232 iMONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



GRAIN AND FLOUR TRADE OF THE U. STATES. 



The following Table will show the export of bread-stuffs from the United States to Great 

 Britain and Ireland for the year ending Sept. 1, 1847 : 



From Flour, bbls. Com Meal, bbls. WheRt, bush. Com, bneh. 



New-York 1,673,.582 354,127 2,505.756 6,818,263 



Philadelphia 320,950 244,604 539,633 1,127,125 



Baltimore 304,263 82,926 101,376 1,687,896 



Norfolk 49,687 21,289 1,362,761 



New-Orleans 671,335 71,175 818,770 5,186,330 



Boston 80,933 25,646 11,541 574,404 



Other ports 49,939 47,513 38,058 541,965 



Total 3,150,689 847,280 4.015,134 17,298,714 



In addhion to wliicb, 88,261 bushels of rye, 436,881 of oats, and 289,613 of barley, were 



exported. 



The exports from the city of New- York alone to Great Britain, Ireland, France, and all 



foreign ports, for the year, were as follows : 



To Great Britain, &c. France. All Foreign Porte. 



Flour bbls 1,673,582 243,433 2.154,161 



Corn Meal 354,127 4.075 415,581 



Wheat bush 2,505,756 352,890 3,085,134 



Corn 6,818,263 5,772 6,964.952 



Hye 75,692 104,425 1,007,159 



Oats 367,791 3,368 416,486 



Barley . . 287,503 32 296,208 



The following Table, showing the exports of com, flour and wheat, by months, though dif- 

 fering somewhat in its aggregate from the official figiires given above, is still near enough 

 correct to be of interest in illustrating the course of trade during the year : 



1846. Corn, bushels. Wheat Flour, bbls. Rye Flour, bbls. Wheat, bush. 



September 117,949 87,195 505 151,765 



October 195,182 163,967 953 222.380 



November 367,350 11.5,161 489 303,121 



December 245,791 232,894 970 276,758 



1847. 



January 411,440 129.825 2,678 160,434 



February 814,922 136,313 1,343 149,217 



March 1.188,240 77,819 999 82,789 



April 1,052,042 100,551 5,629 74,059 



Mav 471,947 111,700 2.938 66,282 



June 736,883 342,080 2.965 397,437 



July 807,204 420,812 1,238 741,327 



August 402,781 189,031 572 305,086 



Total .6,811,7'31 2,107.348 21,279 2,930,655 



The total receipts here by the Hudson River from the opening of navigation to the 14th 

 of September last were 2,009,297 bbls. of wheat flour; 94,395 bbls. corn meal ; 1,483,400 

 bushels of wheat ; 2,843,841 bushels of corn; and 192,635 bushels of rye. 



I^' Glass Milk-Pans are coming more and more into use in Europe. Their advantages 

 on the score of cleanhness must be obvious. It were to be wished that Societies or Insti- 

 tutes would appoint a Standing Committee and put aside a small portion of their ample 

 funds, for the instant importation of sample articles invented abroad connected with agricul- 

 tural and rural economy. True it is that, in general, this may be left to the vigilance and 

 rivalry of tradesmen and manufacturers ; but many years may elapse before we get the 

 benefit of many things which might at once be profitably introduced. The same reason and 

 policy that prompt the offer of premiums for usefiil things of home invention, would warrant 

 the introduction of things which have been recently invented and patronized by Agricul- 

 tural Societies abroad. Satisfied that glass milk- pans (on which the manufacturer should in- 

 dicate the capacity of the vessel) would be a valuable acquisition to our dairy-women, we 

 respectfully suggest the importation of a dozen, and the offer of a premium to the glass manu- 

 facturer who shall first produce them in this country, at a cost tliat will justify their being 

 brought into general use. It has been seen in a very interesting and valuable Essay on 

 " The Management of Ilolstein Dairies" published in The Farmers' Library, that there the 

 daii-y-women are allowed $1 a year for " pan money, ''^ and charged for all they break ; yet 

 they always " make by the operation." Let us have glass milk-pans. 

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