# American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge/Agricultural Statistics

AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES,
ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF THE YEAR 1840.
Pounds of wool. :
| 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 |
Value of lumber produced. :
| 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 |
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.