37G REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Tlie average export price is as follows for twelve years: 



The farm value of the crop of 1885 was $275,320,390 in December, 

 or 77.1 cents per hushel. 



WEIGHT PER BUSHEL. 



The weight of the crop of 1886 surpasses very slightly that of 1884, 

 being 58.4 pounds per bushel against 58.3. The estimated weight of 

 the crop of 1885 was only 57 pounds. Counting high-grade wheat, 

 averaging GO pounds per bushel, the present crop is equal to 444,000,000 

 bushels, or 105,000,000 bushels more than the crop of 1885, calculated 

 on the same basis. The following statement records this estimate by 

 States: 



