New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 17 
greatest producer and exporter. In 1870 the domestic exports of 
the four great commercial nations of the world were: 
sihemiiitechrisingdom sweeties caer a $971,000,000 
RICUNIAIY bth << «a ORR ae ae aie ek ae ee 552,000,000 
RST Chas eats, kate fee ee ee ae ee ee 541,000,000 
United States a: pees een eae e. 370,000,000 
In 1901 the domestic exports stood : 
RS TILGUe TALES. eee kee wey «saree oe bees $1,460,000,000 
ae COMP THO UO lobar: Sahota, seorre aise sath aye 5s 1,305,000,000 
er SET Noes NB BE Rae Larne ie omc a ae ‘I,113,000,000 
EY atiCereso ay sock a nde Ree eee 804,000,000 
Thus during that period France increased her exports of domes- 
tic products $263,000,000. 
Ute eI OOuISe aarerce ta me ecard ks ee $394,000,000 
Syste CEE Cy ie Re a) ae coe Bee er eenire 501,000,000 
RIEL OLE StL eG mieten See Oye see ei ws 1,084,000,000 
The United States produces % of the wheat of the world, % of 
the meats, 4/5 of the corn, 34 of the cotton. 
Having thus slightly touched the question showing the relative 
importance of the United States as an agricultural producer, to 
the other nations, permit me for a few moments to call your atten- 
tion to the relation of the State of New York to the United States 
as such a producer, viz: 
Number of bushels of wheat in 
United States. New York. Per ct. 
{ec ON EM ree ee 100,485,944 13,121,498 13.05 
POGOW ME iN a ce oS. 173,104,924 8,681,105 5.01 
TS Oe eRe ae Mar aes Pe eee 287,745,626 12,178,462 4.23 
fle Wine. -¢ at ine OR ne eae 450,483,137 11,587,766 2252 
gS WO oo Sag enel Sea ee Ere 468,373,908 8,304,539 1235 
ROO). Se RS ee ae oer 658,534,252 10,412,675 1.58 
Number of bushels of corn in 
United States. New York. Per ct. 
LGU eee Ss. Seda 592,071,104 17,858,400 B2O% 
POOF Gown > ee 838,792,742 20,061,049 224 
LO7O x eae ea) 5's. i's 760,944,549 16,462,825 PANS: 
LOSO soho s aera £754,501 ,070") 25,000,150 1.46 
ESO fart Oo, ee Lip eee Belek 2'7, 547 oe PL OO,OUG a7T 
TO) 2 Nase oh eS 2,666,440,279 20,024,865 -754 
