INDEX (Continued). 



325 



R. 



Rabbits as food, 204. 



Refrigeration, effects of, 12. 



Reindeer, 21. 



Rents and costs of production. 177. 



Rhodesia, 106. 



Rice, 116. 



Rio Grande. 65. 



Romans, animal food supplies of, 8. 



Rothamsted, 144. 



Ron mania, 81, 85. 



Russia, 81-7 ; meat consumption in, 



199 ; output of fish, 208 ; export 



trade ceased, 314, 315. 



Separator, effects of perfecting of, 14 ; 

 tests of efficiency, 131. 



Sheep, international trade in, 30, 31 ; 

 efficiency of in farm economy, 269, 

 270. 



Shipping shortage, 313. 



Siberia, 88-94 ; productive area, 88 ; 

 lack of transport, 89 ; butter in- 

 dustry, 91 ; poultry industry, 92 ; 

 exports of butter, 318. 



Skim-milk neglected as food, 250. 



Soil, exhaustion of, 39. 



South America, live-stock figures, 41 ; 

 summary of conditions in, 66-8 ; 

 total meat exports from, 293. 



Speculation in land, 178. 



Substitution in consumption, 233, 24*), 

 250, 265-271. 



Sugar beet, 164-7 ; pulp from, 165, v. 

 Sugar cane, 166. 



Sulphate of Ammonia, 144. 



Surplus-producing countries, 26, 43- 

 104. 



Sweden, 32, 122-4 ; industries, 122 ; 

 live-stock figures, 123 ; consump- 

 tion of foodstuffs, 123. 



Switzerland, 32, 138-140 ; special ex- 

 ports, 32 ; deficiency in animal food- 

 stuffs, 32. 138 ; live-stock figures, 

 139 ; industries, 139. 



T. 



Tankage, 2. 



Timber, supplies of, 169-71 ; threatened 

 shortage in U.S., 45. 



Trade balance sheets, 27-9. 



Tropical Highlands, 21, 22, 26, 105- 

 113; summary, 112, 113; live- 

 stock figures, 112. 



Tropical Lowlands, 113-6; forests of, 

 170. 



Tropical Regions, feedstuffs exported 

 from, 21, 26. 



U. 



Unenumerated meat products, 19. 



United Kingdom, imports of foodstuffs 

 and cereals, 23 ; decline in imports 

 of live animals, 175 ; animal food- 

 stuffs consumed, 202 ; per capita 

 consumption of dairy and poultry 

 products, 206 ; per capita consump- 

 tion of milk, 213 ; excessive con- 

 sumption of fats, 231 ; consumption 

 of feedstuffs by animals, 254 ; de- 

 ficiency of animal foodstuffs, 27'.). 

 284-9 ; deficiency in feedstulK 

 280-3 ; emigration to U.S., 292. 



United States, 43-49 ; deficient in beef, 

 32 ; decline in meat exports, 



38 ; overstocking on range lands, 



39 ; surplus animal feedstuffs, 43 ; 

 meat exports, 43 ; per capita pro- 

 duction of feedstuffs, 43 ; effects of 

 war upon agriculture, 43, 48 ; cattle 

 trade, 44 ; exports of feedstuffs, 

 44 ; live-stock ratios, 4-4, !"> : 

 threatened shortage of timber, !.") : 

 areas of deficient rainfall, 46 ; 

 irrigation schemes, 46 ; population 

 y. farm lands, 47 ; changes neces- 

 sary in methods, 47 ; increase in 

 wheat area, 48 ; increase in cotton 

 area, 48 ; changes in tariff, 5.'{ ; 

 rise in value of farm lands, 17i; 

 per capita consumption of dairy and 

 poultry produce, 206 ; production 

 of eggs, 215 ; importance of poultry 

 industry, 217 ; capital in animal 

 industries. 254 ; losses of animals. 

 272 ; live-stock trade with Canada, 

 288 ; immigration from U.K., 2!>i' 

 trade with Canada in produce, :>n.V 



Uruguay, 62-4. 



V. 



Veal, by-product of dairying, _ 



economies of production of, 268. 

 Venezuela, 109, 110. 



W. 



Waste and consumption, 246-9. 



Weather, effects of variations in. 18. 



Western Europe, boundaries, 23 ; popu- 

 lation, 23 ; live-stock figures, 140 ; 

 decline in meat imports, 141. 



Wheat, 157, 158 ; world's production, 

 158; increase in per capita \\lu-at 

 acreage, 157 ; increase in average 

 yields. 163. 



Wool, as joint product, 260-2 ; output 

 of British Empire, 289. 



