28 INDIAN CORN. 



The increase of the corn crop during the twenty 

 years from 1840 to 1860, was at the rate of a little more 

 than six per cent, a year. It may then, we think, be 

 fairly taken for granted, that the gain for the present 

 decade will be, at least, equal to five per cent, a year. 

 According to this ratio of increase, and taking the 

 same valuation as before, the corn crop for 1870 will 

 show the following aggregate, in quantity and value : 



1,258,189,110 bushels of grain, at 60c. . . .$754,913,466 

 60,000,000 tons of stover, at $5 300,000,000 



$1,054,913,466 



CONSUMPTION OF THE CKOP. In view of the present 

 and increasing amount of this stupendous crop, it be- 

 comes an interesting and important inquiry, where 

 and how it is consumed. 



The amount of corn exported is small compared 

 with that of wheat, and when viewed in contrast with 

 the product of the entire crop, appears quite insignifi- 

 cant. The total exports of corn and wheat for the last 

 six years, and the average per year, are as follows : 



Corn, 40,895,237 bushels, average per year 6,815,872 bush. 



Wheat, 112,938,693 " " " ....18,823,115 " 



Thus it appears that the ratio of corn exported is 

 less than one per cent, of the whole crop, while that of 

 wheat is very nearly eleven per cent., without includ- 

 ing the shipment of flour, which during the same 

 period averages 1,667,342 barrels per year. If this 

 amount is added to the grain sent abroad, it will make 

 the ratio of wheat exported about fifteen per cent, of 

 the entire crop. 



