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THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
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TABLE D.
Table of Comparison With Population and Production of 1840 by Ten Year Periods
| Total Population Compared to 1840. See Table A. |
Total Working Farmers Compared to 1840. See Table A. |
Total Industrial Workers Compared to 1840. See Table B. |
Total Cereal Production to 1840. See Table C. |
Rates of Increase of Cereal Production Compared to Increase of Farming Population. | Bushels of Grain Produced per Capita of Population. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840 | 1. | 1. | 1. | 1. | ........ | 36. |
| 1850 | 1.36 | 1.195 | 1.6 | 1.411 | 118% | 37.5 |
| 1860 | 1.842 | 1.483 | 2.38 | 2.012 | 135.7% | 39.4 |
| 1870 | 2.259 | 1.742 | 2.90 | 2.462 | 141.3% | 39.4 |
| 1880 | 2.938 | 2.26 | 4.26 | 4.373 | 193.5% | 54. |
| 1890 | 3.669 | 2.506 | 6.22 | 5.704 | 227.6% | 56.2 |
| 1900 | 4.427 | 3.042 | 8.216 | 7.184 | 236.1% | 58.7 |
| 1910 | 5.388 | 3.60 | 11.37 | 8.546 | 237.4% | 57.3 |
| 1919 | 6.331 | 4.115 | 14.80 | 9.828 | 238.8% | 56. |
