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cent. The increased production in North America has been 

 greater than all the rest of the world combined. 



Notwithstanding the great development of wheat production in 

 other sections of the world, Europe still produces more than half 

 the wheat of the world, and notwithstanding the fact that much 

 of Europe has been cultivated for ages, the production of wheat 

 continues to increase in a substantial manner. Russia, France 

 and Austria-Hungary are the largest wheat producing countries 

 of Europe. Second in importance to these are Germany, Spain 

 and Italy. The United States and India are the only other 

 large wheat producing countries. Canada and the Argentine 

 Republic are important on account of having a relatively large 

 surplus for export and on account of the possible future develop- 

 ment. The Canadian Northwest is distinguished for its large 

 yield per acre combined with high quality of the grain. 



182. Wheat Crop of the United States. — The United States 

 raises the most wheat of any nation on the globe. The largest 

 yield ever produced in a single year was 748 million bushels in 

 1901. The following table presents the essential statistics for 

 the last three decades, based upon the estimates of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture : 



These figures show a steady decrease in the value of the crop 

 per acre through a decrease in price per bushel. The 5aeld per 

 acre has increased somewhat, due in part, no doubt, to the open- 

 ing of new sections to the production of wheat which give high 

 yields per acre. The census for 1900 shows that practically all 



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