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of crops, and a careful method of cultivation. The 

 prevalence of small holdings on the Continent adds 

 greatly to the efficiency of methods of cultivating the 

 soil. In many places notably in France and Germany 

 high farming, par excellence, is practised, and much 

 of the modern farming machinery has been adopted. As 

 we move further south to Austria and the Balkan 

 States, the adoption of modern facilities for wheat 

 production is not so marked, but still the same intensive 

 cultivation is practised. 



In England the farms are somewhat larger than those 

 on the Continent, but the methods of producing wheat 

 differ very little, as each farm in England employs 

 sufficient men to produce on an intensive scale. 



(c) Yield per Acre in the Chief Producing Areas. 

 The yield per acre throughout the area is relatively 

 high, but there is scope for improvement in some parts. 

 Belgium has the highest yield, with an average of 35 -9 

 bushels for the period (1901-11), and the United 

 Kingdom third 'with 31-6. The following table shows 

 the average yield per acre for the ten years (1902-11) 

 of the chief wheat producing countries of the world. 



TABLE VH. 

 Average Yield per Acre for Period 1902-11 in Leading Countries. 



Country. 



Belgium 



Netherlands 



United Kingdom 



New Zealand 



Germany 



France 



Hungary 



Austria 



Canada 



Eoumania 



United States 



India 



Australia 



Argentina 



Siberia 



Russia 



Bushels 

 per acre. 

 35-9 

 33-4 

 32-0 

 31-6 

 29-7 

 19-7 

 19-2 

 18-9 

 18-2 

 17-0 

 13-6 

 11-4 

 11-2 

 10-8 

 10-4 

 9-5 



