The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-20

The United States seems likely to supply in 1919 a larger percentage of the worlds wheat crop than in any earlier years Our share of the world wheat production steadily increased in the twenty years prior to 1910 but slightly declined between 1910 and 1914. With the fall off which the war brought to wheat production in Eur ope, the worlds greatest wheat grow ing continent, and the stimulation of production in North America, which ranks second as a wheat growing continent, our share of the worlds s crop has gradually increased and seems likely to be in 1919 about 30 per cent of the worlds total against IT per cent. in 1890. IS per cent. in 1895, 20 per cent. in 1900, 21 per cent in 1909, dropped to an average of about IS per cent. in the four years proceeding the war. During the war with the fall off in European pro- duction, our share of the worlds wheat production has ranged about 23 per cent. and in 1919 will probab ly be fully 30 per cent, should the present estimates of the Department of Agriculture be justified. Europe holds first rank among the continents as a wheat producer, North America sec ond, Asia third, South America fourth, AuSlraldSld anu A1T1Ca SKILL Europe produces in normal years about 52 per cent. of the worlds s wheat, North America approximately 25 per cent. Asia 1 8 per cent, and the Southern Hemisphere about 10 per cent.
 The wheat crop of the United States grew from 400, ,O00, ,OO0 bushels in 1890 to a little over 800, 900 900 in 1900, slightly over 600, 100000 in 1910, about 1925, 100000 in 1915, and is officially estimated as likely to be 1,230, 900. 900 bushels in 1919 Meantime the worlds crop. according to a compilation by The National City Bank of New York grew from 40O,00O,000 bushels in 1890 to 2,61O, 100000 in 1900, 3,575, 900, 900 in 1910, crossing the 4,O00,- OOO,0OO line in 1913, and again in 1915 but dropping during the latter part of the war period to an average of about $500, 100000 bushels per annum, this fall off being chiefly. due to a reduc- ton in output in that greatest wheat growing continent of the world, Eur ope.
 Europe in fact, says the Banks statement, produces in normal years a little more than one-half the wheat of the world and also imports consid- erabIe quantities from other contin- ents. Her wheat crop in 1910 was 1927. 900, 900 bushels out of a world total of 3,S75 5,O0O.0OO and in 1913, 2,156, 100000 bushels out of a world total of 4,127,00O, ,000. With the with drawal of labor from the fields dur ing the war period and the lack of soil foods, the European production which had crossed the 2,0O0.000,O00 bushel line in 1913 fell to 1,798,O00,000 in 1915, 1.5s9,Oo0,O0o in 1916, and l. 400, 100000 in 1917, but apparently shows a slight increase in 1918 for which latest estimates suggest a total of about 1,600,O ,OO0,0O0 bushels.
 North America ranks second among the continents as a wheat producer. her total product having been in 1910 about SO0,O00,O00 bushels. in 1914 slightly more than 1000, 100000, in 1915 an abnorrnally large output of ,45O 100000, in 1918 about HIT. .O0O- 900 while the present estimates of the United States Department of Agri- c-1-ture suggests -nat the crop of the < ire continent in 1919 may total about l, ,500, 100000 bushels and thus possi- bly, equal that of Europe to which North America in the past has al- ways held second rank 4s a. wheat producer.
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