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BULLETIN 987, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 76. — Crops of Russia. ' 



[Source: Recueildes Donn£es Statistiques et Economiques; issued by the Ministere de 1'AgricuIture of 

 Russia. These statistics begin with acreage in 1S81 and production in 1883.] 



Crop and year. 



Russian Empire. 



European Russia (except 

 Poland and northern 

 Caucasia). 



Russian Poland. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Produc- 

 tion. 



Area. 



Yield 

 per 

 acre. 



Pro- 

 due 



tion. 



Barley: 



1911 



1912 



1,000 

 acres. 

 30, 910 

 30, 973 

 33, 697 

 33, 142 



5,308 

 5,196 

 5,474 

 5,029 



4,910 

 5,111 



5,278 

 4,885 



8,611 

 8,396 

 8,866 

 8,690 



48, 338 

 46, 899 

 48, 737 

 47, 806 



682 

 494 

 668 

 636 



73,994 

 74, 121 

 75, 983 

 71,926 



871 

 568 

 552 

 565 



80,086 

 78, 109 

 82,680 

 83,862 



1,630 



1,588 

 1,787 

 1,807 



Bush. 

 14.1 

 16.0 



17.8 

 13.1 



9.6 

 11.3 

 10.0 



7.9 



19.4 

 18.4 

 15.8 

 IS. 5 



8.4 

 13.6 

 11.9 



9.2 



18.1 

 23.2 

 25.7 

 19.1 



Lbs. 



909.2 



913.2 

 1, 244. 



969.3 



Bush. 

 10.4 

 14.2 

 13.3 

 12.1 



4.3 

 12.5 

 17.5 

 12.3 



7.0 

 10.3 

 12.4 



9.9 



Lbs. 

 293 

 298 

 287 

 350 



l,000bush. 

 436, 569 

 496, 352 

 600, 232 

 432,615 



50, 901 

 58, 555 

 54, 535 

 39, 922 



95, 193 



94, 118 

 83, 559 

 90, 131 



72, 334 

 114, 392 

 105, 814 



79, 868 



876, 013 



1,089,365 



1,250,590 



914, 913 



1,000 lbs. 



620, 068 



451, 125 



830, 974 



616, 485 



1,000 bush. 



768, 650 

 1, 050, 837 

 1,011,316 



869, 657 



3,703 

 7,117 

 9,680 

 6,972 



563,485 



801,497 



1,027,662 



833,639 



1,000 



bales.* 



998 



990 



1,073 



1,324 



1,000 

 acres. 

 23, 013 

 23, 057 

 24, 558 



Bush. 

 13.9 

 15.4 



17.8 



l,000bush. 

 320, 959 

 354, 685 

 437, 634 



1,000 

 acres. 

 1,241 

 1,257 

 1,283 



Bush. 

 22. 5 

 23.3 

 23.3 



1,000 

 bush. 

 27, 935 

 29 321 



1913 



29' 859 



1914 





Buckwheat: 



1911 



4,778 

 4,672 

 4,938 



9.6 

 11.4 

 9.9 



45, 855 

 53, 173 

 48,945 



251 

 244 

 251 



11.0 

 13.4 

 13.4 



2 764 



1912 



3 262 



1913 



3 365 



1914 





Corn: 



1911 



3,177 

 3,393 

 3,385 



21.4 

 18.5 

 17.7 



67, 842 

 62,904 

 59, 798 









1912 









1913 









1914 









Millet: 



1911 



5,976 

 6,050 

 6,212 



8.6 

 13.8 

 13.1 



51, 566 



83, 566 

 81, 594 



80 



77 

 81 



15.5 

 •19.1 

 17.9 



1,240 



1,471 



1912 



1913 



1,452 



1914 





Oats: 



1911 



38,398 

 37, 270 

 38, 049 



18.0 

 23.1 

 26.0 



690, 753 

 S62, 783 

 990, 957 



2,894 

 2,832 

 2,891 



27.1 

 28.5 

 29.2 



78,465 



1912 



80, 807 



1913 



84,412 



1914 





Rice (rough): 



1911 





Lbs. 



1,000 lbs. 





Lbs. 



/ 000 lbs 



1912 















1913 















1914 















Rye: 



1911 



65, 058 

 65, 043 

 66,008 



Bush. 

 9.9 

 14.0 

 13.2 



1,000 bush. 

 612, 173 

 90S, 410 

 872, 711 



5,258 

 5,228 

 5,361 



Bush. 

 18.2 

 18.2 

 17.1 



1,000 

 bush. 

 95, 453 



1912 



95, 014 



1913 



91, 653 



1914 





Spelt: 



1911 



807 

 504 

 486 



3.6 

 12.0 

 18.1 



2,872 

 6,045 

 8,781 



C 1 ) 

 3 



7 



30.3 

 32.0 

 19.0 



4 



1912 



96 



1913 



133 



1914 





Wheat: 



1911 



52, 557 

 49,581 

 50, 506 



6.6 

 9.5 

 13.0 



346,372 

 472, 389 

 656, 324 



1,255 

 1,248 

 1,312 



19.2 

 19.7 

 18.3 



24, 129 



1912 



24, 626 



1913 



24,011 



1914 





Cotton: 



1911 















1912 















1913 















1914 















Flax fiber: 



1911 



^ 2,771 

 4 2, 806 

 i 2, 969 

 4 2,761 



3,237 

 3,237 

 3,443 

 3,401 



Tons. 3 

 .14 

 .21 

 .19 

 .16 



Bush. 

 5.8 

 6.4 

 6.7 



4.2 



1,000 

 tons. 3 

 4 393 

 4 586 

 4 576 

 4 434 

 1,000 

 bush. 

 18, S77 

 20, 574 

 22,898 

 14,222 









1912 















1913 















1914 















Flaxseed: 



1911 



3,831 

 3,832 

 4,097 



'- 4, 006 



Bush. 

 5.8 

 6.4 

 6.6 



4.7 



1,000 

 bush . 

 22, 402 

 24,486 

 27,037 



5 18,957 



95 

 81 

 87 



9.8 

 9.8 

 10.1 



935 



1912 



793 



1913 



878 



1914 





1 Less than 500 acres. 



2 Bales of 478 pounds, net weight. (Equivalent to American bales of 500 pounds, gross weight.) 



3 Tons of 2,000 pounds. 



4 Twenty-seven governments, 25 of Russia Proper, 2 of Siberia. 

 6 Not including Poland. 



