The total yield of wheat is increasing, as shown by the following table: 



Year 



1890-1 

 1895-6 

 1900-1 

 1903-4. 



Table II. 

 Total net yield of wheat in 

 63 governments of Euro- Exported 

 pean Russia 



Thousands of Poods* 

 265,957 171,008 



520,773 229,731 



525,981 139,095 



771,757 246,663 



Table II shows that the consumption of wheat in the country is increasing more 

 rapidly than the export. The latter is about thirty per cent, of the total yield. The 

 consumption per inhabitant, while it increased during the period 1892-1904 from 1.5 

 poods (54 pounds) to 4.5 poods (162 pounds), may seem very low, but it is not to be 

 forgotten that the principal bread stuff in Russia is rye, the total yield of which in the 

 Empire was, in 1912, 1,602,263,000 poods as against 1,331,655,400 poods of wheat. 



The total yield of wheat in 1912 was distributed in different parts of the country 

 as follows, in poods: 



Table III. 



Winter wheat Spring wheat 



European Russia 263,032,400 562,259,800 



Caucasus 176,278,200 83,251,100 



Siberia 317,500 113,842,700 



Middle Asia 23,426,000 109,247,700 



or 



463,054,100 868,601,300 



*1 pood = 36 English pounds. 7,720,000 tons 14,477,000 tons. 



The export of wheat in 1912 was 240,545,000 poods of grain, for the sum of 

 258,824,000 rubles, and 7,352,000 poods of wheat flour, for the sum of 12,637,000 rubles. 



