AMERICAN WHEAT.
The Statistical Abstract of the United States gives some particulars as to the grain crops and prices, which will have interest for all engaged in producing and selling grain, and to many consumers. The following shows the area, &c., for six years of wheat in the United States :
Year. Area. Acres. I Produce. Bushels, Average yiei acre. Bushels. Average value bushel 1880 37,086,717 498,549,868 131 951 1881 37,709,020 380,280,099 101 1193 1882 37,067,194 504,185,470 13-6 83-2 1883 36,455,593 421,086,16( •11-6 91‘0 1884 39,475,885 512,763,900 130 65-0 1885 34,189,246 357,112,000 10‘4 77*1 There is thus shown, as the value of wheat has fluctuated, the following' move* moot—that a low price causes diminished area sown, and a high price an Increased area, either in the following year or its suceesor.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1303, 31 July 1886, Page 2
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130AMERICAN WHEAT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1303, 31 July 1886, Page 2
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