, 1873-06-06
CROPAMAPS.



The interesting featuro which has appeared 10 tho
other yolnes OF tho ninth consus, has just been ar-
piled to Tic volume npon "1ndustry and Wealth" -
ating production, tlo superintendent Ind peculiar
tho pcr capita production Of wheat, tho natural method
would 10 To- divide tho aggregate crop Of caeh county
boat wlent couutlos would happon TO contain largo
town or a manufacturing population, would ehow tho
aSan e caaa are % sn o1y SP aRss
pona9n: sma 4 9S 1s1 md
tanta producing $4,000 bushels, or 90 bushels por
capita. Suppose, on tho other hand another raiio
wero takor tho number Of bushels or pounds to tho
acrc aB rcatod to the number Of cultivated. Th!s
wontd bo still more fallscious representing tho pro-
ia we'll KNOWN thcre small regions reud favorable
conditions whore tho Yield Of wheat may roach from
sy t9sy % I sqs s s Ss @ si vt ys s nos
tcn b,,shela. Tho Superintendent llaa mot these
difficulties by formation Of somewhat pootliar
te be asvasa Ii LIS q 'q lie
number Of bushels pounta produced to each lnhn-
To- se 81 S aa s are Granny
the two important clements. 1lo hns thon compounded
ta s s a 5 a. Daasos vii s9 ep
resent tho productive power Of zach poruon Of tho
soo
Tho production IT wheat The deepest aae of green,
In Southern Minnesota, Western WISCONSIN. and
Northorn iowa; nowhere cao docs 1t appear on tho
appears % IN oregon, In small district of Montana, Ii
Iinoa and inslisna, In dentral Michigan and Eastern
east or south Of ho Ohio lyor. Tho noxt lower grao
e e. eosfl
Pennsylvania, aud Northern Nov York. Tho lowest
Of a
to Kansaa Tho Southern and Now. England
States .nre entirely white on this chart; In
ses s s eoor sh N Tho
tho Northern and Western eatoa nro Of more Or loss
@ i E soa s as sans s sssa xe
rescnting tho lowest grado Of production Tho deop
cat pink color, showing The highest production OF
Northern New England, Northern Now York, In kin-
ucsotn, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas.
On @ f
Maryland md Western Kentucky, with small island
in Tonncaseo md North Carolina Tho thlrd gsado,
aouri and In Southern illinois. Noarly all tie Union
as small slanls scattered through it, Indicating tho
If We turn now to tho corn chart tho highost grade
Of production tho fourth ts indicated by deep ycl-
Wost tho largeat patch Of il Is in Central Illinois:
Still another In consral Iowa, Eastern Nebrasks md
Ieep coor appears as on tic ssssipp st below 81.
Louis. The noxt lighter shade Of yellow, or tho third
grade Of production, Ia found in hroad band through
foxan Arkansas, Missouri Southern Illinois, sonth-
ern Ohio, nnd Northern Kcntucky. Tho lowest grado
| OF production in nll through the South and
large part of the Middle atatea. On this chart how
ever, the New England stAtes, Now York; and largo
portion Of Wisconsin and Minnesota appear perfectly
white. III tic chart for dairy proluets tho highest
production is represented under different ratio, OF
10 much per capita. Tho dcorest yellow, or tho
fourth grade, rerresents value q 80 and over rer
| ton Of tho Un1on tho deepest shado appearing tn
various portions Of It, and In no either Slate
except small patch in Vermont On tue
bordora Of Lako Chaulploin, and q small patch
in Northern Ohio. near Lake Eric: Pennsylvsnia,
which has generally boen supposed to bo tho dairy
State, par oxcolcnce shows generally tho lowest shade
Of productionhat Is, value betwoon IS and So pei
capita md in only ono small district, rhilade
phin, docs she reach tho third grade, Of from $40 tt
500 por capta. Tho Now England statcs present gen
orally the eccond grade, Of from sig to $40 pei
necticut reach the third grade. Northern Ohio at
tans also the third gvado. Nearly a however, Of tht
Central West anl Of tho Northwest present only tht
{aintest shade Of yellow, production Of from s.
80. Eastern Massachusetts and tho South arc com
pletoly white, Indicating value OF dary products un
dor IS per CAPITA California, It should ,e remarked
equals Now York In a grade OF color IN tho coRB nea
San Francisco, whcre dairy products attain the valu
Of $40 anu over per capita. These picturesque Chart
will Rive to ovcry caAal observer wonderful birds
eye Wow of tho various productive poWern OF dleron
ntAy nature has supplemented tho yield OF ono rcgol
by that Of another 80 that general famine O.
destruction Of agricultural products eoens alnos
iu1t,oeatIlo In the American Union.