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BEAN CULTURE 



FOREIGN TRADE IN BEANS 



Years Bushels 



1905-6. . . . . . 447474 



1904-5 3: 



1903-4 248,805 



1902-3 232,841 



1901-2 324,481 



1900-1 468,670 



1899-0 617, 



1898-9 883,201 



1897-8 854,284 



1896-7 900,219 



1895-6 473,975 



1894-5 242,680 



1893-4 326,748 



1892-3 389,913 



1891-2 637,972 



1890-1 251,063 



1889-0 261,212 



Domestic grown beans exported to foreign coun- 

 tries go chiefly to Cuba, Porto Rico, etc. This busi- 

 ness is not growing very rapidly. In fact, the de- 

 velopment of the West Indies in some ways seems 

 to have retarded our export trade in beans. As 

 Cuba and the other islands gain in population of 

 whites with American ideas, they show more dispo- 

 sition one year with another to use increased quanti- 

 ties of canned fruits and vegetables from the United 

 States rather than such food products as dry beans. 

 Exports of beans direct to Europe are small. Farm- 

 ers there grow about all the varieties we have here, 



