s and South America,
California and Australia, manufactured flour being the article
required for these latter markets. Nearly four million bushels of
Indian corn, and 300,000 barrels of corn meal, are exported from the
United States to the West Indies and other foreign markets.

From the abstracts of statistical returns prepared at the American
Census office, it appears that Pennsylvania, in 1850, was the largest
wheat producing State of the Union. I have had the curiosity to
compare the most prominent States in respect to this crop, and give
them below, with the crop of each, as shown by the returns:--

Bushels.
Pennsylvania 15,482,191
Ohio 14,967,056
Virginia 14,516,900
New York 13,073,000
Michigan 4,918,000
Maryland 4,494,680

That the United States could export 6,000,000 bushels of wheat, and
its equivalent in flour in 1845; 13,000,000 in 1846, 26,000,000 in
1847, and then fell back to 13,000,000 in 1848, and 6,000,000 in 1849,
with their production of wheat constantly increasing throughout this
period, shows a wonderful elasticity, and extensive home market. If
the price of wheat is higher in proportion than for corn, the
Americans export the former and consume the latter; if the demand for
corn be also great, they kill their hogs and export corn, for the pork
will keep. If there be no great demand for either, they eat their
surplus wheat, feed their hogs with the corn, and export pork as
having the greatest value in the least bulk.

DESTINATION OF FLOUR SHIPPED FROM THE UNITED STATES.
-------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------
WHERE TO. | 1847 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851
-------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------
Swedish West Indies | 7,366| 7,573| 8,757| 5,315
Danish ditto | 52,150| 49,568| 44,802| 60,102
Dutch East Indies | 1,150| 4,625| 1,600| 1,873
Dutch West Indies | 11,387| 17,221| 18,354| 19,217
Holland and Belgium | 73,871| 727| 1,177| 594
England |2,475,076| 953,815| 369,777|1,004,783
Gibraltar | 23,974| 6,265| 2,543| 195
British East Indies | 3,034| 791| 1,646| 1,600
British West Indies | 320,363| 303,551| 250,776| 294,731