174 SBPOBT OP TS£ COMMISSIOHEB OF iLOSICULTUBE. 



previous year. Of rye-flour, the average value was $5.16.9, the lowest 

 value for thirteen years. The maximum, $8.24.3, was in 1864^'65. Al- 

 lowing 5 bushels of rye as necessary to make a barrel of flour, the mar- 

 gin between the export values per bushel of ground and unground rye 

 has varied very capriciously from year to year, with a general tendency 

 to diminish. During the last three fiscal years the difference between 

 these averages were respectively as follows : $0.49.6, $0.11.2, and $0.14.1 

 per bushel, amounting to $2.48, $0.50, and $0.70.5 per barrel. The same 

 causes arc doubtless operative in this case as in that of wheat-flour and 

 corn-meal. The proportion of flour to the total export in 1875-'76 was 

 6.49 per cent, in quantity an'd 7.52 per cent, in value against 19.44 per 

 cent, in quantitj'-and 21.04 per cent, in value the previous year. In 

 1868-'69, the proportion of flour reached its maximum, 42.19 per cent, in 

 quantity and 48.28 per cent, in value. Compared with our annual yield, 

 the rye export of the last fiscal year was 3.2 per cent, against 1.74 per 

 cent, the previous year. The proportion for thirteen years ranged from 

 0.4 per cent, in 18G7-'68 to 12.33 per cent, in 1873-'74. 



Oats. — Our last annual export of oats amounted to 1,466,228 bushels, 

 being nearly three times that of the previous year and the largest on 

 record. This increase was the natural result of the abundant crop of 



1875, which was 64 per cent, greater than its predecessor. The oats 

 export of 1875-'76 amounted to 1.14 per cent, of the total cereal export 

 against 0.5 per cent, the previous year. The export of oats has never 

 exceeded half of 1 per cent, of the crop of the previous calendar year. 

 The aggregate value of the oats export was $588,583, or double that of 

 the previous year. The average value per bushel was $0.40.1, the low- 

 est figure of the last thirteen fiscal years. The maximum, $0.93.6, was 

 in 1867-'68. The value of the oats-export was 0.45 per cent, of the total 

 cereal export against 0.73 per cent, the previous year. 



Barley. — The exports of barley were 317,781 bushels, or about three 

 and a half times the aggregate of the previous year, and amounted to 

 about 1.06 per cent, of the estimated crop of 1875. In most years the 

 proportion falls below one-half of 1 per cent. The export is but 0.2 per 

 cent, of the whole cereal export. In one year only did it reach one- 

 half of 1 per cent., 1870-'71. The aggregate value of the export was 

 $210,586, or three and a half times that of the previous year. The 

 average value per bushel was $0.66.3 against $0.67.4 in 1874-75. In 

 value barley amounted to 0.23 per cent, of the total export against 0.15 

 per cent, the previous year. 



The following analytical tables show the exports of wheat, corn, rye, 

 oats, barley, flour, and meal for the thirteen fiscal years ending June 30, 



1876, with their proportions and values : 



