The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-13
WORLDS TOTAL
GRAIN CROPS
Oats, Wheat, Corn, Rye and Barley
Reached Grand Total Production
OF Sixteen Billion Bushels
in 1918.
U. S. rs A BIG PRODUCER
But Considerably More Than Three
Fourths Of the Worlds Production
Comes From Countries
Now at War.

| WASHINGTON. d. c., Jan. 10
1.-The total standard grain crops OF
the world, which, in the order Of their
volume are oats, wheat, corn. rye. and
| barley, reached grand total Fro
Guction Of sixteen billion bushels in
1913. This is enough to fill bin
thousand feet high, thousand feet
wide and nearly four miles long, or
practically enough to fill six bitches
like that dug by the Americans at
Panama
"Of this total yield, the nations at
war, exclusive of their colonial pos
sessions, produced approximately one
half, or 7,s4o,0O0.0OO bushels: and the
! United States produced 4.549 10000
bushels. In other words, considerably
more than three-fourths OF the worlds
production of these crops grow within
the countries Immediately at war AMI
| in the United States"
Thus begins statement prepared
today by Tie National Geographic So
ciety, giving the salient figures of the
| worlds food and stock production.
and the part PLAYED by nations at war
therein. The statement then con-
tlnues.
/ I'm the production of these crops
the triple entente group Of countries
have large excess over Germany,
Austria and Turkey. The former
group produced 5,172.00O,O00 bushels
| in 1918, while the latter produced
/ y h,,cl ,o1c r1r x-N
bushels for one Considered in rela.
ton to the number of mouths to be
/ fed, however, the result is somewhat
Hess disproportionate, for, emitting
Japan, which figures very little either
as consumer or producer of these
crops, it is found that the per capita
yield in Germany. Austria Hungary
and Turkey is 2O.2 bushels per capita.
las compared with POI bushels in the
/ Angl French group.
Potatoes form another important
food product In the worlds dietary,
the total yield in 1913 having been
larger than any other single crop Isel
principally for human food, S9S, 000,-
| coo bushels. The nations now at war
again emitting their colonial pos
sessions = produced approximately
four-fifths of this grand total, or A.
S25, 100000 bushels The entente
group Of nations produced 1928 100000
bushels, while the Teutonic group pro-
duced 1921 100000 bushels-19.1 bush
! els per capita in the case of the lat
ter, and SO bushels in the case of the
former.
THE worlds supply OF cattle aggre-
gates 437,o00,000 head, of which 49,
100000 head belong to the belligerent
nations, or a little less than one-third.
Here again, in numbers the allies sur
pass the Germans and their compan-
ions at arms, having S3.74O,0O0 head
as compared with the latter's AZ &C.,
O0G head Considered upon re-
capita basis the balance is in Ger
many's favor, with &c cattle per hun
dre1 OF population in the case OF the
latter compared with 80 per hundred
| in the case of the entente group.
The worlds supply of hogs in 1919
aggregated 156,o00.000 head. Of which
| e5 100000 head were to be found in
the countries now participating in the
European war, or nearly two-fifths.
Germany and her associates had one
fourth more in absolute numbers than
I their enemies, and nearly two and
half times as many in proportion to
population. The entente group of ma
lions has II hogs for each hundred
people and the Teutonic group 81
In the case of sheep the number
shown by the tabulations for the
world in 1919 totaled 631, 600, 900. OF
these 215,oOo,o0O were in the countries
now at war, with 129,000.000 In the
countries Of the entente group, and
SIS .0oO, 900 on the German side. The
entente group has so sheep for every
hundred of population and the Tell
tonic group GO.
1.-The worlds total supply Of horses
| is shown to be 104OG0,000. OF these
the entente group had last year AZ,
600. and the Germanic group 1879
600, or approximately only one-fourth
! as many as the entente group The
latter group has 1G horses per hundred
people, as compared with per HIN
dred for the former
1.-The accompanying tables show at
glance the relative standing OF the
United States, the entente group OF
nations, and the Teutcnic forces, in
the production OF foodstuffs and the
Ownership Of horses:
OATS
Bushels.
The world .. 4,63t .O0O. 600
United States ..... 1,121 900 900