327 



The probable total exports in 1871, and the totals of previoifs years, 

 are shown in the followiusf statement : 



Hhds. 



Exported to 30tli June, 1871 215, 090 



Stocks at date 17,500 



Hhds. 



Exports in 1666 321,000 



1S65 2^5,500 



1884 263,000 



1863 262,200 



1862 265,000 



1861 262,000 



1860 275.000 



Exports iu 1871 232,590 



1870 328,292 



1869 380,078 



1868 399,249 



1867 298,000 



The yield of the cane on the island for the past ten years is given as 

 follows in tons : 



Sugar. Molasses. Total. 



1866...!. 612,180 208,650 820,830 



1865 619,780 185,575 805,355 



1864 515,090 170,950 686,040 



1863 511,860 170,430 682,290 



1862 511,100 172,250 683,350 



Sugar. Molasses. 



Total. 



1871 542,840 



1870 725,505 



1869 726,237 



1868 749,389 



1867 597,146 



151, 183 694, 023 



213, 389 938, 894 



247, 0.->0 973, 287 



259,011 1,008,400 



193, 700 790, 846 



The exports of sugar and molasses to the 30th of June were dis- 

 tributed as follows : United States, 78 per cent. ; Great Britain, 12 ; south 

 of Europe, 5 ; France 2 ; north of Europe, 1 ; other ports, 2 per cent. In 

 1870 they were to the United States, 61 per cent. ; Great Britain, 26 ; 

 south of Europe, 5 ; France, 4 ; north of Europe, 1 ; and other ports, 3 per 

 cent. The imports of the United States up to the 30th of June were 

 318,303 tons, against 308,151 tons in 1870. The consumption amounted 

 to 272,378 tons, ag.ainst 212,951 tons iu 1870, and the stock left was 

 132,422 tons, against 146,153 tons in 1870. 



THE "FULTZ" WHEAT. 



A new and very promising variety of wheat, called the '^Fultz" 

 wheat, is attracting considerable attention in MiiSin, Juniata, Lancas- 

 ter, and neighboring counties in Pennsylvania. It is nearly smooth, 

 -with beards" occasionally ; is very evenly six-rowed; the straw stands 

 well, the chaff very close and adherent; and it is claimed that it has 

 never been affected by weevil ; the grains are short and plump, and in 

 color a light dull red or dark white. The Department of Agriculture 

 has distributed a quantity of this wheat, and as the variety will be likely 

 to receive an extended trial the coming year, its alleged history will 

 prove interesting. It is stated that in the summer of 1862 Mr. Abm. 

 Fultz, of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, while harvesting some old Lan- 

 caster Eed wheat, noticed three beautiful heads of smooth wheat. He 

 took these heads houie, and iu the fall sowed the wheat on a spot where 

 a brush-heap had been burned. The following summer he harvested 

 half a pint. In 1864 his crop filled a basket, and in 1865 he had nine- 

 teen sheaves. Mr. Fultz then parted with a bushel of the wheat to 

 Christian Detweiler, who SQwed it along the northwestern side of an 

 old orchard, where it was partly smothered by snow-drifts and sliaded 

 by apple trees. In the harvest of 1866 it was pronounced " scarcely 

 worth sowing," but when thrashed it was found to yield better than the 

 favorite Lancaster Eed. Mr. Detweiler again tried it, and the next year, 

 from about three acres of sandy land, he harvested 94 bushels of prime 

 clean wheat ; and the following year, from 13 bushels sown on nine 

 acres, he harvested 300 bushels. The yield with other parties has been 



