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Statement of the exports of agriculiural productz of the United States, §e.—Continued. 
RECAPITULATION. 
Products. 1875. | 1876. 1877. 1878. 
Set ig te BA Sa TR eS.) 
Animals and animal matter ....-...2----e0---e- | $104, 314, 988 | $113, 941, 509 | $140, 564, 066 |$145, 587, 515 
MERAH GG. 701) Lae ees ae ee een bee a! | 111,478,096 | 131, 212,471 | 118, 126, 940 | 181, 811, 794 
viteMhs 6504 sous 8 pei cstasp ecg ep asses ec date ee | 194,710,507 | 200,382,240 | 183, 253, 248 | 191, 470, 144 
PG CA EE ED) ds er | 22,875,814 | 21,620,486 | 23, 422°966 | 21,747, 117 
DUPET EN: [, ie ee oe Seg aes Up | 45, 294, 411 46, 079, 567 58, 652, 719 52, 245, 306 
Total agricultural exports -...........-.- | 478,673,816 | 513, 236, 273 | 524, 019, 939 | 592, 861, 876 
otal exports ligic25 Feeds -<cdaqne - sea: | 643, 094,767 | 644,956,406 | 689, 167,390 722, 811, $15 
Per cent. of agricuitural matter. ....-... 74 | 79 } 76 | 84 
$$. $$ ees 
The value of domestic exports for the year ending June 30, 1878, as 
will be seen in the table above, was greater than any previous year. The 
export for the year 1874 was the largest prior ‘o this. In the years sue- 
ceeding 1874 there was a large decline in agricultural products exported, 
which, however, has been more than regained in 1878. In the article of 
cotton the value was not so great in 1878 as in 1874, but the amount 
sent abroad was larger by half a million bales. 
The proportion of agricultural products to the total export was 84 per 
cent. against 76 per cent. in 1877. Their actual increase in value was 
$68,841,937, a little more than 13 per cent., while the total export in- 
creased $33,644,425, a littie less than 5 per cent. 
The export of butter and cheese has, during the last few years, grown 
to a very large extent. The following table will show the inérease since 
1870. Fully three-fourths of the export is to Great Britain, the balance 
to British America and the West Indies: 
Exports of dairy producis, 
4,424,616 || 107, 364, 666 
| 12, 700, 627 
3, $31, 822 ! 123, 783, 736 
i} 
14, 103, 529 
Wear ending June 30. Batter Value. | Cheese. | Value. 
| | | 
| | | | 
bi Pounds. 
| $592,229 || 57,296,327] $8,881, 934 
| , 858,096 || 63, 698, 867 | 8, 752, 990 
| 1,498,812 | 66,204,025 | 7, 752, 918 
952,919 || 80,366,540 | 10, 498 010 
1, 092; 381 | 90,611,077 | 11,898, 995 
1, 506, 996 |} 101, 010, 853 | 13, 659, 603 
| 1,109,496 || 97,676,264 | 12, 270, 083 
| | 
The export of fresh beef, which only dates from a period of three years, 
is here given for those years: 
on Ee ean ah: Sen Te el Pe, DE Ee Oe ee 
Year ending June 30. | Quantity. Value. 
ee er re ar er ere, a ee ay — 
H Pounds. 
TEE os ARR Leet le Sp ae ih lla ah ddl le aa ae 8 gs oh | 19,838,895 | $1,743,211 
Ny JS32 BRERA GaP OGRE D TOTS SAP 18 Tee eR ares Se pb | 49,210, 990 | 4, 532, 523 
TN MME ed Ad yun ke pit l wr EY try chide Adcaa a taed | 54,046,771} 5, 009, 856 
