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TABLE II. 
AGRICULTURAL PRopDUCTION IN WESTERN AND CEenTrRAL EUROPE. 
| | 
Epoch |} 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 
| | | | | 
Population | 225,613 | 242,847 | 264,517 | 289,893 | 291,713 | 
(thousands) | ! 
Total Production | | | 
(1000 quarters) | 
Wheat 3 - | 110,796 120,311 | 137,635 | 149,466 | 112,924 | 
Rye t - | 57,196 | 62,904 | 76,146 | 91,949 | 55,738 
Barley . | 53,580 | 55,575 60,163 | 63,738 51,602 
Maize . = ..° 88,205'0|) 45,725) [48,516 | 57,763 | 51,712 | 
Four Crops . _—._ |_-259,777 | 284,515 | 322,460 | 362,916 | 271,976 | 
Area under Crops 
(1000 acres) | | 
Wheat : - | 59,960 61,448 63,287 65,139 | 57,456 
Rye : . | 30,716 | 31,477 | 31,128 | 32,305 23,521 | 
Barley : : 21,752 21,873 | 20,740 | 21,718 | 20,746 | 
Maize : : 17,849 20,142 21,455 22,147 22,534. | 
Four Crops . seep fel BO227 7 / 134,940 136,610 | 141,309 124,257 / 
Yield per Acre | 
(bushels) 
Wheat : E 14-78 15-66 17-40 | 18-97 15-72 | 
Rye F .| 1489 | 1600 | 19:54 | 22-77 19-40 
Barley P ; 19-71 . | 20-33 23-21 | 23:48 | 19-90 
Maize : of. LadZ 18-16 18-09 20-86 | 18:36 
Four Crops . : 15:95 |, 16-87 18-88 | 20-55 17-48 | 
Yield per head | | | | 
(bushels) | | 
Wheat 3:93 3:97 4:16 4-13 3-10 
Rye 2-03 2-07 2:30 | 2-54 1:53 | 
Barley 1-90 1-83 1:82 1-76 Neel | 
Maize ith Sree LIE be | aces ASL 1-47 1-59 1-42 | 
| Four Crops . 5 ee 9:38 9-75 10-02 7:46 | 
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Note to Table If. 
The countries included up to 1910 are those forming ‘ Europe ’ in Table I, with the 
exception of’ Russia and Poland. 
For 1920 the area is nearly but not quite the same. The Polish war gains from 
Germany and Austria, being reckoned with Poland in the latter year, are excluded. 
On the other hand, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro (now part of the Serbo-Croat- 
Slovene state), Bessarabia (gained by Roumania from Russia), and the Serbian and 
Bulgarian gains since 1910 from Turkey are included. So far as can be judged, 
the excluded regions are somewhat less in area (122,000 square km. against 165,000) 
and somewhat greater in population (11,000,000 against 6,000,000 in 1911) than those 
included ; that is to say, the term ‘ Western and Central Europe ’ in my table represents 
a slightly larger area and a slightly smaller population in 1920 than in 1910. The differ- 
ences, however, are unimportant ; substantially the exclusions and inclusions balance 
one another and the total regions remain comparable. 
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