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420. By-Products. — About the only manufacturing industry 

 based upon the oat grain is the oatmeal industry, and about the 

 only by-product is the hull. Oat hulls are largely used to adul- 

 terate maize meal, when it freouently passes for maize and 

 oatmeal under the name of corn and oat feed. These oat hulls 

 have but little food value. (sS^) 



II. PRODUCTION AND MARKETING. 



421. Oat Crop of the World. — The production of oats in the 

 world has varied during the five years 1898 to 1902 inclusive 

 from 2,806 millions (190 1) to 3,561 millions (1902) per annum, 

 the average annual production being 3,131 million bushels. 

 The following table shows the average annual production for 

 five years by continents in million bushels : 



Europe 



North America 

 Asia . 

 Australasia 

 Africa 



Total . 



1898-1902 

 2,103 



944 



%^ 



2S 



7 



The production exceeds wheat and about equals maize in 

 bushels but is less than either in pounds. The production in 

 bushels of oats in Canada is about twice that of wheat. Onta- 

 rio produces more oats than any State of the United States 

 except Illinois and Iowa. Oats are only sparingly cultivated in 

 South America. 



422. Oat Crop of the United States. — Oats stand third in 

 acreage and value of product and second in number of bushels 

 of the cereals of the United States, The annual production 

 for the three decades, 1870-79, 1880-89 and 1890-99, is given 

 as follows : 



