. The story of a grain of wheat. THE STORY OF A GRAIN OF WHEAT 175 the home production will be but 6 or 7 percent, of the total, say four weeks out of thetwelve months. Broomhall continues : Xo man who is acquainted with the position of food sup-plies in Great Britain but knows for a certaintythat America and Russia together could exactany terms from this country m six months bysimply prohibiting the exportation of grain andprovisions. How long will it be before Americaalone becomes the arbiter of our fate? To theonlooker it would seem strange that a country insuch an exposed condition should
. The story of a grain of wheat. THE STORY OF A GRAIN OF WHEAT 175 the home production will be but 6 or 7 percent, of the total, say four weeks out of thetwelve months. Broomhall continues : Xo man who is acquainted with the position of food sup-plies in Great Britain but knows for a certaintythat America and Russia together could exactany terms from this country m six months bysimply prohibiting the exportation of grain andprovisions. How long will it be before Americaalone becomes the arbiter of our fate? To theonlooker it would seem strange that a country insuch an exposed condition should trifle with itssource of supply by taxing the imports of wheatand endeavouring to discourage especially theimports of flour; but this is exactly what thestatesmen in the British Parliament did recently,and no one applauded the act more than the au-thority quoted, who is of the opinion that, althoughBritain cannot raise more than 7 per cent, ofthe wheat which will be required to feed her peo-ple, her millers are entirely capable
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