14 



Total exports for the year ending September 1, 1863. 

 Wheat : 



To England and tlie Continent 33, 975, 419 



To all otlier ports 6, 710, 889 



Total bushels of wheat 40, 686, 308 



Corn : 



To England and the Continent 10, 409, 048 



To all other ports 1, 271, 294 



Total bushels of corn ' 11, 680, 342 



ESTIMATES OF THE CROPS OF 1862 AND 1863. 



Having ascertained the amount of wheat and corn exported, it is now neces- 

 sary to determine the crops of 1862 and 1863, that the home consumption and 

 foreign exports may be compared, and from these deduce the character of the 

 domestic market for 1863 and 1864. 



The four following tables exhibit the amounts of the principal summer and 

 fall crops, of a cereal character. No one but a statistician can form any idea 

 of the labor involved in their preparation, and none has been spared to render 

 them reliably correct. 



The estimate of the crop of 1862 has been based on the census returns for 

 1860. As the crop of 1859, on which they were made, was imder an average, 

 and that of 1862 much above it, allowances were made for this difference, 

 varying in degree according as an extensive knowledge of the agriculture of the 

 country dictated Avas proper ; and also for the general per cent, increase of each 

 of the several States. During the summer and fall the monthly circulars issued 

 by this department to about two thousand correspondents have been arranged, 

 as to their interrogatories, to obtaining reliable returns of the crops of this year. 

 Since the disastrous frosts of August 30 and September 18, throughout the 

 western States, these correspondents have been zealous in their voluntary du- 

 ties, as evidenced, not only by their clear returns to the circulars, but also by 

 numerous letters containing their opinions. The general results, as exhibited 

 by the tables for the crops of 1863, sustain the correctness of their views. 

 Knowing the importance of such an estimate, the department has well matured 

 its opinions as to the character of the crop of 1863, and it is satisfied of the gen- 

 eral correctness of the facts expressed by the tables. 



Table showing the amounts of the leading summer cereal crops for 1863, based 

 • on returns to this department. 



Statt 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts .. 

 Ehode Islaud . . . 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania. .. 

 Maryland 



Wheat. 



13, 



1, 

 15, 



7, 



215, 

 255, 

 4.52, 

 129, 



1, 



59, 

 021, 

 808, 

 654, 



208, 



734 

 163 

 683 

 765 

 413 

 901 

 650 

 128 

 255 

 828 



Eye. 



165, 

 145, 

 130, 



388, 

 33, 



618, 

 5, 385, 

 1,499, 

 6, 843, 



548, 



951 



830 

 976 

 085 

 911 

 762 

 268 

 497 

 427 

 Oil 



Barley. 



1,002,636 

 127, 159 



94, 102 

 151,752 



46,117 



20,813 

 4, 882, 778 



29, 098 

 573, 174 



19, 699 



Oats. 



3, 

 1, 

 3, 

 1, 



1, 

 43, 



4, 

 34, 



4, 



364, 581 

 345, 829 

 9.50, 556 

 327, 585 

 203, 192 

 764, 329 

 968, 916 

 902, 263 

 233, 936 

 072, 421 



