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of the manufacture of alcohol and also contain var}ang propor- 

 tions of r}-e and other cereal grains. (357) Usually the higher 

 the proportion of r}'e used, the less the percentage of protein 

 and fat and the lower the feeding value. 



403. Rye Crop of the World. — The world's production of 

 r}'e varied during 1898-1902 from 1,449 n'^ilhoi^ (i9°i) to 1,678 

 million (1902), the average annual p.. luction being 1,560 

 million bushels. The following table shows the average annual 

 production of r}-e for five years by continents in million bushels : 



189S-1902 



Europe 1,471 



Asia 58 



North America 31 



Total 1,560 



Russia produced fifty-four per cent of the entire crop during 

 this period ; Russia and Austria-Hungary sixty-tAvo per cent, 

 llxcepting the maize crop of the United States, Russia pro- 

 duces more rj^e than any other country of any one crop. 



494. Rye Crop of the United States. — The reported acreage 

 of rye in 1S99 showed a decrease of 5.4 per cent since 1S89, 

 accompanied by a ten per cent decrease m production. While 

 barley appears to be relatively increasing in acreage, rye iippears 

 to be decreasing. In 1880 the acreage of barley was about one 

 million in excess of that of rye ; in 1900 the acreage of barley 

 was more than double that of rye, the latter having made com- 

 paratively slow progress since 1880. The average price per 

 bushel during the ninety decade was fift}'-two cents, a decrease 

 of nine cents from the previous decade. The value per acre of 

 rye in 1899 was $5.95, the least of any of our cereals, grain 

 alone being considered. While the annual exportation of rye, 

 seven million bushels for 1 898-1 902 inclusive, is small compared 

 with wheat or maize, it is about one-fourth the total productioa 

 There is practically no importation. 



