REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



487 



times as much, or 53.8 bushels. France, Germany, Hungary, Rouma- 

 nia, Denmark, and Sweden exceed the European average, other coun- 

 tries following below it; Switzerland producing only 6.5 bushels per 

 head. The use of corn in this country in place of roots and forage- 

 plants in feeding of farm animals makes the actual disparity of Euro- 

 pean averages less than it appears. This substitution of one crop for 

 another renders difficult a discriminating comparison of relative abun- 

 dance. Making any reasonable allowance on this score, the fact remains 

 of unprecedented supply in the United States for the sustenance of man 

 and beast. The following table gives the quantities and average per 

 head: 



Product per head of all cereals. 



Conutries. 



Total bushel?. 



Bushels 

 per head. 



United States 



2, 097 580, 229 

 5, 273. 398. 496 



53.8 

 10.1 



74, 456, 840 

 420, CG2, 544 



98, 262, 008 

 703, 754, 609 

 102, 850, 000 

 1,567, 831,233 

 784, 147, 845 



74, 482, 114 

 226, 173, 145 



30. 9 

 27.2 

 21.5 

 20.3 

 19.1 

 18.8 

 17.3 

 14.6 

 14.1 







Roumanian 



Kussia 







Spain 



Countries. 



Total bushels, i 



Bnshels 

 per head. 



Belgium 



Austria 



Servia 



Turkey 



Great Britain 



Xorwav 



Italy . 



Netherlands 



Portugal 



Greece | 



Switzerland 



290, 

 14, 



110, 



286, 

 16, 



262, 

 37, 

 34, 

 10, 

 17, 



797 I 



074 



520 I 



440 1 



289 



G 12 



795 



B8S 



906 



854 



296 



13.4 



13.0 

 11.4 

 11.3 

 9.5 

 9.3 

 9.2 

 8.9 

 8.7 

 6.7 

 6.5 



PROGRESS OF COTTON PRODUCTION. 



Diagram XXIV illustrates the progress of cotton-growing since 1840. 

 A period of twenty years from 1841 to 1SG0, inclusive, is compared with 

 the twenty years since the civil war, from I860 to 1884, inclusive. One 

 covers two decades of production under the system of involuntary serv- 

 itude ; the other, production by free labor. It shows a rapid and almost 

 continuous progress in each period, in response to the constantly in- 

 creasing wants of the civilized world. It shows that no labor convul- 

 sion, no social upheaval, no sudden impoverishment of individuals can 

 subvert the manifest destiny of the cotton belt of North America to 

 supply the world with the cotton fiber. 



The dark perpendicular bands in the diagram represent the cotton 

 retained for home consumption, while the lighter extensions show the 

 proportion of each year exported. The height of the two indicates the 

 total amount of the crop in pounds, according to the scale, so far as 

 the crop of each year is represented by the annual records of the cot- 

 ton movement. 



It is an exhibit which speaks well for the soil of the cotton region, 

 the recuperative powers of the great industry so prostrated, and is in 

 itself a grand prophecy of progress in the future. 



Years. I Production, j Exports. 



Pounds. ' Pound*. 



1841 ; 759,903,750! 584,717,017 



1842 1, 077, 391, 350 i 792, 297. 100 



1 843 948, 860, 550 j 603, 033, 4 55 



1844 1, 118, 097, 900 , 872, 905, 990 



1845 976. 741, 650 j 547, 558, 055 



1 846 837. 2 1 5, 550 ; 527, 2 1 9, 953 



1847 1,090.850.850 814,274,4:U 



1843 1,203,868.200 | 1,020,602,209 



