PRODUCTION OF WHEAT 



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In the five years from 1910 to 1914 the average annual 

 production of wheat in the United States was 728,225,000 

 bushels, or about 18.2 per cent of the world crop. During 

 the same years, European Russia averaged annually 647,000,- 

 000 bushels; British India, 355,000,000 bushels; France, 

 310,000,000 bushels; Austria-Hungary, 235,000,000 bushels; 

 and Italy, 179,000,000 bushels. 



171. Production in the United States. In the United 

 States, wheat ranks third in the number of bushels produced, 

 the yield of both corn and oats being much larger, but in the 

 weight of the crop wheat ranks second to corn. Wheat 

 is likewise second to corn in total value among the 

 cereals, but hay and cotton often outclass wheat in this 

 respect. For the ten years from 1908 to 1917 an average 

 of 49,531,000 acres have been devoted to the production of 

 wheat, and the annual production averaged 730,205,000 

 bushels, valued at $770,339,000. The average annual acre- 

 age, production and value of wheat in the ten states lead- 

 ing in production in the ten years are given in Table VII. 



Table VII. Average annual acreage, acre yield, production, and 

 farm value of wheat in the ten states of largest production in the 

 ten years from 1908 to 1917, inclusive. 



