Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1898 — FARMERS REAP A HARVEST. [ARTICLE]

FARMERS REAP A HARVEST.

Immense Increase in Exports to European Countries. The farmers of the United States will receive during 1898 ’ more money from abroad for their products than in any preceding year. A statement regarding the exports of principal agricultural products just issued by the treasury bureau of statistics shows that in the item of breadstuffs alone the exports for the ten months ended Oct. 33, 1808 V amounted /to §250,237,455, which is §05,000,000 greater than in the corresponding months of last year and §38,000,000 in excess of the exceptional year 1802. Provision exports also show a good record, being for the ten months of 1808 §162,880,1143, against §146,607,039 in the corresponding months of last year and §125,508,568 in 1892. Cotton exports for the ten months are §13,000,000 in excess of last year and the number of pounds is larger than in any corresponding period in the history of the country. The exportation of practically all classes of farm products lias increased. In wheat, corn, rye, oats, oatmeal, cotton, bacon, hams, lard, oleomargarine, fresh beef and many other articles of farm production the exportations of the ten months are not only in excess of those of the corresponding months of last year, hut larger than in any previous year. The following table shows the exports of breadstiiffs and provisions in the ten months ended Oct. 31 compared with the corresponding ten months of the throe preceding years: Year. Breadstiiffs. Provisions. 1895 §07.622,354 §125,598,506 1896 136.163,183 135,851,713 1897 185,416,853 146,607,030 185)8 250.237,455 162,880,643 One of the most interesting features of the export trade is the increasing demand for American corn in the principal countries of western Europe.