There is a general idea that very little wheat is grown in India. It will be news to learn that the Indian Department of Statistics estimates that the area under crop in that great country is over 27,000,000 acres. As the area under wheat in Australia is only about ] 12,000,000 acres, that much-heard of country is a very "small potato" after all where wheat-growing i 3 concerned, the average yield per acre in both countries is much about the same say, 11 bushels per acre. Australia produces little more than 2 per cent, of the world's production, and about 11 per cent, of th* British Empire
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1920, Page 9
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106Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1920, Page 9
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