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In 1909, Russia forged ahead of the United States as a pro- 

 ducer of wheat, and was in the lead again in 1910. According 

 to Dornbusch's List, Russia, including Siberia, is again in first 

 place with a production of about 730,000,000 bushels. Si France 

 is the second largest wheat producer in Europe, the yield in 

 that country in 1912 aggregating 335,000,000 bushels. M Hun- 

 gary is in the third place with a crop of a little less than 

 200.000,000 bushels. » In 1912. Italy produced a wheat crop 

 yielding more than 165,000,000 bushels. Sfi Turkey-in-Europe 

 harvests a crop yielding 136,000,000 bushels. W The United 

 Kingdom last year produced only 56,000,000 bushels, and 

 imported considerably more than 200,000,000 bushels. S The 

 total European wheat crop, including Russian Siberia, in 1912 

 aggregated more than 2,000,000,000 bushels. !fi Wheat and 

 rye are the most influential factors in drawing gold away 

 from the money centers of Europe. Taking the world as a 

 whole, if we except the Orient, wheat is the greatest distrib- 

 utor of money, and as such has the most to do with main- 

 taining the commerce of the world. « Food, however, is the 

 :hief end of wheat, and the bread-eating countries now 

 consume 3 ,000,000,000 bushels annually. The import- 

 ing countries buy 500,000,000 bushels yearly. 

 The world's consumption of wheat is increasing 

 at the rate of about 100,000,000 bushels a 

 year, and this increase is the result of 

 gain in population. 



