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B. Wheat as an important article of commerce. 
A CompaRIsON oF THE WORLD'S IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF WHEAT 
(I) NorMaL Imports oF WHEAT IN BUSHELS 
United Kingdom 
Germany 
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France . 
Japan 
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PER ACRE 
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Canada . 
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Argentina 
Russia . 
Australia 
Rumania 
India . 
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173,770 2049 
30,020,000 
00,090,000 
100,090,000 
50,000,007 
25.000.000 
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Why do the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy import so much wheat ? 
Why does Japan, with a third more people than the United Kingdom, 
import only a fraction as much wheat ? 
Compare the yield per acre in importing and exporting countries. Why 
do the importers need wheat when the yield from their own farms is so 
high? Why is it so high? 
Rearrange all the countries in the wheat tables given above, according to 
the amount of wheat produced per acre. Be ready to ask a good question 
as to the position of each country in this new list. | 
How do you explain the fact that India exports far less wheat than Canada, 
though she raises almost as much ? 
Why does Australia export less than Canada and Argentina? 
Although Russia raises much wheat, her people eat relatively little. In 
which part of Russia is wheat chiefly eaten? Why? (Fig. 43.) 
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C. How the scientific farmer reaps his reward. 
I. The average yield of corn per acre among the farmers of the United States 
is about 27 bushels; among the Connecticut farmers, it is about 80 per 
cent greater ; among the members of Boys’ Corn Clubs, about 80 bushels. 
The prize winners among the boys often produce more than 160 bushels 
per acre. By what methods do the bovs increase the vield ?