BRITAIN'S WHEAT SUPPLY.
;|y : " f . ,ITS SOURCES. \>, '•■' Messrs Montgomery,, Jones and Co., ~of, Liverpool/ iii a recent .circular, ph. "the sources of: the who at: supply used , iii. j the United i Kingdom,: based on .the 'average's; of; the last ■five : yoars, ;v attribute .the;.:imported .supplies to this following.; sources 4^TJnited•: States, 23 percent.; -Argentine, ! 21 Vper';.cent.;:; India', 14} per cent.; Russia,; 14''per. cent.'; Canada, 11 .per. cent. •, Australia',':7£* per cent;'; Other: parts, !) percent.' '■'■/•••• ■'■'. : '.- i ! ,' ._•.. .'■'■ On. the same basis, the, sources may be .otherwise .stated as follow:— : ■; Tdtal quarters. Percent. -British Isles ~..'. 0,760,000 . 20| : "British possessions ':•' 8,663,600 ' ' 26 ' ,;.foreign parts. ... 17,633,600 ~ '6?,}' |';-:'.s-'''^''-.../"- ;0 V33 J 107,200 : ■-.' 100 These., figures .'■ show that the ■ consumption of wheat per head of. population, which averaged 43,883,000 persons in'the five years, was a mere fraction short of 6. bushels per head. This is rather greater than the consumption, usually' attributed, to: British con; ■sumers. '■'''.■[-Ji" '.-..' .■'.'■'■ i. •';.-"' '■ '.-'■• ':•'":■
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 513, 21 May 1909, Page 8
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152BRITAIN'S WHEAT SUPPLY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 513, 21 May 1909, Page 8
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