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A-GEICULTUEAL REPORT. 



Stntemcnt showing our e^sports nf f,ax products since 1855. 



M.\KnrACT'S. 



Year. 



Foreign. 



FLAXSEED. 



Domestic. 



Domestic. 



Domestic. 



Foreign. 



1955 

 1B56 

 1S57 

 1858 

 1859 

 18G0 

 1661 

 18G2 

 186 J 



$278, 

 179, 

 92, 

 63, 

 71, 

 18U, 

 26, 

 23, 



850 

 666 

 930 

 770 

 582 

 611 

 372 

 2UU 



$6,016 



18,043 



.'S:J'5 



8,177 

 3,810 



49, 609 

 59 



96, 805 



$739, 589 

 1,136,970 

 1,166,980 

 1,435,861 

 1,198,581 

 1,609,328 

 1,386,691 

 875,841 

 1, 277, 735 



$49, 580 

 57, 190 

 54,144 

 48,225 

 34,194 

 26,799 

 27, 982 

 20, 693 

 29, 861 



21,793 

 38,745 

 13, 429 



8, 297 

 2, 639 



2,(/.i7 

 3,729 



The average price of seed has fluctuated from year to year. lu 1856 and 

 1861 it was SI 73 per bushel ; in 1859, $1 44 ; iu 1860, $1 40 ; in 1855 it 

 was but 81 03. From this latter period until the first year of the war the ex- 

 tremes are found to meet iu 1855 and 1856. The following is an exhibit of 

 the prices of seed and oil at the port of shipment : 



Imports of fiax into England. 



Place. 



1659. 



1860. 



1861. 



Russia and Prussia 



Holland 



Belgium 



Other countries — 



Cwis. 

 1, 167,297 



88, 589' 

 99, 421 

 76,730 



Cicts. 



1,143,516 



148, 839 



125, 474 



46,981 



Cwts. 



1, 031, 044 



123, 404 



130,216 



49, 015 



1, 432, 037 



1, 464, 810 



1, 333, 679 



The imports of 1862 were 1,798,351 cwts., valued at S26,029,560, or ^290 

 per ton. Those of 1861, as above, were valued at $17,115,685, or $256 per ton. 



