. Yearbook of agriculture . at least ( and 72). This has been due partly (1) to great improve-ment in milling processes, which make bread more attractive;(2) to increasing prosperity, which enables more people toeat white bread: and (3) to an increasing proportion of ourpopulation in cities. WHEAT PRODUCTION AND POPULATION PRODUCTION 1839, 1849, 1859. AND 1866-1921 population BUSHELSMILLIONS90080070060O50040030020010O L^ MILLIONS100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 -^/l n ^ / \ JC K \ / * AV \a J v ^ ^ *^ h/ u ^ ^?\0 r ^ -r \N\ ^./\ w oP^ t^ ^ / V 1 rT ^* s/ 7R002i$^ ?-^ 1 0) <j) 0) oiiooinoi
. Yearbook of agriculture . at least ( and 72). This has been due partly (1) to great improve-ment in milling processes, which make bread more attractive;(2) to increasing prosperity, which enables more people toeat white bread: and (3) to an increasing proportion of ourpopulation in cities. WHEAT PRODUCTION AND POPULATION PRODUCTION 1839, 1849, 1859. AND 1866-1921 population BUSHELSMILLIONS90080070060O50040030020010O L^ MILLIONS100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 -^/l n ^ / \ JC K \ / * AV \a J v ^ ^ *^ h/ u ^ ^?\0 r ^ -r \N\ ^./\ w oP^ t^ ^ / V 1 rT ^* s/ 7R002i$^ ?-^ 1 0) <j) 0) oiiooinoiDOiDOinOtn J in lor^oQffioiffiOO-— fCO CO 00 (Qcoooaococoaiaiotoio Fig. 70.—Poinilation : incieaised mon- lapidly in the Uuited States in 20 years than wheat production, tn &pite of enormous productionduring the World War. Wheat Production and Marketing. 159 WHEAT PRODUCTION, NET EXPORTS, & CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA FOR YEARS. 1839. 1849. 1859, 1869 TEN-YEAR AVERAGE FOR YEARS ENDING 1875-1920. Fig. 71.—On a per capita ba^is consiimption is increasing and productionexports are decreasing. and It is certain that city dwellers consume more wheat percapita than do those who live in villages and in the probably is due in part to the lack of gardens in citiesand in part to the comparative cheapness pi bread and thefurther fact that no cooking is required. The proportionof the total population living in cities is increasing rapidly,which is a factor in the present and future trend of wheatconsumption. Per capita consumption increased (Fig. 72) from , the average of 1839 and 1849, to bushels as theaverage from 1875 to 1884, and to bushels as the averagefrom 1905 to 1914. This rising trend, interrupted by theWorld War, doubtless now has been resumed. How muchlonger will it continue? In some countries of Europe, espe-cially Belgium and France, per capita consumption has risento about 8 bushels of wheat annually. With increasing populati
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