| LOWER CANADA. | |||
| Minots. | |||
| Wheat crop in 1843 was | 942,835 | or | 1.36 |
| Wheat crop in 1851 was | 3,075,868 | or | 3.46 |
| UNITED STATES. | |||
| Bushels. | |||
| Wheat crop in 1839 was | 84,832,272 | or | 4.96 |
| Estimated by patent office 1847 | 114,245,500 | or | 5.50 |
| Crop of wheat 1849 | 100,684,627 | or | 4.33 |
In order, however, to institute a fairer comparison, I will divide the States into three classes, viz.:—1st. States growing over six million bushels.
| Bushels. | Population. | Bush, per head. | |
| Pennsylvania | 15,367,691 | 2,311,736 | 6.65 |
| Ohio | 14,487,351 | 1,980,408 | 7.32 |
| New York | 13,131,498 | 4,148,182 | 3.16 |
| Virginia | 11,232,616 | 1,421,661 | 7.90 |
| Illinois | 9,414,575 | 851,471 | 11.06 |
| Indiana | 6,214,458 | 988,416 | 6.28 |
| Total | 69,847,189 | 11,701,924 | 5.97 |
2nd. States growing over one million and less than six million bushels.
| Bushels. | Population. | Bush, per head. | |
| Michigan | 4,925,889 | 397,654 | 12.39 |
| Wisconsin | 4,286,131 | 305,191 | 14.04 |
| Maryland | 4,494,681 | 583,031 | 7.71 |
| Missouri | 2,981,652 | 682,043 | 4.38 |
| Kentucky | 2,140,822 | 982,405 | 2.15 |
| North Carolina | 2,130,102 | 868,903 | 2.45 |
| Tennessee | 1,619,381 | 1,002,525 | 1.61 |
| New Jersey | 1,601,190 | 481,555 | 3.27 |
| Iowa | 1,530,581 | 192,214 | 7.96 |
| Georgia | 1,088,534 | 905,999 | 1.21 |
| South Carolina | 1,066,277 | 668,507 | 1.60 |
| Total | 27,865,240 | 7,078,131 | 3.93 |
3rd. The remaining States and territories.
| 2,791,470 | 4,466,246 | 0.63 |
Total wheat crop in the United States, 100,503,899 bushels. Population, 23,246,301. Bushels per head, 4.33.
| Increase:—U. States, | 1839 | 84,823,272 | bushels |
| Increase:—U. States, | 1849 | 100,503,896 | bushels |
| 15,680,627 |