisiana 39, 940 26, 878 



Tennessee 43, 448, 097 20, 148, 932 



Texas 97, 914 66, 897 



Virginia 123, 968, 312 56, 803, 227 



Total 203, 642, 093 90, 961, 429 



Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina are the three principal tobacco-growing States in the 

 south. These three States produce two hundred million pounds of the two hundred and three and a. 

 half million pounds raised in the southern States. 

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