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But there is another view of the export of corn 

 which presents it in a more favorable light. While 

 less than one bushel in a hundred is sent directly 

 abroad, a much larger proportion than this is indi- 

 rectly exported, in various forms, more remunerative 

 to the farmer, and more profitable for the country. 

 Indian corn enters, in a larger or less degree, into 

 nearly ail the beef, pork, mutton, butter, cheese, and 

 lard produced by the entire farming community. 

 These products are not only in great demand for do- 

 mestic consumption, but are, all of them, with the ex- 

 ception of mutton, largely exported. 



The beef shipped to Europe from the port of ISTew 

 York, during the last three years, amounts, on an aver- 

 age, to forty thousand barrels and fifty-four thousand 

 tierces per year. The pork shipped during the same 

 time exceeds one hundred and forty-seven thousand 

 barrels on a yearly average, and other meats exported 

 amount to over one hundred million pounds a year ; 

 while the aggregate of butter, cheese, and lard sent 

 abroad during the same period is over three hundred 

 and seventy-five million pounds. These results, how- 

 ever, are less than they would have been, in conse- 

 quence of an exceptional decline in the export of pro- 

 visions during the last year. 



But far the largest consumption of Indian corn is 

 by our own people. The home market, which is more 

 easily reached, is vast in extent, and constantly in- 

 creasing in its demand. Not only as a direct article 

 of human food is this grain largely consumed here at 

 home, but also, and to an almost incredible extent, as 



