part II., pp. 166, 172; Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1890

(Washington, 1891), p. 335; Reports of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture, 1891, by J. R. Dodge, Statistician, pp. 277-280, 654-655.

[35] The yield in the district of Ostrogozhsk represents pretty nearly the average for Russia, as can be shown by the following figures:

_Yield of Rye per Acre._ _Seed = 1._ _Per cent._

All over Russia 4.5 100 In Ostrogozhsk 4.5 100 In the U. S. (1890) 6.1 135

(_Cf. Reports, etc._, by J. A. Dodge, p. 480; _Comparative Statistics of Russia_, by Prof. J. E. Janson, p. 74).

[36] _Cf. Statistical Reports_, Vol. IV., part I., pp. 97, 98; Vol. V.,