31. 



REPORT — 1898. 



There is now about .as much area under mixed cereals as would have 

 to be devoted solely to wheat to make our country self -supporting. 

 B.—rke World's Wheat Croj) of 1897-98 fro7n Contribitton/ Area.<.' 



United States 



France 



Russia and Poland 



Anstria-Hungary 



Germany , 



Spain . 



Italy . 



Trans-Caucasia and Siberia 



Argentina . 



United Kingdom 



Canada 



Roumania . 



Caucasia (Northern) 



Australasia 



Bulgaria 



Turkey in Europe 



r)elgium 



Chili . 



Tablf shoiving the T 



Bushels 



.-.10,000,000 



240,000,000 



230,000,000 



135,000,000 



105,000,000 



06,000,000 



82,000,000 



64,000,000 



60,000,000 



56,000,000 



55,000,000 



43,000,000 



40,000,000 



38,000,000 



30,000,000 



22,000,000 



16,000,000 



15,000,000 



Uruguay, Brazil, &c. 



Portugal 



Servia 



Holland 



Denmark . 



Sweden and Norway 



Greece 



Switzerland 



Bosnia, Montenegro, 



prus, &c. 

 South Africa . 



Cv 



Add imports from Asia 

 and North Africa . 



Tot.-vl available wheat 

 supply . 



Busliels 



0,000,000 



7.000,000 



6,000,000 



5,000,000 



5,000,000 



5,000,000 



4,000,000 



4,000,000 



4,000,000 

 4,000,000 



1,800,000,000 



31,000,000 



1,921,000,000 



Variations in the Bread-eating Populations and the Arailahle 

 Supphj of Wheat in. the Five Yearly Periods from 1878 to 1807, in Millions of 

 Bushels, and Annual Averages. 



Years 



1877-81 

 1882-86 

 1887-01 

 1802-06 

 1897-98 



Bread- 

 eating 

 Popula- 

 tions 



407-0 

 432-8 

 460-8 

 490-9 

 510-0 



Wlieat 

 grown by 

 ' Contribu- 

 tory areas ' 



1707-0 

 1037-6 

 2043-5 

 2100-2 

 1800-0 



Total 



available 



supply 



1085-2 

 2273-0 

 23469 

 2488-2 

 2221-0 



Required 

 for seed 

 aud food 



1812-8 

 1046-0 

 2102-0 

 2233-8 

 2310-0 



Supply 



in excess 



of year's 



needs 



172-4 

 327-0 

 244-9 

 254-4 

 Deficit 

 890 



C. 



The ' world's demand ' for Avheat is as follows : 



Bushels 

 180,000,000 

 24,000,000 

 35,000,000 

 13,000,000 

 13,500,000 

 40,000,000 

 4,000,000 



United Kingdom, about 



Belgium 



Germany . 



Holland 



Switzerland 



France 



Sweden 



Spain 



Portug.al 



Greece 



Islands and tropical landi^ 



Total 



Bushels ' 



10,000,00{> 



4,000,000 



4,500,000 



28,000,000 



356,000,00a 



D. 



Between 1882 and 1897 tlie wheat crops were so abundant that over 

 1,-200 million bushels were added to our stores, beside large accumulations of 

 rye. During this time of golden harvests, the exports from Russia increased, 



' Outside the better known areas of wheat supply a certain proportion of wlieat 

 comes from India, Persia, Syria, Anatolia and North Africa. But it is impossible to 

 get accurate figures as to acreage and yield from these countries ; as bread-eaters 

 derive less than one per cent, of their supplies from these outlying sources, it is con- 

 venient to call the ordinary areas ' contributory areas,' and to deal with the external 

 areas no further than to show the volume of imports yielded from year to year. 



