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the keeping quality of the latter, but is removed during milling 

 and may be added to any one of the above feeds. The by-prod- 

 ucts are excellent feed for live stock and command for this 

 purpose a high price upon the market. Their relative com- 

 position may be seen from the following table : 



PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION 



105. The world's production. For the five years 

 1908-12, the world's wheat crop has been approximately 

 3500 million bushels. Of this amount, Europe produced 

 over 1800 million bushels, or more than 50 per cent of the 

 world's crop. North America ranks second, with a yield 

 of 822 million bushels, a little less than one-fourth of the 

 world's crop. The other continents contributed as fol- 

 lows : Asia, 480 million bushels, South America, 185 

 million bushels, Australia, 85 million bushels, and Africa, 

 75 million bushels. Of the European countries, Russia 

 is the leading wheat-producing country, producing an 

 average annual yield, during the above five years, of 594 

 million bushels. Austria-Hungary ranks second, with 

 233 million bushels, France third, with 316 million bushels, 

 Italy and Germany each produce 170 million bushels, and 

 Spain 130 million bushels. Of the other European coun- 

 tries, Roumania and the United Kingdom alone produced 

 comparatively large amounts. In North America, the 



