4G0 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Stales and Territories. 



Crop of 1883. 



Stock on hand March 

 1, 1884. 



Consumed in 

 county where 

 grown. 



Shipped from 

 county where 

 growjQ. 





Bushels. 

 20,851,100 

 27, 481, 300 

 36, 322, 000 

 13, 122, 400 

 99, 200 

 2, 394, 000 



Bushels. 

 8, 323, 841 

 7, 694, 764 

 8,717, 280 

 2, 220, 808 

 26, 784 

 790, 020 



Per. ct. 

 31 



28 

 24 

 17 



27 

 33 



Bushels. 

 9, 397, 885 

 10, 992, 520 

 9, 443,720 

 3, 936, 720 

 77, 376 

 909, 720 



Bushels. 

 17, 453, 215 

 16, 488, 780 

 26, 878, 280 

 9, 185, 680 

 21,824 

 1, 484; 280 





Idaho 



16, 128, 000 



3, 386, 880 



21 



3, 709, 440 



12, 418, 560 



Utah 



Washington 



942, 000 

 977, 900 

 1,579, 400 

 3, 182, 700 



254, 340 

 244, 475 

 473, 820 

 732, 021 



27 

 25 

 30 

 23 



423, 900 

 811,657 

 931, 840 

 2, 068, 755 



518, 100 

 166, 243 

 647, 554 

 1, 113, 915 















Total 













420, 154, 500 



119, 273,012 



28.4 



175, 650, 785 



244, 503, 715 



"Consumed in the county" includes all flour made in the county 

 where the wheat is grown, whether for home use or shipment else- 

 where. 



PROPORTION OF GRADES. 



An examination of the inspection records of wheat in the principal 

 cities shows that very little grades as No. 1, so that practically No. 2 is 

 the highest grade. As is well known, No. 2 is the standard grade for 

 quotations of prices of wheat. 



A compilation of the statistics of the Chicago inspection, as given 

 below, shows that in five years but 3.9 per cent, of the winter and 3.1 

 of spring was classed as No. 1, while 64 per cent, of winter and 52.6 of 

 spring was graded No. 2. There was 8.4 per cent, of winter below No. 

 3 and 12.6 per cent, of spring. 



The record sh ows also that three-fourths of the receipts at Chicago 

 are of spring wheat. The proportion of all the lower grades is much 

 greater in spring than in winter wheat, a result of the primitive and 

 negligent style of cultivation in vogue in the districts where all-wheat 

 farming is practiced. 



Only 55.7 percent, of the spring wheat of Chicago, between 1878 and 

 1832, passed as No. 1 and No. 2, while 67.9 per cent, of the winter wheat 

 was classed in those grades, a difference of more than one-fifth in favor 

 of winter wheat. 



The following is a record of receipts, by car loads, for five years : 



Grades. 



1878. 



1879. 



1880. 



1881. 



1882. 



Average for 

 five year3. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 



cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Winter: 



No. 1 



No. 2 



No. 3 , .. 



Below 3 



Spring: 



No. 1. 



No. 2 



No. 3 



Below 3 



Total cars. 



Winter 



Spring 



888 

 10, 342 

 1, 594 

 432 



6, 347 

 24, 648 

 15, 155 



7, 187 



67 

 78 

 12 

 3.3 



11.9 

 46.2 

 28.4 

 13.5 



597 



7, 703 

 3, 302 



830 



62 



34, 073 

 26, 945 



8, 604 



4.8 

 61.9 

 26.6 



6.7 



0.1 

 4S. 9 

 38.7 

 12.3 



198 



8, 567 

 4, 297 

 1, 181 



82 



26, GGO 



9, 432 

 3, 920 



1.4 



60.1 

 30.2 

 8.3 



0.2 

 66. 5 

 23.5 



9.8 



4 



651 

 874 

 570 



25 

 17, 892 

 8, 802 

 4, 503 



0.2 

 31.0 

 41.6 

 27.2 



0.1 

 57.3 

 28.2 

 14.4 



991 

 17, 031 



6, 337 

 2, 855 



264 

 10, 319 



7, 950 

 2, 886 



3.6 

 62.6 

 23.3 

 10.5 



1.2 



48.2 

 37.1 

 13.5 



536 

 8, 859 

 3, 281 

 1,173 



1, 356 

 22,718 

 13, 657 



5, 420 



3.9 

 64.0 

 23.7 



8.4 



3.1 

 52.6 

 31.7 

 12.6 



66, 593 





82, 116 



15. 1 

 84.9 



54, 337 



14,243~ 

 40, 094 





33, 321 





48, 633 





57, 000 















13, 256 

 53, 337 



19.9 

 80.1 



12, 432 

 69, 684 



26.2 

 73.8 



~^099 

 31, 222 



6.3 

 93.7 



27,214 

 21, 419 



56.0 

 44.0 



13, 849 

 43, 151 



24.3 

 75.7 



