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Table VI. Leading countries in the production of wheat, with the 

 acreage and production of each in 1910. 



The total world production of wheat was about 4,000,- 

 000,000 bushels, or about the same as that of oats or corn. 

 Owing to the higher weight to the bushel, there were more 

 pounds of wheat produced than of either corn or oats, while 

 the total cash value of the crop was greater than that of 

 corn and oats combined. 



In the five years from 1906 to 1910 the average annual 

 production of wheat in the United States was 693,000,000 

 bushels, or about 19 per cent of the world's crop. During 

 the same years, European Russia averaged annually 556,- 

 000,000 bushels; France, 329,000,000 bushels; British India, 

 301,000,000 bushels; and Italy, 170,000,000 bushels. 



181. Production in United States. In the United States, 

 wheat ranks third in the number of bushels produced, the 

 yield of both corn and oats being much larger, but in the 

 weight of the crop, wheat ranks second to corn. Wheat 

 is likewise second to corn among the cereals in total value, 

 but both hay and cotton, as well as corn, outclass wheat in 

 this respect. For the ten years from 1902 to 1911 an 

 average of 46,716,000 acres have been devoted to the pro- 

 duction of wheat; the annual production averaged 652,- 



