Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1900 — Our Foreign Trade in Corn. [ARTICLE]

Our Foreign Trade in Corn.

Total exports of corn to all foreign countries were, in 1896, 99.992*835 bushels; in 1899, 174,089,094 bushels. The following shows the value of the exports of beef and hog products in 1896 and in 1899: 1899. 1896. Beef $29,720,258 $28,645,544 Pork 10.639,727 4,017,200 Bacon and hams 62,331,151 46,112,610 Lard 42,208.462 33,589(851 To China, Japan, Asiatic Russia, Australia, Hawaii and the Philippine Islands, exports of the following two cornderived products were in 1890 aud 1899 respectively in value: 1899. 1890. Provisions $966,775 $518,190 Fertilizers 736,531 114,988