458 -REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



merchantable was three-fifths of the whole ; the proportion in an aver- 

 age year is four-fifths. In the March report it was said: 



The extent of this disaster by frost is so sweeping that the aggregate of sound 

 corn would not bo materially lessened if all in the northern belt of States should be 

 counted unmerchantable. In Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Michi- 

 gan, Wisconsiu, and Dakota the merchantable amounts to only 21,000,000 bushels. If 

 all should be called unsound it would still leave the aggregate 915,000,000. So se- 

 vere is the damage that the great corn States, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio, 

 which produce more than a third of the national crop, only report 35 per cent, of sound 

 corn. If we should say that not a bushel of sound corn was grown north of Ohio 

 River, from the Alleghenies to the Missouri, the aggregate would still be 723,000,000 

 bushels merchantable. 



The extent of the injury is shown by the price, the unmerchantable 

 averaging 27.2, the merchantable 51.4, cents per bushel. It will be seen 

 from the statement that five-sixths of all the damaged corn is found 

 north of the Ohio Kiver, and west of Pennsylvania. 



Merchantable. Unmerchantable. 



States and Territories. 



Bushels. 



Price 

 per 

 bushel. 



Value. 



Bushels. 



Price 

 per 

 bushel. 



Value. 



• 



oo9, ob4 



$0 83 



three? froo 



$555, 73o 



393, 2.50 



$0 45 



$1/0, yob 





yyy, ooo 



85 



849, 1 54 



369, 495 



43 



i ro oqo 

 loo, ooo 





1, 108, 553 



82 



909, 013 



708, 747 



41 



AAA PAC 



^90, ooo 





1 JOT OTrt 



1, 42 / , 3 iv 



79 



1, 127, 622 



611, 730 



35 



214, 105 





327, Ivi 



85 



Or7Q OAO 



278, ioi 



87, 003 



42 



36, 541 





1, Aiil, 500 



75 



fini DTK 



961, 875 



427, 500 



35 



149, 625 





£ 1 On A AK 



O, 129, 440 



71 



4, 351, 90o 



11, OOO, loo 



30 



3, 414, 976 





7, 674, 929 



65 



A OOO l7flA 



4, 988, 704 



A, 040, 171 



30 



612, 051 





OA AC 4 iOO 



20, 061, 422 



66 



«n OJO c i fi 



13, 242, 519 



17, 792, 978 



31 



5, 515, 823 





O AliJ OAO 



3, 47o, 202 



55 



1, 913, Oil 



OiO AAA 



34o, 998 



40 



137, 599 



Maryland. 



13, 000, 960 



57 



7, 410, 547 



3 2.">0. 240 



28 



910, 067 





18| 808, 090 



68 



12, 789, 501 



8, 060, 610 



35 



2, 821, 213 





22, 379, 916 



83 



18, 575, 330 



6, 312, 284 



44 



2, 777, 405 





9, 997, 020 



85 



8, 497, 467 



1, 110, 780 



48 



533, 174 





21, 908, 151 



83 



17, 526, 521 



2, 707, 749 



42 



1, 137, 255 





3, 093, 272 



90 



2, 783, 945 



305, 928 



39 



119, 312 





22, 522, 798 



76 



17, 117, 326 



3, 666, 502 



47 



1, 723, 256 





23, 230, 532 



77 



17, 892, 130 



2, 020, 568 



47 



949, 067 





11, 817, 540 



73 



8, 626, 804 



1, 313, 060 



48 



630, 269 





57, 463, 133 



65 



37, 351, 036 



5, 683, 167 



41 



2, 330, 098 





26. 192, 590 



63 



16, 501, 332 



4. 263, 910 



32 



1, 304, 451 





57, 190, 510 



61 



34, 886, 211 



7, 068, 490 



28 



1, 979, 177 





8, 862, 280 



68 



6, 026, 350 



5,431,720 



36 



1, 955, 419 





64, 125, 476 



48 



30, 780, 228 



14, 076, 324 



28 



3, 941, 371 



Ohio 



27, 952, 800 



58 



16, 212, 624 



45, 607, 200 



23 



10. 489, Cf-6 





3,854. 214 



60 



2, 312, 528 



17, 558, 086 



29 



5, 091, 845 



Indiana 



46, 853, 800 



48 



22, 489, 824 



48, 766, 200 



26 



12, 679,212 





73, 363, 140 



43 



31, 546, 150 



130, 423, 3G0 



28 



36,518,541 





4, 008, 481 



54 



2, 164, 580 



19, 570, 819 



28 



5, 479. 829 





2,419, 968 



48 



1, 161, 585 



12, 704, 832 



23 



2, 922, 111 





44, 103, 540 



41 



18, 082, 451 



25, 525, 460 



25 



31, 381, 365 





96, 993, 000 



42 



40, 737, 060 



64, 662, 000 



27 



17, 458, 740 





158, 976, 828 



35 



55, 641, 890 



13, 824, 072 



25 



3, 456, 018 





67, 856, 863 



29 



19, 678, 490 



33, 422, 037 



21 



7, 018, 628 





2, 267, 616 



92 



2, 086, 207 



197, 184 



67 



13?, 113 



Oregon. — 



106, 026 



81 



85, 881 



23. 274 



60 



13, 961 





16, 880 



80 



13, 504 



4, 220 



50 



2,110 





441,643 



90 



397, 479 



90, 457 



89 



80, 507 





43, 760 



1 20 



52. 512 



10, 940 



95 



10, 393 



Dakota 



1, 867,721 



74 



1,382,114 



3, 047, 334 



29 



883, 727 





6, 727 



1 25 



8, 409 



3,313 



50 



1,656 





734, 779 



72 



529, 041 



195, 321 



37 



72, 269 



Utah 



224, 080 



73 



163, 578 



56, 020 



42 



23, 528 





49, 120 



95 



46, 664 



12, 280 



50 



6, 140 



Total 



935, 900, 541 



51.4 



480, 735, 043 



615, 133, 854 



27.2 



167, 601, 631 



"WHEAT ON HAND. 



The crop of 1883 was so small that especial interest was manifested in 

 the returns of stock on hand in March, in comparison with similar inves- 

 tigations in former years. The returns estimate wheat in the lands 



