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The Wheat Crop for 1916. 



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APPENDIX. 



A series of tables are given iu this appendix covering information 

 on — 



1. Tiie acreage sown to wheat in 1915 and 1914 in each of the 



principal wheat-growing countries of the world. 



2. The production of wheat for 1914 and 1915, compared with 



the average production for the five years prior to the war, 

 in the wheat-growing countries of the world. 



3. Statistics of exports and imports of wheat for the five years 



prior to the war, and a statement of wheat available for 

 export in the exporting countries compared with the re- 

 quirements of the importing countries for season 1915-16. 



4. The prices of wheat in importing and exporting countries for 



the decade prior to the war and the fluctuations in ]n-ices 

 during the war. 



5. The prices of freights for the five years prior to the war and 



the fluctuations that have taken place since. 



The tables have been compiled from official statistics issued by the 

 International Institute of Agriculture, Rome. 



Table I. 



Showing the Acreage Under Wheat in 1914 and 1915, and the 

 Percentage Increase in Area in 1915. 



• Kijjiircs Kiveii in dnul f-itim;iti' of Victoriiiii Sliitist . 

 t Figures supplied by CoimnDnwealth Statist. 



This table summarizes the acreage sown to wheat in 1915— the fust 

 wheat season after the outbreak of war — a.s compared with llie acreage 

 under crop the season immediately prior to the war. 



The Northern Tlemisphere was busy gathering the 191 1 crop when 

 war was declared. 



This table presents several intoresting foaturo'^. It will be iu)t«>d 

 that, in spite of the stimulus of anticipated hiyh prices of wheat and 



