AND USE IN UNITED STATES. 2$ 



Statistics of the Production of Flax Fibre in the United States, 



Thus, in spite of the high rate of duty 

 imposed in 1870, the production of flax 

 has fallen off enormously, and the amount 

 produced in 1880, under a high tariff, was 

 less than one-third the amount produced 

 in 1860, when flax was on the free list. 



Ohio has been a leading State in the 

 cultivation of flax. The following figures, 

 taken from the State Agricultural Reports, 

 will indicate the history of the flax industry 

 in that State : x 



1 See Rep. U. S. Dept. Ag. for 1877, p. 175. 



2 Highest point reached. 



3 There is a discrepancy between these figures and those in 

 the return of the United States Census. This is probably due 

 to the return of the State Board including coarse fibre and tow 

 not taken into account by the census officers. 



