578 THE SMALL GRAINS 



641. The grain exports of this country exceed that of 

 any other country, though Russia, Argentina, and Canada 

 have a large export business. The ability of Argentina 

 to export is not so much because of great production as 

 it is because of the comparatively small needs of her own 

 small population. Russia exports more wheat as a whole 

 product than the United States, but the difference is 

 much more than offset by the great flour export of this 

 country. Recently the larger part of our export wheat 

 is durum, sent to Mediterranean ports for making maca- 

 roni. A considerable quantity of barley and white wheat 

 is now being exported from the Pacific Coast. 



