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Horticultural Statistics, continued. 



17. MISCELLANEOUS. 



In 1888, between 200 and 300 tons of dried pyrethrum flow- 

 ers for Persian insect powder were imported into this coun- 

 try. California produced about 50 tons. 



The Florida orange crop was estimated at 2,000,000 boxes in 

 1888. In 1889 it is estimated that 1,600,000 boxes. 



The estimated yield of cranberries in 1888 was 585,000 bush- 

 els, of which New England produced 260,000, New Jersey, 225,- 

 ooo and the West 100,000. The estimates for 1889 place the 

 New England crop at 22^ per cent, short, the Western crop 

 37/^ per cent, short, and the New Jersey crop 40 per cent, short. 



About 20,000,000 cocoanuts come into the New York market 

 every year. They come mostly from Central America. 



The "dried currants" of commerce are seedless grapes. 

 They come from Greece. The following figures give an idea 

 of the extent of this industry : 



In 1871 81,800 tons were grown. 



In 1878 101,000 " " " 



In 1888 160,000 " " " 



NUMBER AND COST OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 

 There are to-day 46, or, counting branch stations, 57 agricul- 

 tural experiment stations in the United States. Every state 

 has at least i station, several have 2, and one has 3. These 46 

 stations now employ over 870 trained men in the prosecution of 

 experimental inquiry. The appropriation by the United States 

 Government for the fiscal year just ended, 1889, for them and 

 for the office of experiment stations in the department, is $505,- 

 ooo ; for the coming year it is $600,000. The several states 

 appropriate about $125,000 in addition, making the sum total 

 of ibout $720,000 given from the public funds the present 

 year for the support of agricultural experiment stations in the 

 United States. This is less than 10 cents for each of 7,500,000 

 farm workers of the country, less than 2^ cents for each of 

 the 30,000,000 of our population directly dependent upon agri- 



