A Note on the Patent Office Crop Estimates, 1841–1848

Robert E. Gallman

The Journal of Economic History, 1963, vol. 23, issue 2, 185-195

Abstract: From 1841 throught 1845 and again in 1847 and 1848 ofiicials of the United States patent Office estimated the output of the principal agricultural crops of each state and territory. These estimates have been generally disregarded by economic historians, presumably because their acuracy has been considered questionable. But I have bee unable to find any published, comprehensive evaluation of them. In this note I will briefly examine the methods used to make the crop estimates and apply a few checks againsts the results, with the object of evaluating them, in a preliminary way, as historical data.

Date: 1963
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