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The imports of barley during the last 25 years gradually decreased 

 from 11,333,000 bushels in 1890 to 339,000 bushels in 1914. About 90 

 per cent of the import barley has been supplied by Canada during 

 the last 20 years. 



Malt. — The malt exported in 1880 amounted to 5,672 bushels, 

 which increased to 162,000 bushels in 1895, to 453,000 bushels in 1899, 

 to 882,000 bushels in 1906, and decreased to 330,608 bushels in 1914. 

 During the last 10 years Canada and Mexico have been the best 

 markets for malt, receiving about 90 per cent of the malt exported. 

 The imports of malt in 1873 amounted to 279,000 bushels, which in- 

 creased to 1,356,000 bushels in 1883 and decreased to 5,165 bushels in 

 1892, and has remained at nearly that figure down to date. Euro- 

 pean countries, chiefly Germany and the United Kingdom, have sup- 

 plied practically all of the malt imported during the last 20 years. 



Rye. — The exports of rye in 1864 were 154,960 bushels, which 

 increased to more than one-half million bushels in 1868 and in- 

 creased to 1,564,000 bushels in 1874. During the 10 years 1876-1885 

 the annual exports were about 2,000,000 bushels, and decreased to 

 79,000 bushels in 1888, then increased to 12,000,000 bushels in 1892, 

 decreased to 9,000 bushels in 1895, increased to nearly 16,000,000 in 

 1898, then gradually decreased to less than 3,000 bushels in 1911, and 

 increased to 2,223,000 in 1914. The rye has been consigned chiefly 

 to European countries during the last 20 years, principally Belgium, 

 Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. 



The imports of rye in 1867 were 242,718 bushels, and remained at 

 nearly that figure until 1878, the imports for that year being 430,235 

 bushels, which increased to 973,677 bushels in 1883 ; and since 1886 

 the imports of rye have been of little importance, decreasing to as 

 low as 5 bushels. As a source of supply Canada has exceeded all 

 other countries, supplying nearly 90 per cent of the rye imported. 



Oats. — The exports of oats were 305,755 bushels in 1864; increased 

 gradually to 13 million bushels in 1896 ; reached 69 million bushels 

 in 1898; decreased to 1 million bushels in 1904; increased to 46 mil- 

 lion bushels in 1906; and since that date the exports have been 

 slightly over 1 million bushels, except 1913, when the exports were 

 nearly 34 million bushels. During the 10 years 1894-1903 about 75 

 per cent of the oats were sent to Belgium, France, the Netherlands, 

 and the United Kingdom. During the five years 1910-1914 the 

 United Kingdom took nearly one-half of the oats, and large quan- 

 tities were consigned to Cuba and the Philippine Islands. 



The imports of oats were about 500,000 bushels during the five 

 years 1851-1855 and ranged from 1 to 10 million bushels during 

 the 10 years 1856-1865. During the five years 1871-1875 the imports 

 were again about 500,000 bushels, decreasing to less than 100,000 

 bushels during the period 1876-1907. In 1910 the imports were 1 



