The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-02
Compares the Grain Production
With United States
RAISES sUNFLOWERs.
Annual Production is Over o.
100000 Bushels.
Agriculture Has Undergone
Very Few Improvements.

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sca has but little conception. said EfoI-
Mark A. Carleton. 4rnerica 5 eminent
cereal althDri-y. when asked DS tA@
State Journal representative MS opll-
ion OF that country from an asricul-
tural standpoint. Prof carleton re-
gently returned from Russia where ne
spent Two years or more Tor our gov
eminent studying their cereal produc-
From. a standpoint of the people
themselves" says Prof Carleton, they
are vel considerably behind the times,
but are aking rarid progress. From
the viewpoint Of material resources that
country compares well with the UnlteQ
States although IL is larger and much
undevelOped- As far as have seen
the natural resources arc WOnderTuls
and then. too. the resources are not only
great comared with this country but
very similar.
.-They have so much OF the same
prairie land. with ricn and very IertAAe
black soil which on the whole, is much
deeper than the best soil Of America
Ii is almost limitless in extent and
reaches from Russia proper on into
Siberia 70 limits unknown Inelr cllInaNe
IS similar to ours a kind under which
all important cereals flourish.
The cereal Of greatest production
there is rye The average production OF
this grain In the seventy-tENo provinces,
Tor which we have statistics is approx
irnately over zoo O00. 600 bushels per an
num- This crop is a winter variety, and
its production there is the largest Of any
nation A greater portion Of this cereal
is grown in the northern part of the
country which has a climate very adj
mir ably suited. The Russians are great
eaters OF rye bread-more so than any
other nation on earth. with the exception
Of the Germans. The products Of rye
are consumed particularly by the peas
ants. who eat very little wheat bread
while the production of wheat is not
so great as Of rye. il is the cereal of most
importance in that country In all the
VARIOUS EE2Un@ WUeHTE
very best varieties Of the world are grown
% Russia The greatest export Of the or
N0lga region 1t IS made UP mainly Of
pssrdless varitiess similar 70 our northern
in quality. than the latter for bread -four
The same wheats are being. grown an ST
IBERIA. and The wheat area Is rapidly ex>
lending as fast as that country develops.
It might be surprising TO an American
visiting Siberia rs witness the r7lr7ber 81
down the TrtIsh river from SemiDalatinsIz.
10 be transferred To the great Siberian
railway at Omsk.
Besides these grains there is also
very large production each year of ex-
ceilent hard winter wheats. They are
grown mainly In south Russia and north
Caucasus On an Average the production
Of winter wheatE are approx rnately half
the amount of that Of the sprina vr1eafs
z hsse winter varieties are raised where
the climate is exceedingly cold in winter
and usually very crv and not in summer
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being very hard and Of excellent quality
The variety Of wheat in our own country
another very important class of wheats
II the mAcaroni wheats. which include
some of the very best varieties known in
the world This kind Of wheat is pro-
ouced Fl the dryest and hottest portion
OF south and east Russia 1-housh there
are several varieties by the time they are
shipped from the port of Tangarog. they
sold under the name OF Tangaroc wheat
These Wheats are shipped in large quar-
titles to the cities of southern France and
Italy Tor use in the manufacture of mac
aronA Large quantities. however. are
he
purpose Of bread-u1a king The mills in
that region are well prepared with the
these very hard wheats.
The entire production OF All wheats
bushels per anrum-
The oat crop production is about the
same as y heat in extent BY far the best
quality OF Russian oats is produced i'm the
norther and eastern parts There the
clifnate seems well adapted toward a very
pros-nc. large. white-grained Oat- Some
ern Russia and Siberia
u. Next Ia ranking importance comes the
tle naEleN crop Its production amounts
tp -1q-19l-VQe bushels or more a YEAR Ar
garentiy this crop is all spring soun. I
nS7d ~ brewing. for which purpose ONLY !
certain varieties are grown iT1is grain /
Isl also manufactured into 4 cereal 7oNd
Wnlcn IS much ike our pearl barley III
seems very popular though il IS 11sed nv I
breakfast foods.
A cereal called in Russia sDroco' is /
SEQ VI 81 the extent Of 65UO0. Or3s 10 1a.Oa0-
tsN bushels annually 1T is termed BFooro I
corn miller in the United sfafes ana Is I
practically new cereal to us The isrszer J
Ptr q tne proeo production IS employed |
1er human food The grain Is huiied and I
cracked and is either used il soi1ns n 4
lnI making foods similar to our breaks Il
as feed for stock
RUSSIA annual production OF buck
wheat Is between 81. 200 600 and sz I'm mo 4
1u1-rls- lL rs commonly used for food 4
ss ally lh the form of Cruel like that Il
russians know nothing at an Of Tire i
b. ~ ~ neat cake so commonly eaten IN 4
The corn crop Of that nation arrre-
s-tNs a 4lEAd about the same as buck II
~ si7-,,.- . lAAal l lcsten OF corn is made /
corn IS raised only IN a siiri1f s~fer1f 4
THROUGHOUT I'rans-Caucasia but the prov 4
~ 49,. ss-iE oy tar the greatest yield 4
traveller passing through that brownies 4
seeing the great fields So corn ~ or1ce 1
imagines himself frsS-ais,1,- ti--,,,,l -
81 our great corn states p me S-fssf II 4
tss-zs years q number Of American varie- 1
r W corn nave been Introduced i'm south Il
RUSSIA including the Leaning variety
-AAAo- .lr1 very Important economic 4
Pla. ~ tnolgh not considered a cereal. /
much larger extent in Russia fl9ar ~, nv
et1el country ~ the world The annual pro- Il
ooe q9 bushels The sunfiovss,r IS s,,itf,-atsf7 4
with the corn with little trouble and lis 4
l lnsi sr1 oTlrSs good profit Only a
81 ~ sr4 part being consumed there In Il
r.AssAa Az r. used either for the nrOdlrr-
49, 77-lnlaE way as the American pea
NUT IN every town or little hamlet many 4
g., -. =. -, ~ s s Fer seeds are sold at
g principally produced an the South
4lEas Eselcn and North Caucasus
- ar q 4e ~. tanks INTERESTINGLY of the
l-a--IlteI ~ H1ich the Russians harvest
AS thresh their immense crops OF arain-