. Yearbook of agriculture . ch year the repeal of the British Corn Laws went into Wheat Production and Marketing. 153 effect. At this time practically all of the wheat of the UnitedStates was produced east of the Mississippi Kiver, and thereusually was not a large quantity available for export. Thetrend of exports by decades since 1871 is shown in Figure 65and by years since 1849 in Figure 67. The Civil War cut off the southern market for northernwheat, and a good demand in Europe at the same time causeda large increase in the exports during those years. Follow-ing this war there were a few ye
. Yearbook of agriculture . ch year the repeal of the British Corn Laws went into Wheat Production and Marketing. 153 effect. At this time practically all of the wheat of the UnitedStates was produced east of the Mississippi Kiver, and thereusually was not a large quantity available for export. Thetrend of exports by decades since 1871 is shown in Figure 65and by years since 1849 in Figure 67. The Civil War cut off the southern market for northernwheat, and a good demand in Europe at the same time causeda large increase in the exports during those years. Follow-ing this war there were a few years of small exports, but by1869 they had returned to the Civil War level. Exportsincreased rapidly from 1866 to 1S80, after which there wasa decline until 1890. This was followed by a period of largeexports until 1902. From 1878 to about 1902 was the greatsurplus-producing period of the development of wheat pro-duction in the United States. From 190:3 to 1913 the exportswere much less than in the previous decade (Fig. 67).. Fig. 66.—Wheat being delivered through spouts from the bins of a water-front elevator into the hold of a steamer, for export. Wheat for export isloaded into ships at ports on the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, the At-lantic Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. At Pacific Coast ports, much of thewheat still is handled in bags instead of in bulk. 154 Ycaihool of the Departvient of A{/ricu7tvre, 1921. NET EXPORTS OF WHEAT FROM THE UNITED STATES; 1839, 1849-1921 AND PERCENTAGE OF CROP EXPORTED; 1839, 1849, 1859,1866-1921 1- z LU o ^momouiomoinStnonfMCM — — 1261 oeei S 161O I 61906L006156810681 — - — -^ ^ :^I == •^mm,^^ 2 -^ ^ ^z -c — > — 58910881 5/:si Oil8l598109815581OS8t 6e8l J . -^ > -^ zri >- 1 Q liJ n- ^ ? -^ ? o C-XUJ JO S 1— UJ a. a: X liJUJ Q. w I ? r ? \ ^ / i 1 BUSHELSMILLIONS 3603202802402001601208040 Fig. 67.—Exports vary much more than production, depending partly onforeign demand. In general, rapid extension of wheat produ
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