. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. iw5r^wt« BULLETIN No. 296 Contribution from the Bureau of Crop Estimates LEON M. ESTABROOK, Chief. J^r^ru Washington, D. C. October 25, 1915 OUR FOREIGN TRADE IN FARM AND FOREST PRODUCTS. Prepared under the direction of Perry Elliott, Division of Crop Records. CONTENTS. Page. Summary 1 Live animals 5 Dairy products 7 Packing-house products 9 Other animal products 18 Cotton 23 Grain and grain products 24 Sugar 29 Coffee and coffee substitutes 30 Cocoa and chocolate 31 Tea 31 Tobacco 32 Oil cake and vegetable oils 33 Nut
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. iw5r^wt« BULLETIN No. 296 Contribution from the Bureau of Crop Estimates LEON M. ESTABROOK, Chief. J^r^ru Washington, D. C. October 25, 1915 OUR FOREIGN TRADE IN FARM AND FOREST PRODUCTS. Prepared under the direction of Perry Elliott, Division of Crop Records. CONTENTS. Page. Summary 1 Live animals 5 Dairy products 7 Packing-house products 9 Other animal products 18 Cotton 23 Grain and grain products 24 Sugar 29 Coffee and coffee substitutes 30 Cocoa and chocolate 31 Tea 31 Tobacco 32 Oil cake and vegetable oils 33 Nuts 35 Alcoholic liquors 36 Seeds 3S Spices 39 Vegetables 40 Fruits 41 Vegetable fibers 44 Minor agricultural products 45 Logs, lumber, and timber ' 46 Naval stores 47 Gums 47 Minor forest products 48 Reexports 49 Transportation 50 Pu blications relating to exports and imports. 50 SUMMARY. The foreign trade of the United States has increased more than tenfold during the last 64 years, the products interchanged with foreign countries being valued at 400 million dollars in 1851 and 4,259 million dollars in 1914. The exports of domestic merchandise were valued at 179 million dollars in 1851, of which 147 million dollars, or per cent, were agricultural products; the exports of domestic merchandise increased to 2,330 million dollars in 1914, of which the agricultural value was 1,114 million dollars, or per cent. The imports of merchandise in 1851 were 211 million dollars, of which 61 million dollars, or per cent, were agricultural products; this trade increased to a grand total of 1,894 million dollars in 1914, of which the agricultural portion was 924 million dollars, or Note.—This bulletin is a summary of the leading features of the foreign trade of the United States in farm and forest products. It is intended for general circulation. 4251°—Bull. 296—15 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhance
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