CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



INTRODUCTION 1 



HISTORICAL SURVEY 4 



Part I. Production. 

 II. STATISTICAL MATERIAL 16 



II. GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SOURCES OF PRODUCTION 



AND WORLD TRADE 21 



III. PRODUCTION IN RELATION TO POPULATION AND CON- 



SUMPTION 35 



IV. TEMPERATE SURPLUS-PRODUCING REGIONS . 43 



(a) United States ; (b) Canada ; (c) Argentina ; (d) other 

 South American Countries ; (e) Australia ; (/) New Zealand ; 

 (g) Eastern Europe ; (h) Siberia ; (i) Miscellaneous, Tem- 

 perate Surplus-producing Regions. General Review and 

 Summary of these Regions p. 102. 



V. TROPICAL REGIONS 105 



(a) Tropical Highlands ; (&) Tropical Lowlands. 



VI. ELABORATING COMMERCIAL COUNTRIES . . 117 

 (a) Denmark ; (b) Holland ; (c) Sweden ; (d) Ireland. 



VII. DEFICIENT INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES AND REGIONS . 127 



(a) Great Britain ; (b) Germany ; (c) France ; (d) Belgium ; 

 (e) Austria-Hungary ; (/) Switzerland. 



VIII. ANIMAL INDUSTRIES IN THE PROGRESS OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE 140 



IX. SUPPLIES OF CAPITAL . ... . . . 148 



X . AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY IN RELATION TO THE PRO- 

 DUCTION OF ANIMAL FOODSTUFFS . . . 151 



XL USES OF LAND COMPETITIVE WITH ANIMAL IN- 

 DUSTRIES 157 



(a) Wheat and Rye ; (b) Other Cereals ; (c) Potatoes 

 (d) Sugar beet ; (e) Fibre crops ; (/) Forests and timber 

 supplies. 



XII. COST PRICE AND COSTS OF PRODUCTION . . 172 



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