16 WHEAT PRODUCTION IN NEW ZEALAND 
account of her rich virgin soil and temperate climate. 
Her importance as a wheat-growing country has doubled 
during the last decade, and is likely to increase still 
further at a rapid rate on account of ever increasing 
efficiency in production. 
The area for the production of wheat in Australia 
is considerable; but distance from a foreign market 
diminishes the importance of this area. Nevertheless, 
considerable quantities are exported at a time when the 
new crops in the Northern Hemisphere are still growing, 
and consequently Australasia occupies a position of some 
importance among wheat growing countries of the 
world. 
From a survey of the areas it will be seen that by far 
the majority are situated north of the Equator, and of 
these the greatest is in Europe. Official* figures show 
that the Northern Hemisphere produces about 95 per 
cent. of the World’s wheat crop, while Europe itself 
produces over 50 per cent. The following table will 
show clearly the principal countries dnd their order of 
importance for the last decade :-— 
TABLE IV. 
Annual Average Production of Wheat in each Country During 
the Years 1910-14. 
Country. Production in 
Million Bushels. 
United States a ‘ 685 
Russia pucioding Siberia) ae $08 817 
France ans ee 317 
India on a3 oes 350 
Austria- -Hungary ays is ot 232 
Italian Peninsula os is is 187 
Germany ct wie a3 152 
Iberian Peninsula a3 a ee 130 
Argentina... 8 a0 a 147 
Canada i ss ws ous 197 
Roumania oi — kas ee 88 
Australasia .. oe se wis 98 
United Kingdom v9 “ oe 59 
*The International Institute of Agriculture, Rome. 
