Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-18
Notes from the Census of is6O.

NObtb IfOm tne C6mBnS Oh I6OO.
The total number of bushels of wheat
produced in all the States of the Union
in 1860, was l7S,l04, ,s24, nearly six
bushels for each man, woman and child
in the country. Illinois Was the greatest
whest-growing State in. the Union in
1860, producing 23,S37 ,O2s bushels.
Next in order is our own State, Indiana,
producing l6,s4s,267 bushels Next
comes Wisconsin, producing 1853, ASS
bushels, aud fourth in order is Ohio,
with Is, ,l69,047, bushels, Then follows
Virginia, producing Is, I3O,9T7; and then
Pennsylvania Although having larger
population than either of the preceding
States, she produces only 43, ,042, los
bushels-nearly 100000. bushels less
than Virginia-while she stood frst
in the list of wheatgrowing States in
the nation in 1850, producing then 15,-
367 sol bushels, 100000 bushels more
than in 1850 Ohio then ranked second
producing l4,1S7 1851 bushels. New
York was then the third State, produc-
ing l3,f3l ,49s bushels, wilhelm lseoshe,
is the seventh, producing only a1ittle
over 100000 bushels Rhode Island
is the smallest wheat-growing, State in
the Union, as well as the smallest in
population and territory. She produced
in 1850 just 40 bushels Of wheat, and
in 1860, l,13l bushels. ma GEsl 40
All the States have shown an increase
in the production of wheat except New
York, Maine, and Vermont, which have
fallen off nearly 1000, 600 bushels ~.
The total increase in all the States in
the production Of wheat in 1860 over
that of 1850 is about 20 per cent The
greatest increase in any State was that
of Minnesota. .--l.s 'g.4
In 1850 the population of the United
States aud Territories was 23,I9l 1896,
exclusive of Indians; and the number
Of bushels Of wheat produced was
l0O,4S5, ,944, or 4.s2 bushels to each
inhabitapt, In 1860, with population
of 81, ,443,3 800, the number of bushels of
wheat produced was ia, ,l04, ,924, max
ling 81 bushels to each inhabitant.
The New England States, With a
population of 2,T28l16 in 1850, pro-
duced ,090,s94 bushels of wheat, or Is
quarts to each inhabitant;. while in
1860, with population Of S,1S5, ,2S3,
these States produced 1,0s3, 1913 bush
/ els, or IL quarts to each inhabitant.
/ The Middle States-New York, Penn
sylvauia, New Jersey, Maryland and
Delaware-with population in 1850 Of
j 6,573, ,30l, produced IS, ,G66, $40 bushels,
or 81 to each inhabitant; while in 1860
with a population of s,20s, $50, the
product was 5O,502, ,9O9 bushels, OF
about Ss bushels to each inhabitanb
The Western Ssates-oho, Michigan
Wisconsin,, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri
Minnesota, Kentucky, Indiana /, and
Kansas-with a population in 1850 of q
little over six millions, produced 46,-
076,3I bushels, or II bushels to each
, inhabitant. The same States in 1860
with a popuIatinn of l0,2lS,722, pro
. duced l02, Isl, ,l27 bushels, urio bushet,
to each inhabitant - ~ ~ .'r',5...
, 1t win be noticed By the foregoing
: statements that the Great West hai
) increased her production Of wheat oveI
: that of any other section in the country
{ and there is no doubt but the mex
{ census viii show still greater increass
, and, ere long, the West viii be able i
raise whsat e6ough to's5fply tts wboi
F. world We oaa fern q 5sttsF opiniol
( in regard 20 ths #oudeEful progress 0