Exports stated in percentages on total produc- 

 tion of breadstuffs are : 



1908. 1909. 1910. 



4-95 % 1175 % 14-5 % 



These figures clearly show that the rye crop is 

 almost entirely grown for home consumption. 

 When a failure occurs more wheat is consumed. 

 It should be remembered that the year 1908 was 

 the second consecutive season of bad crops. 



Russia's dairy products have of recent years 

 made a marked advance. The railway returns 

 of butter transported in 1910 show an increase 

 of 48- per cent, since 1901. Butter exports from 

 Russia have correspondingly increased by 75 per 

 cent, in quantity and 94 per cent, in value during 

 the same period. The chief centre of the butter 

 industry is Western Siberia, which accounts for 

 60 per cent, of all the butter transported by rail. 

 The profitable nature of the dairy industry 

 has been the best safeguard against the diminu- 

 tion of Russia's cattle stock, though the higher 

 prices for cereals of the last few years has not 



