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the admitted necessity of producing as much wheat as possible, there 

 was no material increase in acreage in the more important wheat-growing 

 countries, except in British Possessions and the United States. 



Victoria led the way with an increase of 28.5 per cent, over the 1914 

 acreage. Then followed Canada (26.2 per cent.), Australia (24.2 per 

 cent.). Great Britain (22.5 per cent.), Egypt (21.6 per cent.), India 

 (13.2 per cent.), and United States (10.9 per cent.). 



Argentina (6.1 per cent.), Italy (6.1 per cent.), Russia (2 to 4 per 

 cent.), Spain (2.7 per cent.) also showed slight increases; whilst France 

 ( — 6.1 per cent.), Algeria ( — 4.7 per cent.), and Roumaiiia ( — 9.8 per 

 cent.) showed reductions in acreage. 



Table II. 



Total World Production of Wheat, 1914-1915, Compared with 

 Average Production for Five Years Prior to the War. 



Notes on Table II. 



This gives a summary of the production of wheat for each country 

 of the world for the five years prior to the war, and also for each of the 



