REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



455 



supplied with Short-horns that importation of 2 only are reported, 

 summary of the record is as follows : 



The 



States. 



California , 



Connecticut 



Illinois , 



Kentucky 



Maryland 



Massachusetts 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



New Jersey 



New York 



Pennsylvania .. 



Tennessee 



"Wisconsin 



Total. 



92 



25 



198 



72 



20 



50 



70 



43 

 100 



297 



35 



42 

 C01 

 34 



1.235 



11 



* From Scotland— destination unknown. 



COBS'. 



DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION. 



The rate of consumption of corn differs in accordance with its uses 

 and with climate. If used for meat-making, it is consumed as early as 

 possible before the severity of winter weather interferes with fattening. 

 That fed to hogs is thus disposed of mainly before Christmas. When 

 used mainly for feeding work animals, as in the South, it is fed through- 

 out the year, and the season of hardest work is the planting season, 

 from March to July. Hence it is found that two-thirds of the supply- 

 has been used or sold in the West by the 1st of March, while in the 

 South nearly half is still on hand at that date. 



The investigation of March, 1883, showed a reduction of stock on 

 hand of 40,000,000 bushels in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and 

 Iowa, as compared with the stock of the previous March. The total 

 difference in the aggregate stocks of the two seasons for the whole 

 country was 75,000,000 bushels, while the difference in the production of 

 the two years was 66,000,000 bushels. The feeding value of the crop 

 of 1883 was less, and its consumption was therefore greater, despite 

 the economy enforced by higher prices. The comparison of the two 

 seasons is thus compared : 



Stock on hand March 1- 



Sections. 



1883. 



. 1884. 



Bushels. 



Per 

 cent 



Bushels. 



Per 

 cent 





1, 898, 701 

 29. 397, 288 



171, 551,062 

 381, 600, 606 

 735, 734 



2, 282, 552 



29.8 

 37.4 

 43.5 

 33.8 

 25.4 

 35.0 



2, 843, 390 

 21, 890, 705 

 137, 922, 030 

 346, 771,467 

 760, 128 

 2, 036, 281 



33.8 

 31.8 

 41.4 

 30.7 

 29.3 

 29.8 













Total 



587, 465, 943 



36.3 



512, 224, 003 



33.0 





