. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 7.—Corn was an important crop in the seaboard States in 1839, butproduction was most intense in central Tennessee, the blue-grass region ofKentucky, and the Scioto, Miami, and Wabash Valleys. Most of the presentCorn Belt was only sparsely settled. The total production in 1839 was377,000,000 bushels. 99912°—TBK 1921 12 172 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture^ Fig. 8.—Corn production more than doubled from 1839 to 1859. Illinois,Iowa, and other prairie States became important producers. Total pro-duction in 1859, according to the census of 1860, was
. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 7.—Corn was an important crop in the seaboard States in 1839, butproduction was most intense in central Tennessee, the blue-grass region ofKentucky, and the Scioto, Miami, and Wabash Valleys. Most of the presentCorn Belt was only sparsely settled. The total production in 1839 was377,000,000 bushels. 99912°—TBK 1921 12 172 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture^ Fig. 8.—Corn production more than doubled from 1839 to 1859. Illinois,Iowa, and other prairie States became important producers. Total pro-duction in 1859, according to the census of 1860, was 838,792,740 bushels.
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