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The World's Commercial Products 



Europe is the principal wheat-growing continent, producing more than halt the total supply 

 of the world. North America with the great wheat fields of the United States and Canada 

 takes the second place, yielding about one-third to one-half of the crop of Europe. Asia, 

 chiefly owing to India, is third, and then follow South America, Australasia, and Africa in 

 the order named. - 



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In 1905 the wheat crops of the continents were approximately : 



bushels 

 Europe ■..'■■ . . 1,790,693,000 South America 



North America . . 808,674,000 Australasia . . 



Asia .. .. 456,135,000 Africa 



bushels • 



175,120,000 



65,626,000 



41,500,000 



The chief individual wheat-producing countries for the same year were 



United States of America 



Russia 



France 



British India. . 



Austria-Hungary 



Italy 



bushels - 

 692,979,000 

 676,435,000 

 338,785,000 

 281,263,000 

 227,646,000 

 160,000,000 



Argentina 



Germany 



Canada 



Spain 



Australasia 



United Kingdom 



bushels 



154,420,000 



135,947,000 



109,695,000 



83,605,000 



65,626,000 



62,059,000 



