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QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



210. Q. What is the proportion to each inhabitant of corn consumed 

 Corn and domestically and in the arts, in the United States? 



A. About thirty-five bushels, an amount greater than the per capita 

 consumption of any cereal in the world. 

 Com. 211. Q. What is the average yield per acre of corn in the United States? 



A. Twenty-four bushels or about one and one-sixth acres grown to 

 each one of the population of sixty-five million, the product valued at 

 $675,000,000. 

 Exports. 212. Q. What proportion of corn and cornmeal is exported ? 



A. Not over four per cent. 

 Wheat. 213. Q. How much wheat is annually grown in the United States? 



A. 460,000,000 bushels, grown on 35,000,000 acres. 

 Exports. 214. Q. How much is annually exported ? 



A. About 125,000,000 bushels. 

 "Wiieat 215. Q. Is the exportation of wheat likely to increase ? 



Export. ^ jj^Q . ^jjg western nations of Europe are our only customers, and 



they draw from every quarter of the globe. The 150,000,000 bushels 

 required in excess of their production they buy where they can get it 

 the cheapest, and probably in the future will purchase less from us. 

 Yield. 216. Q. What is the average yield per acre in the United States ? 



A. Twelve bushels. 

 Wheat to 217. Q. What is the proportion between the average acreage of wheat 



I'opuiation. and the population ? 



A. Something over one-half acre of wheat to each inhabitant — 

 or 7 bushels to each inhabitant. 

 Oats. 218. Q. How many acres are annually cultivated in oats ? 



A. About 21,000,000. 

 Oats. 219. Q. What is the average production per acre of oats? 



A. Twenty-seven bushels. 

 Buckwheat. 220. Q. Of buckwheat, how much is grown annually ? 



A. About 1,000,000 acres, average twelve bushels to the acre. 

 Barley. 221. Q. What quantity of barley is grown in the United States ? 



A. 3,000,000 acres, producing twenty-one bushels to the acre. 

 Kye. 222. Q. What is the annual area of rye in this country ? 



A. Slightly less than 3,000,000, producing an average of twelve bushels 

 to the acre. 

 Cereals. 223. Q. What is the average production of all the cereals per head of 



our population of 65,000,000? 



A. About fifty-two bushels per head, immensely greater than that of 

 any other country in the world. 

 Potatoes. 224. Q. What is the annual production of potatoes in this country ? 



A. About 200,000,000 bushels, produced on 2,750,000 acres, an average 

 of nearly 3 bushels to each inhabitant. Total crop valued at $91,000,000. 

 Hay. 225. Q. How much hay is produced in the United States? 



A. Nearly 50,000,000 tons from about 40,000,000 acres, the estimated 

 value of the product being $400,000,000. 



