REPORT OP THE STATISTICIAN. 



485 



EFFECT OF VARYING PBODUOT ON PRICE OF CORK 



Diagram XIX illustrates the inter-relations of yield and price. The 

 yield per acre is that of the entire breadth of the corn crop, and the 

 price the average for the entire product of the country in farm markets, 

 as reported by counties in December of each year. The reduction of 

 yield in 1873 and 1S74 is attended with marked advance in value ; and 

 the successive crops above the average in yield cause a continuous de- 

 cline to a very low figure. The annual yields and prices are as follows: 



Years. 



Average yield. 



Bushels. 



1JT7J 

 18712 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 3882. 



29.1 



48.2 



30.7 



39.8 



23.8 



48.0 



20.7 



G4.7 



29.4 



42.0 



'JG. 1 



37.0 



26.6 



35.8 



26.9 



31.8 



29.2 



37.5 



27. G 



39.6 



18.6 



63. G 



24 6 



48.4 



22, 7 



42.4 



PRODUCTION OF CEREALS IX THIRTY YEARS. 



Diagram XX illustrates the progress of production of the several 

 cereals from 1S49 to 1879, as reported in four decennal enumerations. 

 The increase has been greater in wheat than in corn, or 357 per cent. ; 

 in corn, 19G per cent.; oats, 178 per cent; rye, 75 per cent.; barley, 40 

 per cent. ; buckwheat, 32 per cent. 



The prominence of maize is seen in the fact that its production is 

 usually twice as much as the combined product of wheat, oats, rye, bar- 

 ley, and buckwheat. The proportion of each crop to the whole is thus 

 presented : 



Cereab. 



1850. 



1860. 



1870. 



1850. 





68. 3 

 11. G 

 16.9 

 .G 

 1.6 

 1.0 



87.7 



14.0 



13.9 

 1.3 

 1.7 

 1.4 



54.9 

 20.7 

 20.3 

 2. 2 

 1.2 

 .7 



G5. 1 

 17.0 

 15.1 

 l.G 

 . 7 

 .5 















The quantity in bushels is shown in the following table: 



Cereals. 



1850. 



1860. 



1870. 



1880. 



Corn.- ^ -. 



Wheat 



Bushels. 

 592,071,104 

 100, 485, 944 

 146, 584, 179 

 14, 188, 813 

 5, 167. 015 

 8, 956, 912 



Bushels. 

 838, 792, 742 

 173, 104, 924 

 172, 643, 185 

 21,101,380 

 15, 825, 898 

 17, 571, 818 



Bushels. 

 760, 944, 549 

 287, 745, 626 

 282, 107, 157 

 16, 918, 795 

 29, 761, 305 

 9, 821, 721 



Bushels, 

 1,754,591,676 

 459, 483, 137 

 407, 858, 999 

 19, 831, 595 

 43, 997, 495 

 11, 817,327 



Rye 



Buckwheat 



Total 



807, 453, 9G7 



1,239, 039, 947 



1, 387, 299, 153 



2,697,580,229 



