. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. AGRICULTURE. 459 who are obliged to sell their i^roduce in autumn to pay the taxes, and are then without the means of purchasing fresh supplies in spring. The most o-eneral cereal crops are rye and oats, and next to them wheat, which in the north is replaced by rye and barley. For flax and hemp Russia takes the first rdace, her flax-fields exceeding in Fig. — OF Cekeals and the Vine ix Russia. From a Map iniblishcd by the Ministpi- of Crown T-ands. extent those of all the rest of Europe, and yielding about half as much as the whole con
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. AGRICULTURE. 459 who are obliged to sell their i^roduce in autumn to pay the taxes, and are then without the means of purchasing fresh supplies in spring. The most o-eneral cereal crops are rye and oats, and next to them wheat, which in the north is replaced by rye and barley. For flax and hemp Russia takes the first rdace, her flax-fields exceeding in Fig. — OF Cekeals and the Vine ix Russia. From a Map iniblishcd by the Ministpi- of Crown T-ands. extent those of all the rest of Europe, and yielding about half as much as the whole continent.* The governments of Pskov, Smolensk, and Yiatka produce each over 16,000 tons of fibre, and in the south large quantities are grown for the * Area and produce of flax, 1877 :—Russia, 1,930,123 acres yield 211,071 tons; rest of Europe, 1,590,000 acres yield 2-iô,903 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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