| States. | Flaxseed, bushels. | Val. of Garden products. | Val. of Orchard products. |
| Alabama | 69 | $84,821 | $15,408 |
| Arkansas | 321 | 17,150 | 40,141 |
| Delaware | 904 | 12,714 | 46,574 |
| Florida | 8,721 | 1,280 | |
| Georgia | 622 | 76,500 | 92,776 |
| Kentucky | 75,801 | 303,120 | 106,230 |
| Louisiana | 148,329 | 22,259 | |
| Maryland | 2,446 | 200,869 | 164,051 |
| Mississippi | 26 | 46,250 | 50,405 |
| Missouri | 13,696 | 99,454 | 514,711 |
| North Carolina | 38,196 | 39,462 | 34,348 |
| South Carolina | 55 | 47,286 | 35,108 |
| Tennessee | 18,904 | 97,183 | 52,894 |
| Texas | 26 | 12,354 | 12,505 |
| Virginia | 52,318 | 183,047 | 177,137 |
| 203,484 | $1,377,260 | $1,355,827 |
RECAPITULATION—FREE STATES.
| Wheat | 72,157,486 | bush. | @ | 1.50 | $108,236,229 |
| Oats | 96,590,371 | " | " | 40 | 38,636,148 |
| Indian Corn | 242,618,650 | " | " | 60 | 145,571,190 |
| Potatoes (I. & S.) | 59,033,170 | " | " | 38 | 22,432,604 |
| Rye | 12,574,623 | " | " | 1.00 | 12,574,623 |
| Barley | 5,002,013 | " | " | 90 | 4,501,811 |
| Buckwheat | 8,550,245 | " | " | 50 | 4,275,122 |
| Beans & Peas | 1,542,295 | " | " | 1.75 | 2,699,015 |
| Clov. & Grass seeds | 762,265 | " | " | 3.00 | 2,286,795 |
| Flax Seeds | 358,923 | " | " | 1.25 | 448,647 |
| Garden Products | 3,714,605 | ||||
| Orchard Products | 6,332,914 | ||||
| Total | 499,190,041 | bushels, | valued | as above, at | $351,709,703 |
RECAPITULATION—SLAVE STATES.
| Wheat | 27,904,476 | bush. | @ | 1.50 | $41,856,714 |
| Oats | 49,882,799 | " | " | 40 | 19,953,191 |
| Indian Corn | 348,992,282 | " | " | 60 | 209,395,369 |
| Potatoes (I. & S.) | 44,847,420 | " | " | 38 | 17,042,019 |
| Rye | 1,608,240 | " | " | 1.00 | 1,608,240 |
| Barley | 161,907 | " | " | 90 | 145,716 |
| Buckwheat | 405,357 | " | " | 50 | 202,678 |
| Beans & Peas | 7,637,227 | " | " | 1.75 | 13,365,147 |
| Clov. & Grass seeds | 123,517 | " | " | 3.00 | 370,551 |
| Flax Seeds | 203,484 | " | " | 1.25 | 254,355 |
| Garden Products | 1,377,260 | ||||
| Orchard Products | 1,355,827 | ||||
| Total | 481,766,889 | bushels, | valued | as above, at | $306,927,067 |
TOTAL DIFFERENCE—BUSHEL-MEASURE PRODUCTS.
| Bushels. | Value. | ||
| Free States | 499,190,041 | $351,709,703 | |
| Slave States | 481,766,889 | 306,927,067 | |
| Balance in bushels | 17,423,152 | Difference in value | $44,782,636 |
So much for the boasted agricultural superiority of the South! Mark well the balance in bushels, and the difference in value! Is either in favor of the South? No! Are both in favor of the North? Yes! Here we have unquestionable proof that of all the bushel-measure products of the nation, the free states produce far more than one-half; and it is worthy of particular mention, that the excess of Northern products is of the most valuable kind. The account shows a balance against the South, in favor of the North, of seventeen million four hundred and twenty-three thousand one hundred and fifty-two bushels, and a difference in value of forty-four million seven hundred and eighty-two thousand six hundred and thirty-six dollars. Please bear these facts in mind, for, in order to show positively how the free and slave States do stand upon the great and important subject of rural economy, we intend to take an account of all the other products of the soil, of the live-stock upon farms, of the animals slaughtered, and, in fact, of every item of husbandry of the two sections; and if, in bringing our tabular exercises to a close, we find slavery gaining upon freedom—a thing it has never yet been known to do—we shall, as a matter of course, see that the above amount is transferred to the credit of the side to which it of right belongs.
In making up these tables we have two objects in view; the first is to open the eyes of the non-slaveholders of the South, to the system of deception, that has so long been practiced upon them, and the second is to show slaveholders themselves—we have reference only to those who are not too perverse, or ignorant, to perceive naked truths—that free labor is far more respectable, profitable, and productive, than slave labor. In the South, unfortunately, no kind of labor is either free or respectable. Every white man who is under the necessity of earning his bread, by the sweat of his brow, or by manual labor, in any capacity, no matter how unassuming in deportment, or exemplary in morals, is treated as if he was a loathsome beast, and shunned with the utmost disdain. His soul may be the very seat of honor and integrity, yet without slaves—himself a slave—he is accounted as nobody, and would be deemed intolerably presumptuous, if he dared to open his mouth, even so wide as to give faint utterance to a three-lettered monosyllable, like yea or nay, in the presence of an august knight of the whip and the lash.