12 WHEAT 



the United States for the past fifteen years is 

 shown in Table I. If the present rate of increase 

 in the home consumption of wheat continues our 

 surplus for export will be wiped out in six years, 

 and the United States will become an importer 

 of wheat and flour rather than an exporter. 



WHEAT PRODUCTION IN CANADA 



In 1912, Canada produced 199,236,000 bushels 

 of wheat on 9,758,400 acres or an average yield 

 of 20.42 bushels per acre. A somewhat larger 

 crop was reported for 1911, viz., 215,918,000 

 bushels. Most of this wheat was grown in the 

 western provinces, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and 

 Alberta. The total production of these three 

 provinces is placed at 183,322,000 bushels in 

 1912 and 194,083,000 bushels in 1911. The 

 acreage and production of each province in 1912 

 are given as follows:* 



The total acreage grown in the three provinces 

 in 1911 was reported as 9,301,293 bushels. 



The wheat acreage of Canada has doubled in 

 five years, and the average yield per acre has also 

 increased, exceeding the average acre-yield in the 

 United States by more than five bushels per acre 



*Total yield for Canada 1913, 210,998,800 bushels. 



