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Show MARKETING WORLD'S GREATFST PROBLEM. (Continued from first page.) elude grazing lauds, forests, etc., where large quantities of meat re produced. The world's annual crop approximates approxi-mates fifteen billion bushels of cereals, ce-reals, thirteen billion pounds of fibre and sixty-five million tons of meat. The average annual world crop for the past five years, compared with the previous five years, is as follows: Past Half Previous Half Crops Decade. Decade. Corn (Bu.) 3.934,174.000 3.403,055,000 WheatfBu.) 3,522,769,000 3,257,520,000 Oats (Bu.) 4,120,017,000 3,508.315,000 Cotton(Bales) 19,863,800 17,541,200 The world shows an average increase in-crease in cereal production of 13 per cent during the past decade, compared with the previous Eve years, while the world'3 population shows an increase of only three per cent. The gain in production far exceeds that of our increase in population, and it is safe to estimate that the farmer can easily increase production 25 per cent if a remunerative market can be found for the products. In textiie fibres the world, shows an increase during the past half decade in production produc-tion of 15 per cent against a population popula-tion increase of thrc per cent. The people of this nation should address themselves to the subject of improved facilities for distribution. -earn to Appreciate Home. "Every traveler h.'-.s a home of his own and he learns to appreciate it the more from his wanderings." Charles Dickens. |