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equator and north pole, contains nearly all the best 

 land for wheat in the world. 



" The best w T heat area in America begins at the 

 Rocky mountains, extends due east a thousand miles 

 to the great lakes, Michigan and Superior. Another 

 wheat area equally good begins at the Ural moun- 

 tains and Ural River, which form the boundary be- 

 tween Europe and Asia, extends west one thousand 

 miles to the Carpathian mountains and the Baltic 

 Sea. It extends from St. Petersburg, the capital of 

 Russia, one thousand miles to the Caspian and Black 

 Seas. This area is drained by three large rivers — 

 the Volga, Don and Dneiper. This great field is all 

 in Russia, and the great Russian wheat and flour 

 markets are Warsaw, Moscow, and St. Petersburg. 



"The English markets for Russian wheat are 

 Dover, London, and Liverpool. The French mar- 

 kets are Havre and Paris. In Germany, Hamburg 

 on the Elbe, and Berlin, the capital, are great mar- 

 kets for wheat." Ei^A. 



