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THE GRAIN CROPS. 



CENTRAL EVHOPli. 



Countries. 

 Spain 



Portugal ..... 

 Tuscany ..... 

 Plains of Lucca .... 

 Piedmont Plains of Marcngo . 

 Bologna ..... 

 Roman States Pontine marshes 



Ordinary lands 

 Kingdom of Naples best districts 



Ordinary lands 

 Malta the best lands 



Ordinary lands 



NORTHERN EUROPE. 



Sweden and Norway 



Denmark ..... 



Russia, a good harvest 



province of Tambof 



provinces north of 50 deg. latitude 



Poland 



England 



Scotland 



Ireland 



Holland 



Belgium 



Bavaria 



Prussia 



Austria 



Hungary 



Switzerland, lands of an inferior quality 



Of a good quality, 8 ; of the best quality 

 France, inferior lands, 3 ; best lands 



(Statistique des Cereales de la France par Moreau de Jonnes.) 



STATISTICS OF WHEAT CULTUEE. 



As wheat forms the principal nutritious food of the world, claiming 

 the industrious application of labor over the greater part of 

 Europe, throughout the temperate regions of Asia, along the 

 northern kingdoms of Africa, and extending far into the northern 

 and southern regions of the American continents ; as it has been 

 cultivated from time immemorial, and has produced in various 

 climates and soils many varieties ; it is surprising that so little is 

 generally known of the distinct varieties best adapted to par- 

 ticular climates and that in Great Britain and the United 

 States we have yet to learn the variety which will yield the 

 largest and best amount of human food ! 



At the Industrial Exhibition in 1851, twenty-six premiums 

 only were distributed for specimens of wheat ; of these, five were 

 awarded to British farmers, three to France, three to Russia, 

 three to Australia, three to the United States, and one each or 

 severally to other nations. Some beautiful specimens of \vlu;i( 

 were exhibited from South Australia, weighing seventy pounds a 

 bushel ; which were eagerly sought after for seed wheat by our 



