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The home produ ct of a recor is never Sat to the home consump- 
tion, large quantities being annually imported. The principal source — 
of supply i is the British Kast Indies, from whence we receive more 
than 90 per cent. of our foreign supply. The importations of seed 3 
since 1878 have been as follows : 
Year. Quantity. Value, | Year. Quantity. Value. 
— ! | 
Bushels. | | Bushels, 
Rae SAR OS fet Oe 1,290,615 | $1,883, 333 |} 1888....2......5.00000000. | . 687,729} $677,040 
PRT ORB casi: p> ae ae die | 1009; 281 | -d,618,00ihll| TI8S4) Saki ko cee | 2,849,226 | 3,079,848 
SO ae eye Sats Me, 1,464,195 | 2,261,049 || 1885...................... | 215488641 28177715. 
oo: LS a ee oe Be 908, 191-| 1, 250,690 || 1886.....4.. Sms... 1,034,576 | 1,099,477 
RO Niet Pera sy hice. siete ase emer 635,079 | Md O84: || SI BBG is a8 eae tas aie ace ees 415,179 418, 202 
This, however, is but a small portion of what we anuually send 
abroad for the products of flax and other similar fiber plants, the _ 
larger proportion of which it seems might properly be produced at. 
-home. Theimports of flax, hemp, jute, and other similar substances, 
and their manufactured products during the past two years, were 
as follows: 
rails 
1886. 1887. r 
Articles. | 
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. 
¥ Be 
Unmanufactured: Tons. | ons. 
ilaixtthe Nyie baht Be once ir, SNS At a ge ee as 5,557 | $1,576,518 | 7,140 | $1, 922, 182 
BLOM ANGSUOSEIGUUCS etc -. Viaets at. )ate/siani ae e elere 28,655 | 3,817,376 | 82,739 4, 041,522 
Ube here Mc ete atte Pte ee ainiale cate aye abe statala eiaucearsta eta ots 83,054 | 2,267, 023 | 88,514 2, 616, 128 
SISAL STAG MeDGer cn mein ce twiteie ees eerie 35,300 | 2,299,450 36, 355 3, 733,001 
ORGS rectack ins Beals intel tae Peas halen ko 152,566 | 9,960,367 | 164, 7: 12, 312, 833 
Manufactures of flax, hemp, or jute, etc’...........--|....-.2..-.. Pe Opa OO lac cieso eck ees 21, 930, 592 
It would seem that there is a large field open to the enterprising 
American farmer and the skillful mechanic in devising means by 
which the large portion of this crop, which now goes to “waste, shall 
be successfully utilized. 
CROP ESTIMATES FOR 1886. 
t 
Table showing the product of the cereals, potatoes, tobacco, hay, and cotton of the 
several States named, the yield per acre,the total acreage, the average price in 
each State, and the value of each erop for 1886. 
Quantity | Average Number of |Value per Total 
States. Products. producedin; yield acresin | unit of I 2 fe 
1886. per acre.| eaeh crop. | quantity. Der eat Ueyo) ce 
Maine a= ees fee Indian corn. ...bushels.. 989, 000 31.4 31,534 | $0.67 $662, 680 
; Wheate cei. do....| 600,000} 14.4 41,537 1.20 720,000 - 
} RVS™ x. > b AGO’ onc. £9, 000 | 4D 2, 385 .88 _ 25,520 
Oats .... dos5 7 2,701, 000} 29.8 90, 490 .40 1, 080, 400 
j Barley ..... dos: %, 22.5 11, 206 65 163, 800 
Buckwheat . doe. ‘ 18.0 20, 126 ois 199, 100 
Potatoes... 0 | eB; Bi 000 105 62, 035 55 3, 582, 700 
3 FI), RR es ae, tons..| 1,103,610 .86 | 1,286, 874 11.60 12,801,876 — 
| | = SNA eee 
iRotabatctaan oe Ot \itc nea ee Cae lw 1,546,107 |). ee | 49,236, 026 
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