PRODUCTION OF WHEAT 



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The following table gives the exportation of wheat and flour 

 from the United States by customs districts for the year ending 

 June 30, 1902 ;^ 



\Mieat 



Bushels 



Price per 

 bu. 



Total 

 value 



I — Atlantic ports 



II— Gulf ports 



Ill — Mexican border ports . 

 IV — Pacific ports 



V — Northern border and Lake ports 



71,589=^ 



29,458 



885 



42,581 

 10,341 



0-73S 

 0.798 

 0.628 

 0.736 



^56,1122 

 21,670 

 706 

 26,763 



7,621 



Flour 



I — Atlantic ports ... 



il — Gulf ports 



Ill — Mexican border ports . 



IV — Pacific ports .... 



V — Northern border and Lake ports 



Barrels 



13,0862 



947 



44 



3.059 

 621 



Price per 

 barrel 



^3-85 

 3-75 

 4.01 

 2.97 

 3-83 



Total 

 value 



^50,4352 



3>553 



178 



9,112 



2,382 



3 The figures are stated in thousands. 



The average annual export price of wheat from United States, 

 1898 to 1902, inciusive, was 78 cents per bushel ; for flour $3.90 

 per barrel. 



More than ninety-eight per cent of the wheat exported from 

 the United States in 1902 was shipped from twenty ports. For 

 the five years, 1898-1902, seven of these ports sending out 



1 Commerce and Navigation of United States. Treas. An. Rpt. 1902, VoL I 

 pp. 496-497. 



