American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge/Agricultural Statistics

by Thomas Curtis Clarke

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES,

ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF THE YEAR 1840.

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STATES
AND TERRITORIES. No. of horses and mules. Number of meat cattle. Number of sheep. Number of swine. Poultry—value thereof. No. of bushels of wheat. No. of bushels of barley. No. of bushels of oats. No. of bushels of rye. Bushels of buckwheat. Bushels of Indian corn. Pounds of wool.

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Maine 59,208 327,255 649,264 117,386 $123,171 848,166 355,161 1,076,409 137,941 51,543 950,528 1,465,551 New Hampshire 39,850 261,088 606,891 120,167 97,862 442,954 121,400 1,198,989 395,530 115,463 1,252,572 1,260,988 Vermont 60,274 350,106 1,393,420 297,952 176,437 652,293 55,635 2,342,497 447,318 158,509 1,047,601 3,257,795 Massachusetts 62,484 271,760 378,226 143,021 540,295 158,923 166,419 1,899,530 541,956 87,010 1,809,395 1,055,591 Rhode Island 8,074 36,700 90,146 29,669 61,492 3,088 63,790 169,925 34,521 2,979 425,893 173,630 Connecticut 34,751 233,969 406,985 132,228 176,659 86,980 33,789 1,456,523 736,765 299,470 1,468,538 893,675 New York 0476,115 02,642,438 05,381,225 02,116,953 02,373,029 011,853,507 02,498,170 020,728,738 02,984,913 02,224,338 010,495,142 04,012,144 New Jersey 69,769 219,548 218,555 259,051 412,487 774,023 12,601 3,096,516 1,636,576 866,970 4,311,381 396,573 Pennsylvania 338,565 1,146,418 3,396,431 1,450,531 1,033,172 13,029,856 178,100 18,053,477 6,293,447 1,971,928 13,696,619 3,076,783 Delaware 14,421 54,883 39,247 74,228 47,465 215,165 5,260 937,405 33,560 11,299 2,099,361 64,404 Maryland 93,954 240,432 262,909 421,520 219,159 3,511,433 3,594 3,579,950 824,333 74,848 8,470,165 500,499 Virginia 243,173 1,008,313 1,280,736 1,916,230 752,467 10,066,809 14,620 13,297,551 1,397,170 241,643 34,646,696 2,672,044 North Carolina South Carolina 130,826 573,840 232,664 888,513 590,594 705,925 3,967 1,446,158 44,530 72 14,721,785 289,202 Georgia 134,748 755,060 254,947 1,288,314 473,158 1,732,956 13,345 1,290,048 69,851 269 17,329,797 363,340 Ohio 407,404 1,196,204 1,964,957 2,084,268 730,720 16,214,260 207,590 13,993,624 801,943 681,335 33,954,162 3,650,970 Kentucky Tennessee 327,526 777,390 748,459 2,795,630 581,531 4,457,273 4,758 6,770,116 297,033 6,187 42,467,349 1,029,526 Louisiana 99,067 348,708 100,056 344,685 273,314 105 — 110,013 1,812 — 5,990,473 49,524 Alabama 128,515 607,580 144,372 701,160 829,220 746,106 6,682 1,427,992 36,632 52 18,680,663 173,400 Mississippi 109,227 623,157 128,376 995,739 369,481 196,576 1,544 598,604 15,642 61 13,161,231 185,839 Missouri 157,578 367,623 288,235 1,072,813 230,283 946,077 9,771 1,937,753 63,185 16,317 15,591,432 462,644 Indiana 243,767 614,489 673,952 1,580,051 393,228 4,154,256 25,778 5,875,449 127,586 49,681 28,008,051 1,202,209 Illinois 195,186 604,693 377,963 1,394,286 330,968 2,740,380 68,455 4,558,507 95,965 63,950 22,116,627 600,366 Michigan Arkansas 39,085 135,527 41,877 393,004 93,549 112,200 85 167,452 5,925 88 3,931,149 63,034 Florida Territory Wisconsin Territory Iowa Territory 10,801 37,449 15,354 104,891 17,101 154,737 729 216,385 3,787 6,217 1,326,241 23,028 District of Colombia 2,145 3,274 572 4,673 1,557 12,147 294 15,751 5,081 272 39,285 707

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STATES
AND TERRITORIES.

||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|No. of bushels of potatoes.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|Number of tons of hay.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|Tons of hemp and flax.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|No. of pounds of tobacco.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|No. of pounds of rice.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|No. of pounds of cotton.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|Pounds of sugar made.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|Value of the products of
the dairy.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|Value of the products of
the orchard.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|Gallons of wine made.||style="border-right:1px solid black;"|Value of lumber produced.

