AREA DEVOTED TO FLAX CULTURE. 



SUMMARY OF THE AREA DEVOTED IN 1880 TO THE CULTIVATION OK FLAX IN THE 

 FOLLOWING COUNTRIES, WITH THE QUANTITY OF FLAX FIBER PRODUCED IN EACH 

 COUNTRY, THE APPROXIMATE TOTAL VALUE OF SAME, AND THE APPROXIMATE 

 YIELD PER ACRE, viz: 



AREA UNDER FLAX IN! 



l88l IN THE FOLLOWING 



STATES, viz : 



IMPORTS INTO THE UNITEDSTATES. 



RAW FLAX. 

 From 1871 to 1880, 39,480 Tons Valued at $10,986.469 



No merchantable Flax Fiber\ 



produced. From I8yi to l8 8o, 



In 1881. 



TOTAL QUANTITY OF FLAX 

 SEED SAVED ON THIS AREA 

 ABOUT (bushels) 8,000.000 



VALUED AT - - $8,000,000 



The average yield in E.urope 

 of Fiber alone is $j2 per acre. 

 In the Western States the seed 

 yields only $7.70 per acre. 



THEREOF. 



- $80,611,758 

 19,558,126 



TOTAL, 



$91,169,884 



TOTAL VALUE OF OUR IMPORTS FROM 1871 TO 1881. 



RAW FLAX, - - - $12,448,745 



FLAX MANUFACTURES, 198,768,942 



HEMP, JUTE, ETC. , and manufactures thereof , 91,169,884 



TOTAL, - - - $302,387,571 



