537 



Oregon Stath^n. — Tho station is coUuctiug statistics regarding the methods of 

 pig feeding employed in tho State, with a view to condncting experiments in pig 

 feeding. 



South CAKOLrxA Station. — In view of the transfer of the station no detailed 

 report of the operations of tho station dnriug 1890 will be issnod. A report on held 

 tests at Spartanbnrg and Darlington will bo pnblished with the aid of funds fur- 

 nished by the State board of agriculture. 



Cknsus Bulletin. — Census IJuUetin No. 'AS, March 10, 1891 (pp. 11), contains the 

 statistics of grape growing and wine production in the United States, collated by 

 II. Gardner. The total area devoted to grape growing in 18b9 was 401, 'iGl acres, of 

 which i{07,575 acres were in bearing. The total product was 572,139 tons, of which 

 '2f)7,271 tons were s(dd for table use and 301, 8G8 tons were sold to wineries, at which 

 '24,306,905 gallons of wine were made. In California 41,1GG tons were used in 1889 in 

 making 1,372,195 boxes (20 pounds) of raisins and 23,252 tons for dried grapes and 

 miscelhiueous purposes. The product of 1890 in that State is estimated at 16,500,000 

 gallons of wine and 2,197,463 boxes of raisins, with young raisin vineyards enough 

 to raise the yield within the next live years to 8,000,000 or 10,000,000 boxes. 



The grape industry in the United States in 1889 represented a total value in land, 

 improvements, machinery, and appurtenances of $1.55,661,150, and furnished employ- 

 ment to 200,780 persons. More than one half the plant and workers were in Califor- 

 nia and one iifth in New York and Ohio. 



