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country are more flattering than those of last year. The increase is 4 per cent. 
for the period between January 1 and September 30. They constitute 55 per 
cent. of the total receipts from all quarters. 
On the other hand, British India, for the same period, has suffered a dimi- 
nution of cotton exports amounting to 26 per cent. Turkey shows a still 
greater falling off, 43 per cent. Egypt, with all her efforts, including the intro- 
duction of steam ploughs, sends 5 per cent. less than last year. Only Brazil 
makes an increase. The decrease from other sources of supply averages 20 
per cent. The following is the statement of receipts for nine months of 1867 
and 1868: 
Cotton, raw, from— | 1867. 1868. 
WanitedtStates; -a52e4 |. ee ease: . Sesehete cee ewts | 4, 188, 054 4, 362, 983 
Bahamas and bermuda. as Pere ssc <2 Saco oe ole Slee bisroe do.. 10, 439 474 - 
Lugs Vip see ae Soa ee ed ee ee, Ie ee oe ene ere gs do.. Oo Nl ee 
BL agieeete ee es omen nee ae ee ccs seca e. tote eae do.. 504, 284 689 511 
Mareen ae eet s eee cor Re heeh ed Seta ea SE do.. 55, 560 32, 345 
Miya Sac sot Slt Me - orcs te eae MeL ed eeee BAS: SERRE do.. 891, 398 842, 521 
Brag is Hien a ey Ah ce hs rics ein ED do..| 2,963, 850 2, 187, 359 
(Cinitnn 2583 Seeks eee eA ee Cee. eee oe do-.- 4,707. |.-<2. = eee 
LNGIACOUMIMER eee ae eee eee teen mae cee tet oe oes cs dos 225, 919 178, 856 
jhotalet fe aaesees 2s es ae aot ds Le eee cee cet inee 8, 844, 233 8, 294, 049 
The exhibit of receipts of wheat from this country for the same period shows 
equally gratifying figures, as compared with the receipts to the same date in 
1867, the increase reaching nearly 140 per cent., while the receipts from Russia 
show a falling off of about 28 per cent.; Prussia 38 per cent. decline, and Chili 
33 per cent. decline. ‘Turkey and Wallachia and Moldavia show an advance 
of 30 per cent., and Egypt 350 per cent. The following figures show the total 
receipts in ewts. of wheat from the countries named for the nine months ending 
September 30: 
Couutries. 1867. 1868. 
| 
CIS STa I ee ee eee eee en Oe eS coe) 2 heer aos ewts | 9,916, 855 7, 142, 034 
WnitedtStates 3 ee testes tete sae eee A do..| 1,980, 007 4,714, 203 
IBRugslasca a eee Seen) Pete oR et Bee ees see eee do..| 4,698, 876 2, 909, 271 
Turkey and Wallachia and Moldavia ---.-...---.-------- do..| 1,792,489 2, 882, 596 
1 TA ene pees Se ere ak a i cyl iy ees aE mE do.. 635, 169 2, 870, 068 
Chilis ee ee ee renee kas eee eee eee cee Se do..| 1,740,631 1, 153, 006 
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND MODEL FARMS. 
J. H. McChesney, United States consul at Newcastle-upon-T'yne, in a 
letter to the Commissioner upon the subject, says: 
I have visited the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester, and my judgment as to the 
expediency of carrying on a model farm in connection with an agricultural college is fully 
sustained by the experience of that institution. They owned a farm of over 500 acres, and 
for some years conducted it in connection with the college as a model farm, and though en- 
tirely distinct from their experimental grounds, which, of course, are never expected to pay, 
they not only did not make it pay anything, but lost a large amount of money by it. As long 
as they permitted the institution to be burdened by this and other bad practices, they no more 
than maintained an existence. For 20 years they struggled against bad fortune. The farm 
is now let toan educated farmer, one of their own graduates, with the reserved right to visit 
it with their students, and the farm pays the tenant, though he has high rental expenses to 
pay, and answers the college equally well, and the college may now be said to be in a pros- 
perous condition. I believe model farms in all cases to be detrimental to the prosperity of 
agricultural colleges if attempted by the institution. 
