1860 Census: Agriculture of the United States
1860 Census: Agriculture of the United States
Agriculture of the United States in 1860, compiled from the original returns of the Eighth Census under the Secretary of the Interior.
Analytic introduction is followed by statistics for States and counties: Acres of land in farms, improved and unimproved; cash value of farm and value of farming implements and machinery; livestock and value, and principal crops; farms containing three acres and more by size of farm; and number of slaveholders and slaves.
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Agriculture. Year Ending June 1, 1860
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