RANGE OF THE CEREALS. 



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" The grains extending farthest north in Europe are barley 

 and oats. Rye is the next, and is the prevailing grain in 

 Sweden and Norway, and all the lands bordering on the Baltic, 

 the North of Germany, and part of Siberia. Wheat follows 



FIG. 71. The Rye District. 



rye ; it is cultivated in the middle and South of France, Eng- 

 land, part of Scotland, part of Germany, Hungary, Crimea, 

 and the Caucasus. We next come to a district where wheat 

 still abounds, but no longer exclusively furnishes bread, rice 

 and maize becoming frequent. To this zone belong Portugal, 

 Spain, part of France, Italy, and Greece, Persia, Northern 



