STATISTICS, 209 
1887. Notwithstanding the United States 
Department of Agriculture under Secretary 
Rusk’s administration made an effort to dis- 
seminate information abroad concerning the 
value of Indian corn as a food, by sending a 
special agent, Mr. Charles J. Murphy, to Eu- 
rope, there has been no striking increase in the 
| Bushels 
| Corn crop. \ per ee Average | Average 
YEAR. Population, price per | yield 
Bushels. i aig bushel. | per acre. 
OSL) es Sige pate Fae ora 377,531,875 | 22 ee ee 
τ SS Set ee ae Boar See 592,071,104 | 25 Loree x itu 
i} 2 “Ἐς τ SOAS IGS tek Eee &38,792.742 27 ia es 
i LES Baba hb «B68 37.756.000 874,320.000 23 7.3 23.5 
Tr eee Cras Pa: pear | 38,558,371 1,094,255,000 28 AE 28.3 
ete εν eee | 39,555,000 991.898,000 25 48.2. | 29.1 
iy 2) ee a eae 40,596,000 | 1,092,719.000 ΟΝ WE ee RES 
i. i eet sea 41,677,000 932,274,000 | 22 | 48.0 | 23.8 
Behe eS oe o> 42,796 850,148,500 20 SEE 2u.7 
Spee soos xn sc Pee es 43.951 ,000 1.321,069,000 30 42.0 29.4 
ΠΣ ἐντ. o Ὁ Στ το oe 45,137.000 [υὩω11.233.521.500 28 37.0 26.1 
Peg sek τ 46 353,000  1,342,558,000 29 35.8 26.6 
ASR exe εν τς 47.598.000  1,388,218,750 | 29 51.8.26. 9 
Pets Fs oe 48,866 1,547 201,790 32 37.5 | 29.2 
ci) Te ets 50.155.783 | 1,717,434,543 34 39.6 | 276 
Pik ovat ego eetetns | 51,316,000 | 1,194,916,000 ya ΠΣ 18.6 
i es 52,495,000 | 1,617,025,160 5: | 48.4 | 24.6 
1883... 53,633. 1.551,066,895 299 | 42.4 22.7 
co Seat Re πάρτε τ» 54911,000 | 1,795,528,000 ; 33 | 35.7 | 25.8 
RE πὸ τον 56,148,000 | 1,935,176,000 | 34 | 32.8 26.5 
Meters. it, oo πα 57.404.000 | 1,665,441,000 29 36.6 22 0 
πραεῖς eae 58,680,000 | 1,455,161,000 25 44.4 20.1 
“| aaa eee 59,974,000 | 1,987,790,000 33 34.1 26.3 
252 i ees 61,289.000 | 2,112,892,000 34 28.3 7.0 
GUTS 8 eect τς 62,622,250 | 1,489,970,000 24 50.6 20.7 
“Es = fe 64,002,000 | 2,060,154.000 | 32 40.6 27.0 
CIs Cee ek Ge 65,403.000 | 1,628,464,000 25 39.4 23.1 
BE eee 5? 28 66,826,000 | 1,619,496,131 24 36.5 22.5 
TE ee ES GE 68,275,000 | 1.212,770,052 Bb 3 19.4 
export trade. A verification of this statement 
may be found in the following table. In spite 
of this fact, itis confidently believed that the 
persistent and judicious work of Mr. Murphy 
will result eventually in a decided increase in 
our export trade. With a firm belief in the 
value of Indian corn as a food, he has sacrificed 
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