The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-13
GOOD YEAR FOR FARMERS !
Drawing Upon Other p.r,s of the wsrid
For More Honey In the Present fiscsi
Year than any Other In History OF ths

Year than any Other In History OF the
Country. .
WASHINGTON. D. c., June. 12-The
farmers OF the United States are draw
Ing upon other parts OF the world for
more money In the fiscal year whioh
ends with this month than in any pre-
ceding vcar In the history OF the cour,-
try Even the high water mark OF 1ssa, I
when our exports OF agricultural pro-
ducts amounted to s79o,scs. 232 will be-
surpassed by the record OF the year
which closes with this month. The pre-
l!minary report OF May expectations
which have reached the bureau Of sta
tisttcs make 1t quite apparent that
agricultural exports OF the year will be
considerably In excess of $500, 900. 900, the
total for the year being likely to reach
SS35, ,000. 900. Never before have the ex-.
ports Of agricultural products reached
the $500. .Q00. 900 line and never but twice
have they been as much rs 500, 900, 900. Z
the two occasions In which they pass
ed the 100000 900 line being IN 1851 end.
1882. Compared with the last fiscal
year the increase In exports OF agricul-.
tural products will be fully slG0. .o0o.00a
and compared with the preceding year
while the total will be fully 80 per cent
In excess OF that OF the fiscal year 1885.
In breadstuffs alone the exports OF
the year will amount TO nearly Si,00o.OO0
sor each day and win be more than.
500, 100000 In excess of last years ex-s
ports of breadstuffs. Nearly all articles
Ist,, ho- nm t-ft, tpo fa1
In this increase. OF wheat the value OF
the exports for the fiscal gear 1898. will
be more than double those OF the fiscal
year 1897. while the increase dn Hour
will be nearly 80 per cent and Of corn
nearly so per cent in value. May e1-
ports OF corn were larger than those of
any other month In the history OF the
country. while the total exports OF corn
for the year for. the first tImeawill pass
the 900 bushel line, the total In
only three preceding years having
reached 100. .0o0. 900 bushels. Copuneal,
oats and oatmeal and rye show q etrfk-
ing Increase. the gain In oatmeal being
more than 60 per cent overlast year and
that OF oats 100 per cent. while In ryo
the gain is also phenomeDally larye.
In "proviHoas," IN which term are
included beef, hogs and dairy products,
there IS also a marked"Increase. the to-
tai exports OF provisions for the year
being likely to reach sl60, ,0oe, 900 IN VAL
ue. Most OF this increase. however, is
in hog products. expectations ocbaco1
which were s3i. Isl, ,1i7 in value last year.;
being likely to reach s44, 900 900 this
year and lard showing a similar In
crease, being likely to reach s57. 900
this year, or gain OF nearly. S, 900, ,0o0.
Live beef seems to be gaining in popu-
larity With our foreign customers. the
exports OF beef cattle having increased
materially. while those of beet. either
fresh, canned or salted. have 'failed to !
show any increase, In most cases de-
cided falling of being noticeable
The exports of beef cattle during tho
first ten months of the fiscal year were
1868 against 3l0.47S In the correspond-
iag months OF last year. while fresh
beef In the same period fell from 242.-
16s.03i pounds In ten months. OF 1897 to-!
22I.434.S73 pounds In the corresponding
ten months of 1898. Sailed beef shows i
fall OF 35 per cent for the year and can
ned beef from 46.349.0o6 pounds in the
ten months OF 1897 to 34,0l1 ,124 pounds
in the ten months of 1898. 4