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The aggregate export value of our breadstuffs shows an increase of 

 $28,579,272, or 15 per cent, over the previous fiscal year, notwithstand- 

 ing all the items in the table present a lower average value except 

 corn meal, which has but an insignificant elfect upon the entire aggre- 

 gate. The average value of barley fell off a third, corn 18 per cent., oats 

 10 per cent., rye 12 per cent., wheat 21 percent., rice 8 percent. Of grain 

 products corn meal increased from $2.62.5 per barrel to $2.65 ; rye flour 

 fell off 21 per cent., and wheat flour over 15 per cent. In quantity our 

 barley export was less than one fifth that of the previous year; corn in- 

 creased about 1 per cent. ; oats declined about 4 per cent. ; rye increased 

 15 per cent. Our wheat exjjort showed a vast enlargement, and to this 

 more than to any other cause is due our immense increase in the aggre- 

 gate value of our breadstuffs export. The amount sent out was 49,948,975 

 bushels larger than in 1878, an increase of nearly 70 per cent. This was 

 mostly of the crop of 1878 marketed during the fiscal year 1879. Our 

 rice export, though about one-sixth larger than last year, is still insig- 

 nificant. Of i)reparations of grain corn meal fell off 8 per cent., and 

 rye flour 37 per cent. Wheat flour enlarged 43 per cent. 



In the distribution of this vast amount of production very considera- 

 ble changes from last year are noted. The TJuited Kingdom takes about 

 half the total value against nearly seven-tenths the previous year. In 

 barley the export declined from 3,421,308 bushels to 176,132 ; corn fell 

 off' slightly ; oats increased ; rye fell to about two-fifths, but wheat in- 

 creased nearly 3,000,000 bushels and flour over a million barrels. France 

 vastlj^ increased her proportion of this general aggregate, especially in 

 wheat, taking 42,147,558 bushels against 4,337,091 the previous year ; 

 she also enlarged her quota of oats nearly threefold. Her flour export, 

 though largely increased, is still quite small. Her quota of corn is some- 

 what decreased. The raw grain export to Germany is largely aug- 

 mented excepting oats, which almost disappeared. Belgium and Neth- 

 erlands have also increased tbeir demand on us for grain, especially 

 wheat, which enlarged from 4,337,091 bushels to 11,443,528 ; their flour 

 quota increased about 50 per cent. Our trade in breadstuffs to other 

 European countries has also increased ; all the grains were taken in in- 

 creased quantities, but the export of flour fell off". With British l^Torth 

 America our aggregate values have fallen off' over $3,000,000. The bar- 

 ley export is but a little over 10 per cent, of the previous one in quan 

 tity. Corn, oats, rye, and wheat have declined more or less, but the 

 number of barrels of flour greatly increased. With that portion of the 

 American continent south of us and with the West Indies the aggregate 

 values have somewhat increased, but bear a smaller proportion to the 

 whole than last year. The same may be said of the other countries of 

 the v.oild not included in the above. 



