Five hundred and fifty-seven thousand Jews in eight countries engage in agriculture, according to the statistics which the Jewish Colonization Association (ICA) has prepared for the World’s Grain Exhibition and Conference which took place here from July 24 to August 5.
A total of 5,410,750 acres are cultivated by Jewish agriculturalists, and among the products raised are various grains, nuts, oranges, raisins, tobacco, almonds and St. John’s bread.
In addition to the numberous products of the Jewish colonies in Palestine, those of the colonies in Canada, the Argentine, the United States, Soviet Russia, Poland, Brazil and Roumania were shown at the exhibit.
Statistical charts of the annual Canadian grain yield shown that the Canadian Jewish farmers produce a total of 500,000 bushels of wheat a year—enough to provide bread for the entire Jewish population of Canada. In other words, the Jews of Canada produce their own bread.
I Eisenberg and L. Rozenberg of the ICA had charge of the Jewish exhibit and were largely instrumental in making it a success.
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