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THE WHEAT INDUSTRY 



Asiatic Russia and India [See map, Fig. 57]. This 

 becomes more significant when one considers that 

 these countries are typical of the northern and 

 the southern parts of the continent. 



CupyriyM by Underwood and Underwood. 

 FIG. 119. Threshing scene in the Holy Land. 



The Wheat Region of Asiatic Russia. - - Location 

 and Extent. - - Russia in Asia may be considered 

 in three grand divisions : Siberia, which is 

 roughly estimated to contain 4,833,500 square 

 miles ; Central Asiatic Russia, which includes 

 Turkestan, Transcaspia, Bokhara, and Khiva, 



