WHEAT FOR THE ARMIES.

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13146, 29 August 1914, Page 3

WHEAT FOR THE ARMIES.

v TOTAL OF WORiDIS CROPS; ; • BRITISH SUPPLIES SUpE. OF GEEMANY. The,wheat crops for last year of the eai-pr oUucing co\\ntrles of ? thei; w/ table, with; tho, crops r for .1912; ; The figures are : of 1 special:, • view 4 of, the intcrnatioiial situation, It will lje uoticoci. that Britain, 1 as fi member of- the Triple;; 'Entente, can'; trade -.with; all ' the wheat- • producing*;; countries ■ except'.'Germany, Austria, and Hungary, 1 Germany, on tho other hand,., is, at • war with -the producer .(Russia)in;, Europe, and the fourth largest producer (France),'cannot trade with; the British possessions of. India; Canada, and Austria, ill of which o,cciipy- prominent 'positions;; on the' list.' With her coast blockaded and her overseas trade 'cut .off, she will virtually have to depend on her>homq production and any surplus Austria, and Hungary may be able, to spare after their own pressing heeds are satisfied. A' .distinc--tioii is to be noted between .proditctiop and exportation. Thus Canada, .though only iii'th 011 the list of producing couijtries, is ; a very large .exporter becauso of her sparse population, Austria anil Hungary, on the other haiid r have a, largopopulation to feed. ' According, to, tho latest estimate the world's crop this yeal' will be 100,000,000" biishels 'larger tlrin last year's. The, August i'oporti of the. United States. Department of Agriculture gives promiw.of a corn crop, of 2,672,000,000 bushels compared:- with 1i,124,740,000 bushds last yeaiv The. production of wheat is estimated at 744,000,000 bushels. The oat crop is estimated at .1,028,000,000 bushels, against i,•118',1137, 000 last year, and barley 165,000,000, against 223,824,000 bushels.

Tiie comparison of wheat crops is, as follows:

World's total 4,0'5?,600,000. 3,987,805,000

iUllVNO. Bushels. ■* 1913. . 1912. Rusisiii-in-Kurope 791,200,000 024,720,000 United States 728,000,000 > 700,297,000 India .. 358,280,000 .300,370,000 Primo-p 320,000,000 333,906,000 Canada .. •210,000,000 199,230,000 Argentine . .200,000,000 199,200,000 Ilnly 200,000,000 103,400,000 liussia-iu-Asiti ■192,000,000 178,000,000 Hungary 1 fill,ooo.ooi) 184,024,000 Oei'iniiny •, 148,000,000 104,712,000 Spiiiii • 112,000,000 .109,952,000 Australia .. 88,800,000 80,400,000 Uuniimiu 8-1,000,000 • 80,552,000. Turkey . .. . SO,000,000 130,000,000 Bulgaria ' 04,000,000 03,848,000 United Kingdom 00,000,000 57,400,000 Austria . i • • .10,000,000 09,730,000 Kg} ; pt'.. .. 32,000,000 30,1152,000 32,000,000 27,210,000 ■ 27,200,000 25,088,000 Chili; , .. .. 17,000,000 18,000,000 Belgium Persia .. : la,200,000 15,308,000 14,400,000 16,000.000 Scrviu .. 12,800,000 14,400,000 Uruguay !), 000,000 10,000,000 Mexico .. .. (1,000,000 9,000,000 I'orlugual .. ■ 8,000,000 8,000,000 Sweden ,. .. 7,200,000 7,000,000 New Xealand (1,400,000 5,130,000 China .. 5,000,000 5,000,000 Tunisia 5,000,000 4,240,000 Ureeee .. 5,200,000 5,000,000 Peru .. 5,200,000 5,000,000 Kplliind 5,200,000 5,520,000 Denmark 4,000,000 0,752,000' Switzerland .. 3,520,000 3,184,000 Herzegovina and Bosnia 3,200,000 2,992,000 The Cape 2,400,000 2,400,000 Cyprus & Jlalta 2,400,000 2,500,000 Luxemburg .. 720,000 604,000 Norway 280,000 312,000