WORLD AS A MAMMOTH FARM.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 464, 24 March 1909, Page 5

WORLD AS A MAMMOTH FARM.

CROPS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. The position of the British Empire as regards the rest of the world treated as a mammoth farm is strikingly shown in the official return of the British Board of Agriculture issued early in January. The following table shows the area of the world (in acres; under crops:— , British Rest of . , Empire. the World. Area under crops (acres) ... 807,600,000 1,020,000,000 gittk 77,300,006 ■■ 202 500 000 Sheep 173,800,000 940,000 000 P'g 5 8,200,000 119,300,000 Morses ... ... 7,600,000 63,300,000 In addition to the 1;327,60Q,000 acres from which crops aro taken, immense tracts of land are included in the world's farm for £ r l™ n & n purposra ;. , ? hus ' in Australia, only 9,600,000 acres of land are under crops, but fSn™!? vUSed by 82 -000,000 sheep and y,/UU,UUU cattle. Some idea of the crop which is raised from the immense acreage under cultivation may Dβ gained from the following comparison showing the acreage under wheat and crop therefrom:— , ' Crop in ■ D-i-i. •-n • Acreage. quarters. British Empire ... 36,000,000 65,000,000 J-urope ...< ... 124,000,000 220,000 000 America 60,000,000 107,000^000 It is interesting in connection with the worlds wheat crop to note that, with the exception of the Netherlands, the United • produced more wheat per acre sown jn ( 1907 than any country in the world. Hero is. a list of the world's best producing countries :— Bushels Netherlands ' ... ... ***t^ United Kingdom... ... ; '" 33'ga Germany ... ... 9q ' R9 New Zealand ... . "" ifm France ..; "V - 2™ Ontario ' "*■ %f R Poland - - f R f. United States ... igin Argentina ... ... Z , „]" ™ ft;{j°. producfdiCfotwtt th 6 WOrlti ' S fa ™ 5* e , 183,O0o"60O 5 a , rIe y 130,000,000 Oats ... 110,000,000 nolV 3 ™.P° ssib, e to state exactly how much AV^IoC:- 568, bUt *» figUr6S D-mark ... ngoV gjfo Tu France ... 54,103 000 3,520 000 1 968 000 t*»«i» .-,16,800,000 JM.OOO ssSjOOO every 121 is under cultivation

PERSONAL MATTcRS. Mr. David Evans, for somo time nast head shepherd at tho Kuakura Exponmrat I arm, has severed his connection 'vitn tho »tii s ™ ****** ■ *s Mr. Bisset (editor c f publications). Mr Hyde (chief_ poultry expert), aiiti Mr' Jaqiios (canning expert) are now on a visit to tho northern experiment farms. BONED BEEF. Following upon tho recent seizures of boned beef in Glasgow, and tho recent reports that this clas3 of meat imports would in future bo prohibited, "Cold Storage" recently published the important news that "an nfljcial announcement will be mado shortly that frozen and boned beef will bo passed if it is in sufficiently large to bo identified scraps or meat will not be permitted to be imported." \