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Years. Bushels. Value. per ] Years. Bushels. Value. per 
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558, 852 $493, 015 GO“SSF | TB7Bo. eke 11,896,580 | $13,985,177 |. $1.17 
514, 231 480, 616 .93 1O09 sek eee ek 1, 972, 544 2,531, 252 |’ 1.28 
145, 988 160, 225 | 12 To TSRO 25 cere 4,109, 495 5, 471, 245 | 1.33 
463, 908 505, 303 | Oe Ces Ears cee cre = 13, 896, 167 15, 952, 105 1.15 
1, 189, 251 1, 146, 766 +209] | Mc! Pee See 87,148,543 | 43,163,723 1.16 
735, 485 816, 063 elt | AGRON. cea at oh 26, 495, 024 29, 631, 213 1.12 
3,277, 81 4, 027, 545. 3 Fai a) leds‘ ee eae a 39, 202, 636 43, 291, 464 1.10 
2, 004, 156 2,391, 646 ‘UG od SR A | 29,588, 311 30, 736, 902 1.04 
4,686,767 | 4,410, 660 204.1], TRSG: es eee | 39,328,658 | 38, 957,943 .99 
| 10,428,327 | 9,526, 855 OL | ISSiee. ook ee | 41,588,250 | 41,977,826 *1.01 
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* This price is the average for the greater part of the year. 
The product of the year ended March 31, 1888, may be a little larger 
than the previous crop, and may possibly prove to be nearly an av- 
erage crop. 
In South America, the Argentine Republic especially, there is an 
immense area of land suited to wheat culture. It has been a pas- 
toral country, but Kuropean immigration is extending arable culture 
rapidly. The total area in crops was estimated in the spring of 1887 
at 5,262,600 acres, an increase of 23 per cent. inthree years. Of this, 
2,112,600 were in wheat; producing nearly 20,000,000 bushels, of 
which about half was available for exportation. Should immigyra- 
tion continue, wheat culture will be rapidly extended, and much the 
larger portion of the product be exported. It would be far easier 
to supply the entire European deficiency from South America than 
from India, if it is to be accomplished by European stimulation of 
the industry. Chili has a small but steady export trade in wheat. 
Australasia is now less prominent in this trade than South America, 
