Thomas Curtis Clarke,
American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge…
(1841)
“ In the production of wheat, Ohio exceeds Pennsylvania about 3,000,000 bushels, while Virginia is but about 1,500,000 bushels behind New York in that article. In Indian corn, Tennessee takes the lead of all the States, producing 42,500,000 millions of bushels yearly. North Carolina 34,500,000 bushels, Virginia about 34,000,000 bushels, Illinois 28,000,000, Michigan 22,000,000, Alabama 18,000,000, Missouri 15,000,000, Pennsylvania 13,500,000, and New York 10,000,000. ”
