REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



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after the short crop of 1881, tlie exports of July and August were 

 nearly three times as much as those of May and June. 



Months. 



Wheat. 



Bushels. 



May 5, 3:^6, 253 



June 4,400,370 



July 10,4*4,540 



August'. ■.■■.■.■.;!".■.■.!■. '.;■..;; 20,900,223 



Total. 



41,127,392 



Flour. 



Barrels. 



4;M,144 



474,025 



492, 220 



■ 695,525 



2,095,920 



Total. 



Bushels. 



7, 289, 901 



0, 539. 4b2 



12,699.503 



iM, 030, 085 



30,959,031 



More than half of this exportation was from the new crop, and at 

 least an equal amount went into home consumption, to eke out old 

 crop deficiency. 



The following table gives the production and distribution of five 

 years, showing the year's consumption and actual exports, and a dif- 

 ference of 14,000,000 bushels for other use than as food, loss or waste, 

 or surplus: 



This would indicate that the surplus on September 1, with average 

 receipts from the new crop, will exceed that of 1881, when the visible 

 or commercial supply was about 20,000,000 and the invisible probably 

 a full average. 



CORN. 



The visible stocks of corn are given with those of wheat. The re- 

 quirements of four months to September 1 in any year are a very flex- 

 ible factor in crop consumption, which is itself so variable, rang- 

 ing from 1,300,000,000 to 1,800,000,000 bushels, with bad and good 

 crops. There are so many partial substitutes for corn as a stock- 

 feeding material that there can be no fixed or absolute requirement 

 for a given period. The crop of recent years, the stock remaining 

 March 1, and the exportation of the yea-r are sufficient indications of 

 comparative supply during the perio"d: 



