me
persons in the corn trade imagine the aggregate production to approach
almost 80,000,000 quarters; but I cannot find any data extant to
warrant such an extended assumption."

The estimated produce of wheat, in quarters, and acreage, he states as
follows:--

Quarters. Acreage.
England 15,200,000 3,800,000
Ireland 1,800,000 600,000
Scotland 1,225,000 350,000
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Total 15,225,000 4,750,000

The average price of wheat per quarter in the last thirteen years, in
England and Wales, has been as follows:--

s. d.
1840 66 4
1841 64 4
1842 57 3
1843 50 1
1844 51 3
1845 50 10
1846 54 8
1847 69 9
1848 50 6
1849 44 3
1850 40 4
1851 38 7
1852 41 0

The best wheat, as well as the greatest quantity, is raised in the
midland counties. From two and a half to three Winchester bushels per
acre are required for seed, and the average produce varies from
twenty-two to thirty-two bushels per acre.

THE CONTINENT.

The quantity of wheat raised in France in 1835 was 71,697,484
hectolitres, of which eleven millions was required for seed. The
average produce per hectare was stated at thirteen and a half
hectolitres.

The total grain and pulse raised in that year was set down at
204,165,194 hectolitres.

Hectolitres.
Maslin 12,281,020
Barley 18,184,316
Rye 32,999,950
Buckwheat 5,175,933
Maize and Millet 6,951,179
Oats 49,460,057
Peas and Beans 3,318,691

Oats, next to wheat is the largest crop grown in France, for the
support of two million horses and three and a half million mules and
asses.

According to the "Annuaire de l'Economie Politique de la Statistique,"
there were 13,900,000 hectares (each about 21/2 acres) under cultivation
with the cereals in France.

The primary article of consumption is wheat. At the rate of three
hectolitres (1 qr. 1/4 bush.) to each individual, every family would
require thirteen to fourteen hectolitres, costing 210 to 280 francs
(L8 15s. to L11 10s.) according as the price varies, between its
present value fifteen francs, and its occasional cost twenty francs.
In the reign of L