The spring and winter crops for the whole of the Yenisei Government in 1909 yielded 3,328,992 quarters; of this amount 2,640,000 quarters consisted of spring wheat. The actual yields of the cereals per acre are not known, but, comparing the quantity harvested and the quantity sown during 1910, the yield of the spring wheat varied from fourfold in the Minusinsk district to over sevenfold in the Achinsk and Kansk districts. Considering the immense undeveloped areas in the southern part of the Yenisei Government, and the present low yield through primitive agricultural methods, it can readily be seen what a granary this southern part of the Yenisei Government will become in time. It is doubtful, however, whether cereals can be profitably transported from these districts to Europe at present prices and with the present railway freights.
The local prices of cereals are ruled by the distance of the agricultural districts from the consuming centres. At Minusinsk the cheapest autumn prices are usually 1s. 6d. to 2s. per bushel for wheat, and the dearest spring prices 2s. 6d. per bushel. In the north of Yeniseisk wheat prices vary from 4s. to 4s. 3d. per bushel, while the price of rye is everywhere generally 1s. a bushel below wheat prices. Much of the wheat from the Minusinsk, Achinsk and Kansk districts is sent by water to Krasnoyarsk. When prices are sufficiently attractive it may be sent even as far as Irkutsk and the Far East.
Live-Stock Industry
The live stock in the Yenisei Government consists chiefly of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs. Reindeer
