47G REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



fourths of the production of the country. • The following tables are the 

 basis of the diagram: 



States. 



1849. 



States. 



1859. 





JSushels. 

 15, 367, 691 

 14, 487, 351 

 13, 121, 498 

 11,212,616 

 9, 414, 575 

 6,214, 458 

 4, 925, 889 

 4, 494, 680 

 4, 286, 131 

 2, 981, 652 



1 * ~ 



Bushels. 



2 (,837 028 

 16, 848, 267 

 15, 657. 458 

 15 119,047 

 13. 130, 977 

 13, 042, 1C5 

 8, 081, 105 

 8,449.403 

 8, 330. 308 

 6, 103, 480 



Ohio.. 











! Ohi«. 











Michigan 





Maryland 





^V r isconsin 





Mif>souii .... 





Total 



Total 



86, 506, 54] 



129, 205, 293 







States. 



1869. 



States. 



1879. 





Bushels 

 30, 128, 405 

 29, 435, 692 

 27, 882, 159 

 27, 747, 222 

 25, 606, 344 

 19, 672, 967 

 18, 866, 073 

 16, 676, 702 

 16, 265, 773 

 14, 315, 926 





Bushels. 

 51, 110, 502 

 47, 284, 853 

 46,014, 869 

 35, 532, 543 

 34, 601, 030 

 31, 154, 205 

 29,017, 707 

 24, 966. 627 

 24, 884, 689 

 19, 462, 405 







/ U.w, 



Ohio 

































Total 



226, 597, 263 



344, 029, 430 







The diagram brings out the fact, so generally unappreciated or un- 

 noted, that the principal wheat region of the country is the Ohio Valley, 

 and not the " Northwest," or the Pacific States. The undue prominence 

 of a single crop in a State by no means fixes its rank in production. 



YIELD PEE ACEE OF WHEAT. 



Diagram IX shows the difference in rate of yield of the States and 

 Territories in 187!). The Ohio Valley makes the largest yields, New 

 England about the same as the Pacific coast, and the spring-wheat 

 region much less. The average rate of yield is small in the South, 

 though there are instances of very heavy yields, indicating the possi- 

 bilities of certain soils in that region from wheat production. 



States. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts. . 

 Rhode Island ... 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania... 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina . 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



15.2 

 15.0 

 16.3 

 16.4 

 14.1 

 17.6 

 15.7 

 12.7 

 13.5 

 13.4 

 14. 1 

 8.7 

 5.2 



States. 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alahama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia. 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Yield 

 per 



5.6 

 6.6 

 5.2 

 5.7 

 5.0 

 3.4 

 6.8 

 C.2 

 6. 1 

 10.2 

 9.8 

 18. 

 If. 5 



States. 



Indiana... 

 Illinois 

 Wisconsin 

 Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri. . 

 Kansas . . . 

 Nebraska. 

 California 

 Oregon . . . 

 Nevada... 

 Colorado. . 



