Interesting Statistics

According to official stanstics 01 tne agricultural department, our agricultural exporta increased during 1897 to the extent of aboufc f 115,000,000, cotton, wheat and corn contri bating most to the combined gain. Measured in ' qnautity rather than valué, exporta of cotton show the remarkable gain of 768,528,564 pounda during 1897 over the preceding year. The product exhibiting the third largest gain as an export during the past year was whoat. The gain in quantity was 18,911,940 bushela and in value $30,210,810. Converted into its equivalent in grain, the flour exported in 1897 would amount to 65,562,952 bushels, and the combined shipments of wheat and wheat üour gtated in grain would reach 145,134,973 bushels.