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the average yield per acre <'not including' native grown wheal) being 

 2.98 bagsror'9.93 bushels of 60 lb. The condition of the 1917 crop is 

 estimated, however, to have been slightly below normal, so that a full 

 return may be taken at about 3 bags, or 10 bushels per acre. (Note. — 

 The estimated crop in 1918 was 2,695,000 bags and 1,990,000 bags in 

 1919.) 



According to the Census, the actual returns for 1917 were as 

 follows : — 



Yield per Acre, 1917. 



Cape 3.08 bags or 10.27 bushels. 



Natal 1.74 ,. .. 5.8 



Transvaal 2.79 .. .. 9.3 



Orange Free State. . . 2.47 ,. ,. 8.23 ,, 



XTnion 2.98 ., .. 9.93 ,, 



It is estimated, however, that the 1917 crop was below normal, 

 and that a full yield per acre should have been as follows : — 



Percentage below 

 Normal. 



Cape 2 percent. 



Transvaal 30 ,, 



Orange Free State 7 ,, 



Union 5 , , 



Estimated full Yield per Acre in an 

 Ordinary Favourable Season. 



3.14 bags or 10.47 bushels. 

 3.99 ,, ., 13.29 ,, 

 2.66 ,. ,, 8.85 ,, 



3.14 



10.45 



It is interesting to compare the above with the wlieat yields 

 obtained in the principal wheat growing countries of the world, as 

 shown in the table hereunder : — 



Average Yield per Acre in Bushels. 



1911-1913. 1916. 



United States 14.6 11.75 



Eussia in Europe (a) 10 9.07 (1914) 



India 12.2 10.23 



Canada 20.17 21.18 



France 19.8 16.08 



Australia 12.1 13.22 



Argentine (h) 9.3 10.19 



Italy 16.3 14.65 



Germany 33.1 27.75(1915) 



Hungary (c) 19.9 17.89 (1915) 



Spain 12.8 14.66 



Russia in Asia (a) 10 12.44 



(a) Average for the Russian Empire ; (b) Average for 1912-14 ; 

 (c) including Austria. 



In some of the smaller producing countries the yield was as 

 follows : —United Kingdom (1911-13), 32.2 bushels; (1916), 28.48 

 bushels; New Zealand (1916), 23.20 bushels. The highest return for 

 1916 was 38.52 bushels in Denmark, and the lowest 4.69 in Tunis. 



