TABLE NO. XVI.
ACTUAL CROPS PER ACRE ON THE AVERAGE IN THE FREE STATES—1850.
| States. | Wheat, bushels. | Oats, bushels. | Rye, bushels. | Ind. Corn, bushels. | Irish Potatoes, bushels. |
| Connecticut | 21 | 40 | 85 | ||
| Illinois | 11 | 29 | 14 | 33 | 115 |
| Indiana | 12 | 20 | 18 | 33 | 100 |
| Iowa | 14 | 36 | 32 | 100 | |
| Maine | 10 | 27 | 120 | ||
| Massachusetts | 16 | 26 | 13 | 31 | 170 |
| Michigan | 10 | 26 | 32 | 140 | |
| New Hampshire | 11 | 30 | 30 | 220 | |
| New Jersey | 11 | 26 | 33 | ||
| New York | 12 | 25 | 17 | 27 | 100 |
| Ohio | 12 | 21 | 25 | 36 | |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | 20 | 75 | ||
| Rhode Island | 30 | 100 | |||
| Vermont | 13 | 20 | 32 | 178 | |
| Wisconsin | 14 | 35 | 30 | ||
| 161 | 325 | 107 | 436 | 1,503 |
TABLE NO. XVII.
ACTUAL CROPS PER ACRE ON THE AVERAGE IN THE SLAVE STATES—1850.
| States. | Wheat, bushels. | Oats, bushels. | Rye, bushels. | Ind. Corn, bushels. | Irish Potatoes, bushels. |
| Alabama | 5 | 12 | 15 | 60 | |
| Arkansas | 18 | 22 | |||
| Delaware | 11 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Florida | 15 | 175 | |||
| Georgia | 5 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 125 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 130 |
| Louisiana | 16 | ||||
| Maryland | 13 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 75 |
| Mississippi | 9 | 12 | 18 | 105 | |
| Missouri | 11 | 26 | 34 | 110 | |
| North Carolina | 7 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 65 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 12 | 11 | 70 | |
| Tennessee | 7 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 120 |
| Texas | 15 | 20 | 250 | ||
| Virginia | 7 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 75 |
| 121 | 199 | 63 | 275 | 1360 |
RECAPITULATION OF ACTUAL CROPS PER ACRE ON THE AVERAGE—1850.
| FREE STATES. | SLAVE STATES. | |||||||
| Wheat | 12 | bushels | per acre. | Wheat | 9 | bushels | per acre. | |
| Oats | 27 | " | " | Oats | 17 | " | " | |
| Rye | 18 | " | " | Rye | 11 | " | " | |
| Indian Corn | 31 | " | " | Indian Corn | 20 | " | " | |
| Irish Potatoes | 125 | " | " | Irish Potatoes | 113 | " | " | |