New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-21
AMERICAN FARM PRODCCTS.
THEIR PLACES IN FOREIGN MARKETS.

A PAPER By JOHN JAY READ BEFORE THE FARM
Frs CLUB.
The monthly meeting of the Bedford Farm
ers' Club was held yesterday at the house OF James
WooG Bedford. Westminster County. John Jay read
paper on American Agricultural Products in the
Markets OF the World" lie SAID in part:
We all understand the vastly superior importance the
home market the Amercsn farmer foreign do
mand Even when the ioregn demand for our cereals has
been the largest nearly 80 per cent OF the total product has
been consumed at home; anu yet the singuarly rapid
ing great part from successive failures IN European crops
a a se we b2 3sCa TO sR n RG which
cultivation India h, invested with unusual interest both
agricultural products the markets OF the world"
The increasing attention paid by our Government &c agrl
cultural stascs as shown especay IN the volumes OF the
census AMI Of The Agricultural Department which are sup
that department the Produce Exchange offered valuable
mere and seemed to Command to an Undue
tent The attention o. government but agriculture now justly
and instruction. The French Minister OF Agriculture
aud certain respect. the degree civilization a country
,S ss ryoa' OF tne
that OF the American people nearly SO engaged in
tse IN Win hs too question o. Europe as Il ap
recollection that surplus breadstus
s 1 s y ppSs dsonten S
perhaps avert National revolution;
Before looking at our agricultural exports 1t may be well to
recall the general and familiar fact that the land surface OF the
United States excluding the Indian Territory and Alaska has
OF 1856 millions OF acres OF which O36 million
comprised as farms: that the yo millions Of farms 1860
doubled in the wheat had
fifteen; aud that of wheat had brought
in Dakota to The annual value of
duets IN 1879 26 millions OF dollars made lows:
products 353 cotton 27O poultry products lS0 other pro.
ducts. $40 From this that otton
Onetwelfth OF the whole Cotton said tho stascian
may still be prncey but the realm OF bread
knger sti" compare cereals we export
with the total products. take this table Of 1890
CeredLs. ITOducL Rapport.
Indian Corn bush. 100000 0a0O60O0
wheat Dusn.
oats. bush. RECOMMENDATIONS 4ULODOOO 10000
BaI'y Dush...- s90ooVVVVVV dlz9OOo
compare export OF agricultural products
produce OOO00O which agriculture CON
tributes $500 900 II 90 per cent while
gave lOli per cent The agricultural product
year ending June 80 1854, made up as follows;
America and American products. 100000
Breadstuis lO2 100000
Miscellaneous products 39,OOOOOO
DR. Jay abstr act It the production
port OF wheat tho OF 100000 aud the OF
indian ~ The amount Oi S2o,3OO0UO leaving Tor
the barley bread, oats, rye anu rye Hour only
1890 600 Tue the cultivation and OF
ana Is among the most startling faots or
the the waea pro iucton OF 1850 having been
nfy times greater than IL WAS some fifty years be-
fore. Then followed statistics Of the recent agrlout
ura exports moving the large and Increasing variety
OF products xported, aud comparison Of the exports
and imports United States with foreign
He said:
averaged sos 600 than imports
ports 10 Germany 81, 100000 while theirs ne
A44 100000. rsat Britain ami Ireland 1914 100000,
while take from them goods worth sl6O.OO0OOO