We see that the European production of wheat represents nearly 59 per cent. of the world’s production, for a population which, according to the calculations of M. Levasseur, consists of about 411 millions of inhabitants. If we reduce this figure by one-fourth, thus eliminating infants and the aged, we find that this population disposes of only 272·8 lb. of wheat per head, or 521·2 lb. less than the “type” or standard ration of 793·8 lb. per annum, recommended by the Bureau of Experimental Stations of the Ministry of Agriculture of the United States, after long and patient research. In pursuing this inquiry into the distribution of wheat production among all the countries of the world, we shall be able to judge of the rank occupied by the Argentine Republic, and by so doing to rectify an error which is frequently committed, the error of confounding exportation and importation, which gives this country a very different place to that which is its right. Here are the figures showing how the production of wheat is distributed:—— COUNTRY. Period. Year. Year. 1894-1903. 1904. 1907. United States (bushels of 60 lbs.) 576,000,000 504,000,000 601,000,000 Russia ” 360,000,000 605,000,000 547,000,000 France ” 316,000,000 290,000,000 336,000,000 Austro-Hungary ” 180,000,000 170,000,000 197,000,000 Argentine Republic ” 76,000,000 147,000,000 177,000,000 Italy ” 119,000,000 143,000,000 148,000,000 Spain ” 93,600,000 91,800,000 109,600,000 Germany ” 116,000,000 144,000,000 101,700,000 Canada ” 63,000,000 67,300,000 82,000,000 Roumania ” 57,600,000 50,700,000 54,800,000 England ” 54,000,000 36,700,000 47,000,000 Bulgaria ” —— 50,700,000 42,800,000 Asiatic Countries ” —— 340,000,000 364,000,000 Australia ” —— 59,400,000 82,000,000 Other European Countries ” —— 78,800,000 65,400,000 African Countries ” —— 47,000,000 54,800,000 Other American Countries ” —— 29,000,000 27,000,000 ------------- ------------- Totals (approx.) 2,890,000,000 3,030,000,000 This table shows that in 1907 the Argentine occupied the fifth place as a wheat-growing country.