RUSSIA. 



I. LOANS GRANTED BY THE STATE BANK ON SECURITY OF 

 GRAIN AND THE ESTABIvISH]\IENT OF GRAIN EI.EVATORS 

 IN RUSSIA. 



Official sources : 



RECUEIL DE DOXN^ES STATISTIQUES ET ECONOMIQtJES SUR L'INDUSTRIE AGRICOLE EN RUSSIE 



ET DAXs LES PAYS ETRAN'GERS {Collection of Statistical and Economic Data relating to Agri- 

 cultural Industry in Russia and Forei;n Coj<n/M'e;s). Sixth Year, St. Petersburg, 1913. 



Agricultural credit in Russia {In Russian). St. Petersburg, 1910. 

 Other sources: 



BoRODAEVSKY (S. de) : Grain Elevators and the Co-operative Sale ef Grain (In Russian), 

 St. Petersburg, 1913. 



DoROGENKO (A): State Bank Grain Elevators (In Russian). " Viestnik Melkavo Kredita ", 

 April 25th., 1913. 



Hauschild (Dr.). Err'chtung eines Getreideelevatorennetzes in Russland (Establishment of 

 a Network of Elevators in Russia). In the " Berichte liber Handel und Industrie ", Pub- 

 lished by the Imperial Home Affairs Office. Vol. XIX, no. 7. Berlin, Maj"- 3rd., 1913. 



JURASCHEK (v.) Statistik des Getreidehandels in der neuesten Zeit (Recent Statistics of the 

 Grain Trade). " Handworterbuch der Staatswlssenschaften ", 3rd. Edition. Vol. IV; 

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State bank loan oper.\tioxs ox security of grain (In Russian). " Torgovo Promychlen- 

 naia Gaseta ", August loth., 1913. 



The state grain elevator establishment on august ist., 191 3 (In Russian). Torgovo 

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St-k. Spec'al Credit on Security of Grain (In Russian). In "Viestnik Melkavo Kredita". 

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Ulbrich (V): The Organisation of Agricultural Credit is^ Indispensable in Russia (In Russian): 

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VoLKOFF (A. F.): International Grain Trade Treaty (in Russian). St. Petersburg, 1910. 



WiEDENFELD (K.): Die Organisation des Getreidehandels (Or anization of the Grain Trade). 

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Wygodginski (W.): Komspeicher (Grain Elevators). In. the "Handworterbuch der Staats- 

 wissenschaften ", 3rd. Edition. Vol. VI. Jena, 1910. 



§ I. Introduction. 



Russia produces a very considerable part of the grain in the world 

 and takes the first place among European grain producing countries. In 

 the period 1901-1910, the average jneld of the principal cereals, expressed 



