EXPOKTS OF FARM AND FOREST PRODUCTS, 1909-11. 



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TABLE 1. BALANCE OF TRADE and relative magnitude of IMPORTS and 

 EXPORTS of FARM products, 1851-1911. 1 



[All values are gold.] 



The values of exports of domestic merchandise for the fiscal years 1862-1879, inclusive, were originally 



by articles and ports i 



was computed by reducing the total mixed value of this class of articles as if it were all in currency. The 

 result thus computed was subtracted from the gold value of all domestic exports to obtain the figure for 

 exports other than farm products. 



The values in gold of $1 in currency, as used in this computation, were: For 1862, $0.985; 1863, $0.729; 

 1864, $0.640; 1865, $0.495; 1866, $0.712; 1867, $0.709; 1868, $0.715; 1869, $0.727; 1870, $0.811; 1871, $0.887; 1872, 

 $0.894; 1873, $0.873; 1874, $0.893; 1875, $0.888; 1876, $0.878; 1877, $0.927; 1878, $0.976; 1879, $0.998. 



Values of imports and of foreign exports are given in gold, as originally reported. 



