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2 CEREALS 



The W>J2 Indies appear to depend wholly on outside 

 sources for their cereal supplies. 



In Venezuela the production of wheat is very small, 

 but "fine crops" are produced in the high tablelands 

 and valleys of the mountainous districts of Western 

 Venezuela. 



In Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia a small quantity of 

 wheat is produced, quite insufficient for local demands; 

 but Ecuador, situated though it is on the Equator, pro- 

 duces enough for its own requirements, and in some years 

 exports small quantities to Peru. 



An encyclopaedia says that wheat is grown in Guiana, 

 but I have never seen a reference to it in corn trade 

 literature. 



Brazil has an experimental farm at Victoria Espiritu 

 Santos, and has succeeded in growing there annually a 

 small quantity of wheat, but the results up to now appear 

 to be poor. Wheat has been grown in Minas Geraes. 

 Other experiments have been made, and some are now 

 being made near San Paulo, but, substantially, no wheat 

 is produced in tropical Brazil. A little is grown in the 

 State of Rio Grande do Sul, but that is in the temperate 

 zone. Large quantities of wheat are imported into Brazil 

 from the Argentine. 



Sudan. In recent years a good deal of attention has 

 been given to wheat growing in the Sudan, and I will 

 later on refer in some detail to the results obtained, but 

 .at this juncture all I need say is that substantial quantities 

 are being produced in the province of Dongola, and that 

 in 1912-13 the total area under wheat in the Sudan was 

 returned as 30,000 acres. 



Abyssinia. In Abyssinia wheat appears to have been 

 for a long time one of the staple crops, and bread one 

 of the regular articles of diet. Wheat can be grown at 

 low altitudes as well as on the higher lands; but, so far 

 .as I am aware, no attempt has been made to state in 

 figures the quantity produced in the country, none is 

 exported, and small quantities of wheat and wheaten 

 flour are imported. To me the most interesting point 

 concerning Abyssinian wheat is the 'existence of a purple 

 skinned variety. It is used especially in the manufacture 

 of a bread known as Dabo, which resembles rye bread. 



