THE INFLUENCE OF CROPS UPON BUSINESS 31 

 THE AMERICAN CROP FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS' 



Yeari 



Cotton 



Wheat 



Corn 



1870 



187 1 

 1872 



1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 



1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 



1891 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 



1901 

 1902 

 1903 



1904 

 1905 



Millions of baits'^ 



4-35 



Millions of bushels 

 235 



Millions of bushels 

 1094 



2.97 



2-93 



4.17 



3-83 



4-63 



4-47 

 477 

 5.07 

 5.76 

 6.60 



230 

 249 

 286 

 308 

 292 

 289 



364 

 420 

 448 

 498 



991 

 1092 



932 

 850 

 1321 

 1283 

 1342 

 1388 



1547 

 1717 



5-45 

 6.94 



5-71 

 570 



6-57 

 6.50 

 7.04 

 6-93 

 7-31 

 8.65 



383 

 504 

 421 



512 

 357 

 457 

 456 



415 

 490 



399 



1 194 

 1617 

 1551 

 1795 

 1936 

 1665 

 1456 

 1987 

 2112 

 1489 



903 



6.70 



7-54 

 9.90 



7-15 

 87s 



II. I 



11.27 



9-43 

 10.38 



10.68 

 10.72 

 10.01 

 '3-55 



611 



515 

 396 

 460 

 467 

 427 

 530 

 675 

 547 

 522 



748 

 670 

 637 

 552 

 693 



2060 

 1628 

 1619 

 1212 

 2151 

 2283 

 1902 

 1924 

 2078 

 2105 



1522 



2523 

 2244 

 2467 

 2707 



^ The year quoted is the year in which the crop was raised ; for example, in the 

 case of cotton, the year beginning September i . 



* The bales have tended to grow heavier, and have varied from 440 to 490 lb. 



