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Show Toe acrsagi under wheat in the 1 Veiled States, last year, was 30.000,-CO0 30.000,-CO0 acres, or ten times wnat it is ia Ez'and. The increase since 1S73 is estimated at 4, 000,000 acres. However, How-ever, in this country tbe average yield per acre is only about hail what it is in the United Kingdom. The acreage under oats in the United Siatea ia lU.QOO.OCO acres, and that aaier Indian corn 51.CCO.COJ acres. The increase in the- latter items since ls70 is 50 and 31 per cent. rnctivp!T. |