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population consumes, including seed, approximately, 7 bushels per 

 head. At the present time they are producing more than they are 

 consuming. In 1915, when it is estimated the population will have 

 reached 106,000,000, they will have no surplus wheat. Meanwhile, 

 as the above table also shows, two countries have been forging ahead 

 as wheat exporters, namely, Argentina and Canada. Both countries 

 work under disadvantages. The Argentine is subject to pests of 

 locusts and seasons of drought, and Canada has to contend with 

 frost. On the whole, however, her exports are the more regular, 

 and to her we must largely look for our immediate and more regular 

 supplies. With an increased rise in prices large regions undrained 

 and semi-arid in different parts of the world, would immediately 

 come under the plough. Without, however, pushing the margin 

 of cultivation farther back, Canada, on virgin soil, will by and by 

 be able to make up for more than the deficiency of the United States 

 and produce wheat at prices which, while tending upwards, will not 

 be exorbitant. 



BRINGING IN HAY. HORSE RANCH, MEDICINE HAT 



