This section is from the book "Food - What It Is And Does", by Edith Greer. Also available from Amazon: Food: What it is and Does.

Pea.

Corn.


Barley.

Rice.

Oats.
% | |||
Rice | 794 | 2.5 | Melons |
Rye Flour | 78.7 | 6.2 | Cabbages |
Buckwheat Flour | 77.6 | 6.9 | Turnips |
Wheat Flour | 75.6 | 10.1 | Carrots |
Graham Flour | 71.8 | 14.3 | Apples |
Corn Meal | 71. | 16.3 | Pears |
Oatmeal | 68.1 | 21.3 | Potatoes |
Beans | 57.4 | 21.1 | Sweet Potatoes |
Wheat Bread | 55.5 | 23.3 | Bananas |
(From Atwater's Analyses)
(Report to the United States Department of Agriculture from the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, Italy)
Make a comparative table of the above products for 1912 and 1913. Which countries produced less of these in 1913 than in 1912?

Ceres.
In 1913 | ||
Wheat . . | . 250,133,333 bushels | 12% less than in 1912 |
In Argentina, Australia, New Zealand | ||
Rice . . . | . 82,544,000,000 pounds | Slightly less than in 1912 |
In Spain, Italy, United States, India, Japan, Egypt | ||
Sugar . . (Raw beet) | . 8,960,000 short tons | 2.3% more than in 1912 |
In Russia, Roumania, Germany, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Switzer-land, United States |
| |
Corn. . . | . 10,260,000 acres | 8.4% more than in 1912 |
In Argentina | ||
Oats . | . 87,500,000 bushels | 33.1% less than in 1912 |
In Argentina, New Zealand | ||
Flax . . . | 2,723,000 acres | 21.2% less than in 1912 |
In India |

(From the Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910)


Other crops.
Other cereals.


(From the Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910)
Other crops.
Other cereals.
Compare with maps on pp. 18, 19, 49.
Which divisions have the same chief products?
Write a list of all the products named above. After each product write the divisions producing it, in the order of the quantity produced.
 
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