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FOREIGN COMPETITION 



Yield and Value of Field Crops in Canada, 1914, 1915. Pre-War Basis Cont'd 



Russia. Russia is generally referred to as the " Great Un- 

 known" in the grain trade. A vast country, sparsely settled, a 



FIG. 88. Direct marketing scene at a Russian fair. 



fertile soil, and primitive conditions in soil cultivation and crop 

 marketing, her real and potential crop surplus for export is a 

 disturbing factor in the world's markets. Only one-third of Euro- 

 pean Russia's productive land is under cultivation as yet! And 

 it is very poorly tilled ! And only one-twentieth of Asiatic Russia's 

 productive land is now under cultivation. It is impossible to 

 forecast the possibilities of increase in agricultural production for 

 such a country as this (Figs. 88 and 89). Education, scientific 

 agriculture, modern storage and transportation facilities, stabilized 



