. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. AMERICAN EXPORT CORN (MAIZE) IN EUROPE. 33 period. From 1901 to 1907, inclusive, or (luriii<,^ the last seven years of the period, the exports compared with the jjrodiiction show a re- markable proportionate decrease in the foreign corn trade. The curves of export com})ared with the curves of price show prior to 1902, where the exports of any one year reached 50 million bushels or more, that the average Chicago December price, on the basis before mentioned, was 40 cents per bushel or below, with the following excep- tions: During 1875,
. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. AMERICAN EXPORT CORN (MAIZE) IN EUROPE. 33 period. From 1901 to 1907, inclusive, or (luriii<,^ the last seven years of the period, the exports compared with the jjrodiiction show a re- markable proportionate decrease in the foreign corn trade. The curves of export com})ared with the curves of price show prior to 1902, where the exports of any one year reached 50 million bushels or more, that the average Chicago December price, on the basis before mentioned, was 40 cents per bushel or below, with the following excep- tions: During 1875, 50 million bushels were exported at 43 cents per bushel; during 1876, 72^ million bushels at 41^ cents; during 1877,87 i i5 5 Pi S2 !2 5 0) SP 300 £90 280 S70 S60 2S0 S40- 230 sso 210 200 /90 leo 170 160 /so Ufa 130 /ao no 100 30 ao 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 COftN P/fOOi/CTYO/V //V /Ofl^/U/OA/ B(/S. COKA/ cxpo/fTS f.^s/i/. wcwoeoj w / M/LLW/V BUS»eLS. AI7effAG£ C HIGH A/VO LOIV PRIC£S Of DECEMBCft /I/O 2 COf/V AT Fig. 7.—Diagram showing the production of corn, in 10 million bushels, in the United States, the exports of corn (including corn meal), in 1 million bushels, from the United States, and the average of the high and low prices of December "No. 2 Com" at Chicago, in cents per bushel, each year for forty years, from 1868 to 1907, inclusive. million bushels at 46 cents; during 1879,99imillionbushelsat 41J cents, and during 1891 there were exported 76^ million bushels at 49 cents per bushel. From 1902 to 1907, inclusive, or during the last five j^ears of the period, the exports each year have exceeded 50 million bushels and the December price has remained above 40 cents per bushel. The largest quantity exported at the highest December price during any one year for the whole period \vas during 1905 when 119 million bushels were exported at an average Chicago December price of 46^ cents per bushel. [Clr. 55]. Please note that these images are extracted f
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