Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-10-07

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70 az wneas = yaetoins
2 sov one.n1. q winch
49, y sunsIy Engiaho: lnus .
uas . Denin1 ro1nis
~ wneas peala.s area u an Canada
l .N nac1eassa aess snan ooO, acres
. .1noo .ooa. Mniae she exports AVE not
MnNoHeu = ele sN p.opoIt,on. AS
Wneas a1e1 y Aaani.ooa anu sne Nortn.
~. ~ inolsaseu' tno Wheas area Oh
yn.al'o s1u. = sastern provinces ma
ueoleaseu, s1e auueu acres oeing iistlc
.noae - suIlcIehs 20 meet the grow
sne re4ulse"ents Q. popuiation. we
1exe seen = showing tnas
o Sa1na CONTAINS ouO'v Uo,o ~ acres Oh
psuaeavie Wne.e me impossiniiity
" sucn au estl'nate ever Deihs iulilieo
WI % apparent when u rs remelnoered
temperate zones for growing Al, the
staple food crops ia not more than $780,.
600. 600 acres, and that In no country
has more than 8 per ccnt Of the arcs
been devoted to wheat culture"
Turning to other sources Of supply.
Australia was next considered. Climatic
conditions limit tho Australian wheat
area to Z small portion Of the southern
littoral belt. Queensland seems to be.
the most promising district, as. accord
ing to Professor Shelton. there nre still
30, 600. 600 acres there suitable far
wheat, but hitherto Il has never Ind
more than 100. 600 ncres under cultiva.
ton. For the second season in snoces.
sion the wheat crop last wear was de.
stroyed over large areas in Victoria. and
in South Australia the harvest averaged
not more than about 3A bushels per
acre. After meeting colonial REQUIRE
ments for food and seed only es4. 900
bushels were available for exnort. Tn.
most other districta tho Weld fills -
such an extent as to cause Euroneans to
wonder why the pursuit Of wheat rnis.
ing Is continued.
AS 20 New Zealand, 1t a o suitable
claMate ana only Two countries IN the
Wofia Yield as much wheat per acre
VIZ, denmark and. tho United Kingdom.
Snus Notwithstanding tho great yield Of
Wneat' due TO an equablo climate, New
.Nea!ano nnds fruit and dairy farming
stll! more proftablo. Thus the New
neaiander ships his butter more than
na4t way round the world u completes
successfully Win western Europe.
me Austrfa-Hungarian exports have
ptactically ceased. Roumania in 1895
exported ~, OOO, 600 bushels, but for
nan years now The wheat area is not
likely 70 exceed home requirements.
France comes next to the United King
dom az Q wheat producer, but is depend
on foreign supply for an average
quantity OF Ia per cent of her own pro-
duction. Germany ia q gigantic i'm
porter OF wheat, her imports rising 700
per cent in the last % years, and now
averaging 30, OOO 900 bushels.
The prospective supply Of wheat
Argentina and Uruguay has been
greatly overrated. The agricultural area
includes less than 100, 00O, 900 acres Of
good, bad n indifferent land, much Of
which is best adapted for pastoral pur-
poses: There Is no prospect Of Argentina
ever being able to devote more than 3d.
VoO, y acres to wheat. The present
wheat area Is about 5000, 600 acres, an
area that may DO doubled In the next 10
years but the whole arabic region is
subject to great climatic vi%cissitudes.
70 lrosts that ravage the fields south
OF the tharty.seventh parallel. 1t will
taxi years to bring the surplus lands of
argentina into cultivation, and the pop
u!ation Is even now Insufficient to sup
Ply apo at seed time and harvest. Dur.
ing me next ~ years Uruguay may add
d,ooo' oOo acres to tho worlds wheat
nelds, out social, political and economic
oonaltions serlously Interfere with agri-
culIural development.
sir Wiliiam orookes practically dis.
masses south Africa with the remark
tnas Wnea culture Tails where tho ba-
nana rlpens. In many parts OF Africa.
soo' insect pests render storage impossi-
PIC, ano grain stores there can be
littie nope OF large exports. North Az
flca' Formerly n granary OF Rome,
nov exports less than 5000, 900 bushels
annually: IN Egypt cotton. Algeria
ana runs WINE, are successful rivals OF
wheat. In lldia an enormous acreage is
evoted TO wheat, q 1t has beer de-
Ginning Tor years. In 1895 over 20, O0O.-
Ooo acres yielded 10000, 600 bushels.
eeVen-eignth OF this harvest Is required
ZOE hative consumption. q only one