378 THE YEAR-BOOK OF AGRICULTURE. 



it wn? not bwinie tin" wheat crop hod Bailed to any greet extant) but because the drought 

 of 18-34 hud so cut short the supply of corn, potatoes, &c, as to compel a larger use of wheat 

 than would otherwise hare taken place." 



Accepting the estimate of Mr. Cist as the correct one, we have as the value of the wheat 

 cii'p of L856, at a dollar and a quarter per bushel, an aggregate of more than two hundred 

 and thirty- me millions of dollars. 



Statistics of the Crop of Indian Corn for 18-V>. — Abundant as has been the orop of wheat la 

 the United States for 1855, it is but one item of our agricultural productions, end nut the 

 largest. The great staple crop of the United Slates is Indian corn, which, during the past 

 season, has famished the largest crop ever gathered. The amount, according to Mr. Cist. 

 cannot be less than 1,000,000,000 of bushels, and may exceed these figures by 20 per cent. 

 By the census returns, the corn crop of 1839 was 877,581,876 bushels; that of 1S49, 

 592,071,104, showing an actual increase in ton years of -1 1,589,229 bushels, or 58 per cent. 



From returns made to the auditor's office of Ohio, we have the following statistics of the 

 corn crop in that State for 1861, '62, and '53: — 



Keen. Acres sown. BusIkU _-.iili.TecL No. bushels per acre. 



1S51 l,t>iit,127 61,171,282 30-7 



1S52 1,730,188 68,166,617 33-6 



1853 1,836,493 73,436,090 40-0 



The exports of corn from this country, including corn meal, at different periods, have been as 



follows : — 



In 1887 051,270 bushels. 



" Mi. 3,326,068 



." bl'.» 16,283,164 " 



" 1850 7,892,302 



" 1851 4,444,921 " 



" 1NJ4 29,000,860 " 



The value of the corn crop of 1866 may be safely estimated at $400,oO(>,oho. 



Oat Crop o/1855. — The estimate of the oat crop of the United States for 1855 has been 

 given by Ear. Cist as at least 400,000,000 bushels. 



Orop of 1855. — According to the census returns of 1840, the product of the United 

 States was 18.045,567 bushels; of 1850, 14,188,813 bushels, — showing a decrease of 

 1,466, 7 11 bushels. During the year ending June 1, 1850, there were consumed of rye 

 about "J.l 1 l.tiiM) bushels in the manufacture of malt and spirituous liquors. The amount of 

 rye cultivated in the United States in 1868 was about ll.ooo.noo bushels. The estimate 

 for 1855 may be safely fixed at from 10,000,000 to 18,000,000 bushels. Some authoi 

 estimate us high as I'd, (Mii).< )()<). The diminution of this crop for the last twelve or fifteen 



rs may be attributed In the main to a corresponding decline in the demand for (he pur- 

 potes of distillation, to which a large portion of this grain had annually been applied. 



■ 1866. — The rice orop of 1840 was returned by the census at 80,841,422 lbs.; 



of I860, 216,818,497 lbs. The crop of 1866 cannot be leal than that of 1868, which was 



ite. i at 250,000,000, and In all probability exceeds it. 



Barley Orop of 1866. — The annual production of this grain, according to th msus of 



1840, was 1,161,604 bushels) In I860, 6,167,016 buahela; estimate for 1868, 8,690,000; for 

 LS66, 7,600,000 bushels, 



Potato Orop for 1865. — The potato orop of the United States, according to ti n-us of 



1840, wai 108,298,060 bushels; of 1860, 104,066,044 bushels, of which 88,268,148 bushels 

 were sweet— showing a decr e a se of 4,282,016 bushels. This deficiency In the crop of l v I I, 



Bompared with thatoi 1880, is attributed to the discouragement caused by the disease. 



The crop of 1868 bai been estimated at 100, (MM 1,000 bushels. The season of 1S55 has 1 



mot. Me for the potato than that of any previous year for a considerable period, 



the quantity planted during the past year has also been BnusuaOy large. Wt ( timatothe 

 stop ai at least 1 16,000,000 be he]-. 



/ as for 1866, The amount Of peai and beans produced in the United 81 



ssding to the eensui of ^*'<<\ was 9,219,901 bushels. The amount raised In l- 

 cxclu-ive of th<- production of market-gardeners, was estimated at 9,300,000 bushels. Our 

 estimate Ibr I i >.»ioo bushels. 



