Q.—How do we judge of actual com-ion in the sale of wheat? A.—By the supplies thrown annually on the world's eat distributing markets.
Q.—What market in ticular? A.—England, where most of buying nations to purchase their grain Q.—What are the figures? A.—As recently as 1880 Grest Britain imported for consumption and re-export 55,261,924 hundredweight of wheat—a large increase over the preceding annual average. In 1895 it imported 81,749,955 hundredweight.
Q.—What has made possible this remarkable increase in wheat production A—The exceedingly rapid development of transportation facilities in newly-cultivated grain countries; among them India, Russia, and the Argentine Republic.
Q.—Has there been an increase in the United States itself? A.—An enormous increase.
Q.—How large? A.—In 1875 there were 26,381,512 acres of wheat cultivated in this country; in 1891 there were 39,916,897, an_increase of 50 per cent. The yield 1875 was 292,136,000 bushels, a heavy increase over preceding years. In 1891 the yield was 611,780,000. Even last year, with a greatly reduced acreage and a partial crop failure, the yield was 467,100,000 bushels.
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