3 02 THE WHEAT INDUSTRY 



3. How does Siberia compare in size with the United 

 States ? What part of Siberia is now important in wheat 

 production ? 



4. What characterizes the cultural methods of wheat 

 production in Siberia ? Why are American manufacturers 

 interested in developing better methods there ? 



5. Account for the primitive methods of cultivation and 

 harvest still in vogue in Turkestan. 



6. Explain how Asiatic Russia is situated with reference 

 to natural transportation facilities. What steps have been 

 taken by the Russian government to remedy this condition ?_ 



7. How will improved transportation facilities affect 

 the development of the wheat industry ? 



8. What countries serve as the markets for the wheat 

 exported from Asiatic Russia ? Trace the trade routes. 



9. Where are the most important wheat districts of 

 India ? 



10. What relation does the climate of India bear to its 

 wheat production ? 



u. Why is modern machinery not used generally in 

 India ? 



12. What conditions render early marketing of wheat 

 imperative in India ? Of what importance is climate in this 

 respect ? 



13. Explain why India, in spite of very dense population, 

 is an important wheat-exporting country. 



14. To what country is the greater part of the Indian ex- 

 port wheat sent ? by what routes ? 



15. Compare the market condition of wheat from India 

 with that from Canada. Account for the difference. 



