904 



Number, average price, and value of sheep, and the vumhtr of pounds of uool grown in 

 the United States during the years 1S71 to 1S92. 



"It appears that the domestic supply of wool is si.x times as ^n-at as 

 in 1S4(>, and that both (loiiK'stic and torei<,ni supi)lies were only ii pouiuls 

 to each inhabitant, while they are now 0.r» pounds. Then, including; 

 imports of woolens, scarcely 4 pounds per head was useil, whereas we 

 now re(inirc over iS pounds. • • ♦ Three lifths of all the wool used 

 lor all purposes is of domestic production, while four lifths of the 

 requirement is manufactured in this country, leaving only one tifth to 

 come in the shape of imported goods." 



Miscellaneous Report ]So. U. 



Agriculture of South America, A. Barnes (i)p. Iso. ])l:itcs M). — 

 A series of articles on the agriculture and commerce of the ditTcrcnt 

 countries of South America, most of which have been published in the 

 monthly reports of the Division of Statistics. During the fiscal y«';ir 

 endiii};" .lune 30, 1S91, the aggregate of the trade of the South Amei itan 

 countries with the United States wa.s — 



$151,9(>.3,0(ift. made up of export.s valued at $3:<,2"J(i,-101, and imports valued at 

 !}5llS,786,()(W. It will l)e seen that tlif iiui»(»rt.s coiLstitiilc 78 jut rent of the whole. 

 The afjricultuial iinjioit.s repre.sent the value of jfloO.SSJt.Ull', of whieh !I2 per cent 

 were received absolutely witiiout a tariff charge. Tiie agricultural ex]i<nts amount 

 to .i!l2.'J4-J,-ia!t. * * ' 



The great disparity in amount and value of thc-^e exihangcH, a.s slmwu in tliis Iml- 

 letin, is due in part to want of direct sliippiug facilitieti, such a.s are enjoyed by other 

 nations that practically mono)iolizi' the trade. Whih- this trade has heretofore l>een 

 8o une(|ual, it has been so much a necessity as to require $8 iu agricultural imjiorta 

 for every dollar of agricultural exports, under the famine of transportation facilities 

 which has heretofore existed. Seventy per cent of this agricultural importation, or 

 $70,675,787, came from Brazil, of which $62,022,022 was for coffee. 



