tively, 15,452,000 and 9,295,000 acres. The figures on production are 

 not so accurate an index of the relative advance in wheat culture, 

 since the frequent occurrence of drought in one or the other country 

 often vitiates the value of these figures as a measure of comparative 

 progress. As would naturally be expected, Argentina is regularly 

 the more important exporter. The population of Argentina is about 

 6,500,000, and of Canada about seven and three-fourths millions; the 

 domestic wheat requirement, including seed, of the former is probably 

 greater than that of the latter by only a few million bushels. 



The 1910-11 wheat crop of Argentina has turned out somewhat 

 better than anticipated. A revised estimate (April 20) of the Argen- 

 tine Ministry of Agriculture now puts the yield at 139,625,000 

 bushels — preliminary estimate last December, 136,318,000 bushels — 

 and final figures for 1909-10, 131,010,000 bushels. The provisional 

 estimate (26,967,000 bushels) of the 1910-11 flaxseed crop has been 

 reduced to 23,620,000 bushels, against definite figures for the previous 

 year of 28,212,000 bushels. As corn gathering progressed during 

 March and April, pessimism respecting the outcome became inten- 

 sified, popular belief becoming more and more confirmed that, in 

 consequence of the damage from drought, there would be little surplus 

 for export. In recent ye«ars the exports of corn have largely exceeded 

 those from the United States, as may be seen from the following 

 statement: 



Production of corn in Argentina, and exports thereof as compared with those jrom the 



United States. 



[Bushels of 56 pounds.] 



During corn harvest, field work preparatory to getting in the 

 autumn-sown wheat, flaxseed, and oats was in full swing. The 

 weather is reported to have been generally propitious, opportune 

 rains kept the soil for the most part in good workable condition, 

 much new ground is said to have been broken in the Pampa and 

 Cordoba, and confidence is expressed that the total area sown to 

 each of the above-named crops will exceed that of any previous 

 year. 



AUSTRALIA. 



Plowing for winter wheat, which began early in April, has suffered 

 considerable interruption in some districts from excessive rains, and 



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