CONTENTS 



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Canada : — Extension of wheat acreage — Fall- 

 ing off of Meat and Dairy Produce Exports — 

 The outlook — Argentina : — The principal 

 area of supplies — Live stock, curtailment of 

 supplies imminent — Cereal production — Fac- 

 tors for and against development — Austra- 

 lasia : — Comparison with Argentina — Pro- 

 duction checked by want of population and 

 inadequate railway facilities — India : — Wheat 

 and feeding-stuffs — Wheat a reserve for failure 

 of other food grains — Russia : — Production of 

 Wheat and Rye — Butter exports — Transition 

 in Russian agriculture — Denmark and Hol- 

 land :— Bacon, Butter, and Cheese — Imports 

 of Feeding-stuffs ..... 25 



CHAPTER IV 



THE WORLD'S WHEAT TRADE 



Principal importing countries — Wide variations 

 in exports of producing countries — Falling off 

 in exportable surplus of U.S.A. — Its effect on 

 the stability of the World's Wheat Supply- 

 Two factors in development of new wheat 

 areas, the Speculator Farmer, and the Railway 

 Pioneer — Conditions in Canada and Argentina 

 contrasted — Summary of present position 



CHAPTER V 



THE WORLD'S MEAT TRADE 



Diminished Sheep Flocks and Cattle Stock due 

 to increase of cultivation — Serious shortage 

 of Beef and Mutton in United States and 

 Canada — Prospects of frozen meat imports 

 to Europe — Possible new sources of supply — 

 Prices of home and imported meat . . 83 



