40 ESSAYS ON WHEAT 



list, exporting only slightly less wheat than the United 

 States. 



In the year 1915-16, the world's exports of wheat were 

 seriously disturbed by the war. In that year, Canada had 

 an immense surplus of wheat and took the premier position 

 as a wheat-exporting country, surpassing even the United 

 States. The exports of the four leading nations for 

 1915—16 were as follows: ® 



Export of Wheat in Bushels, 1915-16 



Bushels Bushels 



Canada 267,766,000 Argentina 91,390,000 



United States . . . 239,526,000 Australia and 



New Zealand . . 63,249,000 



So far as the total production of wheat is concerned, 

 Canada is still far behind several other countries, notably 

 the United States, the Russian Empire, British India, and 

 France, as will be seen from the following statistics of 

 wheat production which are given as the average for the 

 three-year period 1911-13 inclusive: ^^ 



Amount of Wheat Raised in Bushels 



Bushels Bushels 



Eussian Empire 727,133,300 Brought forward 2,601,951,600 



United States. . 704,995,000 Italy 190,840,000 



British India. . . 369,612,300 German Empire 160,236,700 



France 324,136,700 Argentina 155,828,300 



Austria-Hungary 247,141,000 Australia 88,961,000 



Canada 228,933,300 United Kingdom 61,297,300 



Japan 26,305,300 



Carried forward 2,601,951,600 Other Countries 527,589,700 



Total 3,813,009,900 



From these figures one may draw the conclusion that, be- 



slbid., p. 15. 



10 Geography of the WorWs Agriculture, loc. cit., p. 8. 



