The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-05-24
The Exports Last Year Were
Worth S879,000,0O0.
EIGHT MAIN PRODUCTS.
Of These Cotton, Grain, Meat
and Live Animals Lead.
OUR EXPORTS TO ENGLAND.
We Have Long Lead Over All Other
Countries as a Purveyor of Meat
and Meat Products and Live Ami
mails, Cotton and Cereals.

Washington, May 23.-The depart
ment of agriculture has issued a re-
port on THE Nations Farm Surplus"
prepared by George X. Holmes, chief
of the division of foreign markets. 1t
gives $4,500. 900 900 as a conservative
estimate of the value of the farm
products Of this country not fed to
live stock in 1903. on the basis Of the
census valuation. The value of the
exported farm products of this coun-
try was In 1903 $S7S, ,479,45 and the
highest value reached duding the last
IL years was $951, ,62S. .331 in 1901, due
chiefly to cotton.
The value of the exported farm
products of this country is con-
centrated mostly in a few principal
products. OF 1t In 1903 cotton consti-
tuted 36 per cent. grain and grain
products 25 per cent. meat and meat
products and live animals "a per
cent, these products eQualling over IS
per cent. of the exports of farm prod
ucts last year. Adding tobacco. whose
exports were valued at over $S5. 5.000.-
900. oil cake and Oil cake meal
SIS, ,S39, ,279, fruit and nuts over $1S,-
Il
100000 gives a total Of eight classes
Of products. each with an export value
Of over S10,000.00 that comprise
almost Sc per cent. Of the entire farm
exports Of 1908.
Within recent years, ending with
1898, the cotton exports have beer
between three and four billions o.
pounds and the exported fraction O
the crop has been between So and a
per cent. for q long series of years
The fraction Of the wheat crop ex
ported In the last dozen years hai
been about 13 to Al per cent. ant
the exported wheat and wheat fiou
have yearly averaged somewhat NOR,
than zoe, 100000 bushels since 1881
before which period for many year
the quantity was usually 100000 t
i00. 100000 bushels less. Only
small portion Of the corn or maiz
crop is exported as corn, the highes
percentage, IL per cent, being TO
1898. Notwithstanding the small per
centage. the exported bushels reac
i00. .000. 900 to 200.0000.00.
The beef exports weighed 3S5, 900
900, pork exports 551 .000. 900, lard ez
ports 490. 900 900. oleo oil exports 126
000, 900 pounds and tobacco sos 900
900. Butter and cheese exports hav
decidedly declined within two @
three years.
The report says that within a fe'
Years the results OF an enormous e,
, tension Of orchard planting will begi
, to appear and some Of these result
may be In q much increased fruit SUI
plus for export. The exports of an
NAL matter are losing ground rels
, lively, with a corresponding gain b
| vegetable matter.
The report also takes up the con
petition of this country in foreig
markets, showing that this countr
furnished 80 per cent. of the Unite
Kingdoms imports of farm product
| | thus leading in these imports. tt
United States has long lead over Il
competitors as q purveyor Of me,
and meat products and live animal
In likewise pre-eminently conspicuol
. In the United Kingdoms imports
cereals and cotton, but is far ybehiI
Its competitors in dairy products.
In German imports, the Unite
States leads with 22 per cent, in O
, farm products. IS per cent. in cereal
/ furnishes barely three-quarters of
} | per cent of dairy products. contri
, | utes the principal portion of imports
} maize, two-fifths of the oil cake al
: oil cake meal, but is exceeded
wheat hpur supply by Austria Hu
gary,