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TABLE II.

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TABULAR STATEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, ETC., EXPORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES: THE TOTAL VALUE OF PRODUCTS AND ANIMALS RAISED IN THE COUNTRY; AND THE VALUE OF THE PORTION THEREOF LEFT FOR HOME CONSUMPTION AND USE, FOR THE YEAR 1853. See Patent Office Report; Abstract of Census; Rep. Com. Nav., etc.

Value of Exports.Total Value of Products and Animals.Value of portion left for home consumption.

Cattle, and their products,$3,076,897Catt.$400,000,000$396,923,103

Horses and Mules,246,731 300,000,000299,753,269

Sheep and Wool,44,375Sheep,46,000,00045,955,625

Hogs and their products,6,202,324Hogs,160,000,000153,797,676

Indian Corn and Meal,2,084,051Corn,240,000,000237,915,949

Wheat Flour and Biscuit,19,591,817Wheat,100,000,00080,408,183

Rye Meal,34,186Rye,12,600,00012,565,814

Other Grains, and Peas and Beans,165,824 54,144,87453,979,050

Potatoes,152,569 42,400,0042,247,431

Apples,107,283(1850)7,723,3267,616,043

Hay, averaged at $10 per ton,—(1850)138,385,790138,385,790

Hemp,18,195 4,272,5004,254,305

Sugar—Cane and maple, etc.,427,216(1850)36,900,00036,472,784

Rice,1,657,658 8,750,0007,092,342

Totals,$33,809,126$1,551,176,490$1,517,367,364

Cotton,$109,456,404$128,000,000$18,543,596

Tobacco, and its products,11,319,31919,900,0008,580,681

Totals,$120,775,723$147,900,000$27,124,277

Note.—This table is left as it was in the first edition. As the census tables supply a portion of its materials, a new statement cannot be made until after 1860.

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