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APPENDIX 



WHEAT Continued 



QUANTITY AND PERCENTAGE OF EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC WHEAT, 1907 AND 1908, BY 



LEADING PORTS 



AVERAGE YIELD OF WHEAT IN COUNTRIES NAMED,' BUSHELS PER ACRE, 1898-1907 



1 Winchester bushels. 2 Bushel of 60 pounds. 



3 For the ten years, 1886 to 1895, the average yield of wheat was 27.7 bushels 

 per acre in Holland, and 37.3 in Denmark ; and for the succeeding ten-year period, 

 1896 to 1905, the average yield in Holland was 31.2 bushels, and in Denmark 40.6 

 bushels per acre, with only two years below a 4o-bushel average (35.2 bushels in 

 1898, and 29.2 in 1901). C.G.H. 



