A FAIR FISHERMAN 



Photograph by Curtis & Miller 

 WASHINGTON STATE 



"As the world fills up with people, the more it is hound to look to the sea for food, and a 

 rich field will there be found" (see text, page 23) 



those of Russia. That wonderful country, 

 possessing more latent agricultural re- 

 sources, perhaps, than any like area in 

 the world, has 288,000,000 acres of ex- 

 cellent wheat land. Even at our present 

 standard of production, which is less than 

 half of that of western Europe, Russia 

 alone could produce more wheat than is 

 raised on the entire globe today. 



As matters now stand, the Russian 

 crop is only about ten bushels per acre. 

 That her lands are as fertile and her cli- 

 mate as well suited to the growing of 



wheat as those of England and Germany 

 are facts well known to all those who 

 have considered her relation to the 

 world's future food problems. Even to- 

 day, in spite of her small per-acre pro- 

 duction of every principal crop, Russia 

 is the greatest exporter of grain in the 

 world. 



We ordinarily think of the exportation 

 and importation of food products as be- 

 ing one of the most important consider- 

 ations in relation to production. The 

 world's prices for these commodities are 



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