The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-11-01
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North Carolina Statistics.

North Carolina Statistics.
In 1850 the State OF North Carolina prodll-
ced 2,l30, 202 bushels Of wheat This amount
she more than doubled in 1860 At the end
of this decade she yielded product of 4, 743,-
606 bushels. The same remarks may be
made Of the rye product. In 1850 she pro-
duced 226 500 bushels of rye, and in 1860
she increased this amount to 436, 869 bushels.
The amount of Indian corn in 1850 was
II ,941 ,061 bushels, which placed her in refer
ence to this staple in the position of the tenth
State
Alabama being in excess of her, 812, 997
| bushels, the other States in excess being Geor-
gia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri,
Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia In 1860 she
increased the production Of corn to BOOTS, 564
bushels, and her position was the eleventh
State in regard to this cereal. Georgia ex-
ceeding her by 697 1923 bushels The State
of Iowa which produced in 1850 only 8 $685.
7e9 bushels of corn, in 1860 produced. AL
1l6,994 bushels. which reduced the position
the tenth State as she was in 1850, in refer
ence to the production of Indian corn. In
1860 North Carolina produced 4,O52,O78
bushels of rye, which, however, was reduced
in 1860 nearly one half tie product that
year having been 2,781 800 bushels. In
| 1860 she was the third of the thirteen rice pro-
dueing States, her yield that year having
been 5465. s68 pounds South Carolina
and Georgia occupying respectively the
first and second positions. In 1860 she
increased the production of rice to 7,593 ,97b
pounds, still occupying the third position. In
1860 she was the sixth of the tobacco produ-
cling States, her yield having been that year
1884, 1856 pounds But in 1860 she greatly
increased the product of this staple, having
yielded 32,853, $50 pounds, and occupied the
fifth, instead of the sixth position of the thir-
ty four tobacco growing States Her ginned
cotton in 1850, amounted to 5O,545 bales of
400 pounds each, which placed her as the
| ninth State in the roll. But, in 1860 she
swelled the number, having ginned 145, 514
bales, still occupying the ninth position. Her
product of wool in 1850 was $50, 1888 pounds
and in 1860, 8,aS,473 pounds, making her
the fifteenth in position in 1850 and the sew
enteenth in 1860 OF peas and beans in 1850
she produced 1854 1852 bushels-and in 1860,
1882, 2O4 bushels; in the former year she was
the first Oh the roll in point of amount of pro-
Il atInn---anH in oh ,.,
sippi that year bearing the palm, having in-
creased her production very nearly million
of bushels. OF Irish potatoes she produced
620,3l0 bushsls In 1850 and in 1860, $780,
sos bushels. In the former period she was
the 18th State, and in the latter the 22d in
point of production of this vegetable Sweet
potatoes in 1860 she produced 5,O95, 7O9 bush
els, being the third in Importance Illinois and
Alabama icing first and second. But in 1860
sheexceeded Alabama. and produced 6, lac, O39
bushels, and took rank next to Illinois.
Her yield of barley was small; in 1850, q
1856 bushels, and in 1860, 3,44s. Buck wheat
in 1850, 16, 704 bushels and in 1860, SO ,924.
There was an enormous increase in the value
Of her orchard produce. 10 1850 it was
$34, 348 but in 1860 it reached the sum of
$64a,6SS. Her recent shipments of dried
fruits, which have been alluded to in the Day
Book, from Salem alone, give some evidence
OF the value of her orchards Ia 1860 she
was the Path in importance as fruit produ-
Ger; but In 1860 she rose to the position of
fafn Glo
05s gallons of wine, and in 1862 81 ,O64 gall
Ions, being the 9Th of the 81 wine producing
States in 1860, and the 6thin 1860 Ohio, Cal
ifornia, kentucky. Indiana and New York,
taking precedence as wine producers The
value of her market garden production, in
1850 and 1860 was comparatively small-in