PLANT AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 
Coffee: 
Pounds. 
Value. 
1884.. 
•• 53 2 , 5 i 4 , 8 so 
$49,685,689.30 
1885.. 
.. 572,222,841 
46 , 7 2 3 , 2 9°- i 6 
Leaves and shells of crude cocoa: 
Pounds. 
Value. 
1884.... 
... 12,263,948 
$1,673,088.00 
1885... 
... 10,300,078 
i, 33 2 , 375 -oo 
The above facts, including the tables of statistics, show 
the extent of our dependence on the presence of chemical 
compounds in the various plant sources from which we derive 
many of our supplies. 
The consideration of the cereal products of the United 
States and our domestic sugar supply in relation to this subject, 
seems of sufficient importance to detain us for a few minutes. 
“The total production 1 of the six principal cereal grains of 
the United States for the census year amounts to 2,697,962,456 
bushels, an average of 58.8 bushels per head for the whole 
population. The total breadth of cultivation and the amount 
of product of each of the grains is as follows: — 
Grain. Acres. Production , Bushels. 
Corn. 62,368,869 1,754,861,535 
Wheat. 35,430,052 459,479,505 
Oats... 16,144,593 407,858,999 
Barley. 1,997,7*7 44,113,495 
Rye. 1,842,303 19,831,59s 
Buckwheat. 848,389 11,817,327 
Total.118,631,923 2,697,962,456 
“Whether considered in respect to breadth of cultivation, 
total product, or average production per head of the whole 
population, these figures place the United States at the head 
of the grain-producing countries of the world.” . . . “The 
tables of cereal production, taken in connection with the 
tables of other production, and these compared with the 
returns of previous census years, show that agriculture con- 
1 Report on the Cereal Production of the United States, Dept, of the Interior, 
Census Office, 1884, p. 381. 
