1206
RUSSIA
ppes
Total of 90 Governments or Provinces
Siberia
Ste
Crops
1910
1911
1910 26,233-5
1911
1910
1911
Wheat (Winter)
237-1
242-1
18,941-3
464,737-5
356,948-4
„ (Summer)
99,688-9
83,024-0
66,676-4
56,891-7
924,645-3 i 579,259-7
Rye (Winter) .
24,302-9
20,037-1
1,243-0
1,095-3
1,325,557-8 i 1,166,479-8
„ (Summer) .
20,913-6
17,857-2
1,366-1
1,145-7
31,510 6 I 25,462-8
Oats .
73,776-7
61,424-6
12,939-1
11,969-4
943,280-6 1 776,225-7
Barley
8,530-2
7,025-4
16,004-7
15,671-4
648,527-2 j 580,276-7
Various .
6,521-9
6,-675-0
19,624-6
17,339-3
487,210-0 392,896-0
Total .
233,971-3
196,285-4
144,086-8
123,054-1
4,825,469-0 ; 3,877,547-1
Potatoes .
38,074-7
40,961-9
5,160-9
8,530-3
2,231,787-8 i 1,953,968-7
Hay .
485,021-4
438,998-4
170,936-2
167,562-5
2,821, 8760 ! 2,719,045-7
Tobacco production for five years :
— 1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
Number of plantations . . 396,977 Acres under tobacco . . . 144,592 Annual yield in 1,000 pouds . ' 4,486
337,469
164,397
6,265
341,966
170,145
5,758
338,548
162,677
5,744
307,244
180,482
5,490
Number of horses, cattle, &c., in 1911 in thousands : — '
European Russia proper Poland .... Caucasus ... Siberia .... Central Asia .
Total .
Horses
22,055 1,215 1,943 4,643 4,699
34,555
Horned I Sheep and Cattle goats
32,241 2,205 6,915 6,010 5,251
39,143
951
11,606
5,530
21,101
51,622
78,331
Pigs
10,913
587
1,181
1,272
135
14,088
II. Forests.
Of the total area of the Empire under forest, only that of European Russia proper, the Kingdom of Poland and the Caucasus can be estimated with some degree of certitude. In European Russia forests cover a territory of 474 millions of acres ; in Finland, 50 "5 millions ; in Poland, 67 millions ; in the Caucasus, 18 '7 millions, reaching a total for the regions named of 550 millions of acres, 39 per cent, of total area. In the two Ural mountain provinces, forests cover 70 per cent, of total area ; in the two northern provinces, 68 per cent, ; in Finland, 63 per cent, ; in the four lake provinces, 57 per cent.
The State forests of the Empire are distributed as follows (January 1, 1911):—
European Russia Poland Caucasus Siberia Central Asia
Total area
acres
283,839,506
2,101,829
13,311,034
586,359,409
56,300,749
Area in exploitation acres 46,083,337 1,832,597 1,336,097 5,841,541 1,177,653
Total
941,912,52;
56,271,225
