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FIELD CHOP PRODUCTION 



United States produces 643 million bushels, or almost 

 80 per cent of the total crop, Canada 168 million bushels, 

 and Mexico 11 million bushels. The United States, for 

 the five years 1908-12, was the world's largest wheat- 

 producing country, while Russia was a close second. In 

 South America Argentina produces over 90 per cent of 

 the total wheat crop of that continent. In Asia, British 



India produced 320 of 

 the 480 million bushels 

 produced by that con- 

 tinent. In Africa, al- 

 most all the wheat is 

 grown in Egypt and 

 Algeria. 



106. Production in 

 the United States. — 

 About one-half of the 

 wheat crop of the 

 United States is pro- 

 duced in the North 

 Central States, west 

 of the Mississippi 

 River, including Min- 

 nesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, 

 and Kansas. About one-sixth of the crop of this country 

 is produced in the North Central States east of the Mis- 

 sissippi, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and 

 Wisconsin. The far West produces about one-sixth of our 

 crop, while all of the rest of the states taken together pro- 

 duce only about 100 million bushels. For the five years 

 1908-12, North Dakota was the leading wheat-producing 

 state, with an average annual yield of 90 million bushels. 

 Other states producing large amounts were Kansas, 70 



Fig. 41.- 



- Wheat crops of the leading coun- 

 tries of the world. 



