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Production of Wheat in Buenos Ayres in 1895-96. 



The Minister of Public Works in La Plata has recently 

 published a report on the agriculture of the province of 

 Buenos Ayres, embracing the harvest of 1895-96. According 

 to this report the area under wheat in that year in the 

 province of Buenos Ayres was 971,197 acres, against 980,138 

 acres in the previous year. The decrease in 1896 is attri- 

 buted to the large dimensions of the maize crop. The area 

 under wheat fifteen years ago was only 220,729 acres. The 

 actual yield on the basis of the return of the working of 

 the threshing-machines employed is calculated at 12,781,743 

 bushels, or an average yield of thirteen bushels per acre. 

 The number of threshing machines in the province was 

 placed at 892, as compared with 327 in 1888. 



Grain Trade of Galveston. 



The grain trade of Galveston, Texas, which at the end of 

 1895 was beginning to be of importance, has, says Mr. 

 Consul Nugent, maintained a steady increase, and now bids 

 fair to be a permanent and striking feature of this port. 



During the year 1896 the total amount of cereals exported 

 was 9,662,776 bushels, as against 1,233,477 bushels in 1895, 

 or an increase of some 700 per cent. Of this amount 

 3,440,494 bushels were wheat and 6,222,282 bushels maize. 



Now that Galveston appears to have become a permanent 

 exporting point for grain, it has been found that the elevator 

 facilities are insufficient for the business. The present 

 elevators, of which there are two, can accommodate 1,400,000 

 bushels at a time. 



A new elevator, in course of construction, will hold 

 600,000 bushels, and it is further proposed to enlarge one 

 of the existing elevators, from 400,000 to 700,000 bushels, thus 

 giving Galveston a total storage capacity of 2,300,000 bushels. 

 It is expected that this capacity will be ready for use by July. 



Plans have also been proposed for the building of additional 

 elevators by outside companies, but the schemes are not yet 

 fully matured. The indications are that Galveston will 



