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The North and the South :

a statistical view of the condition of the free and slave states
Chase Sanborn, Henry C.H. (1822-1899)
  
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PREFACE.
  
INTRODUCTORY.

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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
  
VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS, PER ACRE, IN 1850.
  
VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, PER HEAD, IN 1850.
  
NEW ENGLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND VIRGINIA.
  
VALUE OF LAND IN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES.
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CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
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CHAPTER VII.
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CHAPTER VIII.
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CHAPTER IX.
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CHAPTER X.
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CHAPTER XI.
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CHAPTER XII.
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CHAPTER XIII.

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VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS, PER ACRE, IN 1850.

The value of agricultural productions per acre for 1850 is

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obtained by dividing the total product by the number of acres
of land under cultivation. Thus,—

FREE STATES.

     
Number of acres in farms,  108,193,522 
Agricultural product,  $858,634,334 
Product per acre,  $7,94 

SLAVE STATES.

     
Number of acres in farms and plantations,  180,572,392 
Agricultural product,  $631,277,417 
Product per acre,  $3.49 

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