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of wheat to other markets besides those of Great Britain or her 

 Xorth American colonies, viz., to Europe, Asia, Africa, the Yv^ est 

 Indies and South America, California and Australia, manufactured 

 flour being the article requii-ed for these latter markets, ^s'early 

 four million bushels of Indian corn, and 300,000 barrels of corn 

 meal, are exported from the United States to the West Indies 

 and other foreign markets. 



From the abstracts of statistical retimis prepared at the Ame- 

 rican Census office, it appears that Pennsylvania, in 1850, was 

 the largest wheat producing State of the Union. I have had the 

 curiosity to compare the most prominent States in respect to 

 this crop, and give them below, with the crop of each, as shown 

 by the returns : — 



Bushels. 



PennsvlYania 15,482,191 



Ohio " 14,967,056 



Yiro-inia 14,516,900 



KewYork 13,073,000 > 



Michigan 4,918,000 



Maryland 4,494,680 



That the United States could export 6,000.000 bushels of wheat, 

 and its equivalent in flour in 1845 ; 13.000,000 in 1848, 26,000,000 

 in 1847, and then feU back to 13,000,000 in 1848, and 6,000,000 

 in 1849, with their production of wheat constantly increasing 

 throughout this period, shows a wonderful elasticity, and exten- 

 sive home market. If the price of wheat is higher in proportion 

 than for corn, the Americans export the former and consume the 

 latter ; if the demand for corn be also great, they kill their hogs 

 and export corn, for the pork will keep. If there be no great 

 demand for either, they eat their surplus wheat, feed their hogs 

 with the corn, and export pork as having the greatest value in 

 the least bulk. 



DESTIXATIOX OF FLOrR SHIPPED FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



WHEEE TO. 



Swedish West Indies 



Danish ditto 



Dutch East Indie«i 

 Dutch West Indies 

 Holland and Belgium . . 



England 



Gibraltar 



British East Indies 

 British AVest Indies 

 British American Colonies 



France 



French West Indies 



Hayti 



Cuba 



Sp.anishWest Indies 



Madeira 



Cape de Yerds 



1849 



1850 



7,366 

 52,150 

 1,150 

 11,387 

 73,871 

 2,475,076 

 23,974 

 3,034 

 320,363 

 272,299 

 612,641 

 28,966 

 40,257 

 50,046 

 17,780 

 4,856 

 1,634 



7,573 

 49,568 

 4,625 

 17,221 

 727 

 953,815 

 6.265 

 791 

 303,551 

 294,891 



5,554 

 10,903 

 7,154 

 6,429 

 4,358 

 501 i 



8,757 

 44,802 



1,600 

 18,354 



1,177 

 369,777 



2,543 



1,646 

 250,776 

 244,072 



5,480 

 31,504 

 5,584 

 7,074 

 5,321 

 455 



1851 



5.315 

 50,102 

 1,873 

 19,217 

 594 

 1,004,783 

 195 

 1,600 

 294,731 

 252,380 



7,902 

 43,867 

 5,511 

 2,2i85 

 7,006 

 838 