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Maine 10,392,280 691,053 38 — — — — 238,230 $1,493,713 $148,249 2,236 $1,808,683 New Hampshire 6,234,901 496,847 53,040 115 — — 406 1,097,398 1,585,955 220,056 94 401,358 Vermont 8,206,784 734,047 24 585 — — 4,233 4,220,541 4,892,097 1,109,387 100 366,146 Massachusetts 5,385,652 569,425 23,132 64,955 — — 1,741 579,227 2,273,219 389,177 1,905 476,845 Rhode Island 904,773 63,417 lb. 383 307 — — 358 50 218,922 32,098 745 44,455 Connecticut 3,414,227 426,160 lb. 147,481 471,657 — — 17,388 51,764 1,365,653 302,953 5,243 147,831 New York 30,000,508 3,160,916 763 6,567 — — 2,103 10,093,991 10,497,032 1,732,357 14,700 3,788,173 New Jersey 2,074,118 326,496 33,710 1,992 — — 1,966 56 1,315,676 562,863 9,416 297,856 Pennsylvania 8,626,923 1,199,963 170,760 350,861 — — 278,939 1,555,977 2,271,420 554,957 19,162 566,607 Delaware 200,712 21,880 602 272 — 347 1,442 — 232,446 25,914 529 5,562 Maryland 1,058,919 110,836 34 18,916,012 — 5,673 2,290 36,266 446,558 114,339 7,623 230,985 Virginia 2,873,470 288,740 92,123 74,157,841 2,610 10,767,451 3,188 1,530,541 1,454,861 668,921 37,233 516,412 North Carolina South Carolina 2,697,713 20,008 35 51,518 59,929,671 148,907,880 2,210 30,000 577,849 52,276 643 504,884 Georgia 1,184,388 9,264 1,787 164,551 12,199,412 124,322,755 3,208 231,140 552,805 135,446 6,319 106,066 Ohio 5,600,566 1,024,803 252,520 6,023,309 — — 4,316 6,909,257 1,701,602 461,191 161,844 300,242 Kentucky Tennessee 2,373,034 30,612 45,053 26,542,448 7,729 128,250,308 1,163 251,745 930,603 366,787 653 200,266 Louisiana 845,935 36,308 — 120,174 3,604,534 87,640,185 317 249,937,720 150,818 11,869 2,884 111,405 Alabama 1,560,700 13,933 5 214,307 108,181 240,379,669 1,351 10,135 197,449 33,161 11,253 233,828 Mississippi 1,538,628 171 16 83,451 273,190 289,838,818 85 70 389,177 41,119 12 152,094 Missouri 684,491 44,870 20,071 8,450,727 50 360,338 70 252,560 69,230 76,305 22 68,150 Indiana 1,548,190 191,158 97,657 1,821,406 — 180 379 3,720,186 751,441 90,324 3,495 213,471 Illinois 1,956,887 156,442 50,326 415,706 28,421 199,989 1,171 394,446 433,873 118,638 471 198,070 Michigan Arkansas 290,387 579 1,039 143,889 927 23,887,192 90 2,535 34,577 7,454 — 161,685 Florida Territory Wisconsin Territory Iowa Territory 234,063 17,953 313 12,676 — — — 41,450 23,609 50 — 50,305 District of Colombia 12,035 1,231 — 55,550 — — 576 — 75,566 3,507 25

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31,400 barrels of tar, pitch, turpentine, and rosin. 16,500 tons of pot and pearl ashes, principally in N. York, Ohio, and Indiana. 1,093,100 pounds of hops, and 698,000 pounds of wax.