Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1880 — The Wheat Crop of 1880. [ARTICLE]

The Wheat Crop of 1880.

Mr. Charles Worthington, Statistician of the Department of Agriculture, has completed his final investigations and compilations in regard to tho wheat crep of tho United States for 1880, a detailed account of which, by States, has been furnished to the Cincinnati Price Cun-ent, as follows ; 1880. 1879. JBushels. Bushels. Maine 383,145 488,688 New Hampshire 204,525 159,529 Vermont 520,096 493,924 Massachusetts 15,606 15,354 lihode Is'aud ' Connecticut 43,720 ’ ’ 39’348 New York 12,931.237 10,746,660 New Jersey 2,473,974 1,784,115 Pennsylvania 22,299,090 22,307,247 Delaware 1,369,040 1,012,583 Maryland 7,485,800 6,999,696 Virginia 9,322,350 8,851,007 Noith Carolina 3,478,080 3,223,836 South Carolina- 690,720 1,140,400 Georgia. 2,582,370 3,610,920 Florida Alabama 946,620 1,501,592 Mississippi 374,000 417,312 Louisiana Texas Arkansas 1,167,G00 1,384,000 Tennessee 9,309,600 11,&52,640 West Virginia 4,651,150 4,350,580 Kentucky 5,347,120 7,681,620 Ohio 87,792,800 36,591,360 Michigan 30,705,000 28,773,120 Indiana 38,341,990 43,709,148 Illinois 53,767,200 44,896,830 Wisconsin 16,464,000 20,565,468 Minnesota 40,752,000 31,877,135 lowa 36,098,400 32,787,043 Missouri 30,688,000 20,802,300 Kansas 19,850,000 18,089.060 Nebraska 10,208,000 13,043,703 California 45,760,000 35,000,000 Oregon 12,920,000 8,188,800 Other States and Territories 18,005,000 16,900,000 Tota number of bu5he15..480,849,723 448,755,118 The annual production of wheat in the United States, the exports of wheat, including Hour, and the remaining supply for domestic use, compare for five years, each year ending June 30, as follows : Production, Exports, Bemaining, bushels. bushels. bushels. 1875- 292,136,000 74,750,682 217,385,318 1876- 289,356,500 67,043,935 232,312,564 1877- 364,194,146 92,139,236 272,054,910 1878- 420,122,400 147,687,649 472,434,751 1879- 448,755,118 180,304,168 268,450,950 If the domestic requirements shall be 275,000,000 bushels during the current year, there will remain 205,000,000 bushels for export, or 25,000,000 more than in the preceding year.