ABSTKACTS OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 



AGRICULTURE. 



DIVISION OF STATISTICS. 



Report No. 88 (new series), Septejuber, 1891 (pp. 441-518).— This 

 includes a report on the condition of the cereals, potatoes, cotton, 

 tobacco, sorghum, fruits, and the relative numbers and condition of 

 fattening swine September 1 ; a brief history of the development of the 

 Eussian crop-reporting- system, with a statement of wheat production 

 in Russia; a review of the rye situation; a reference to the cause of the 

 reduction of the price of cotton; a local record of prices 70 years ago; a 

 statement concerning crop conditions in Indiana and Illinois; articles 

 on the agriculture of Ecuador, South America, aud on the People's 

 Banks of Austria- Hungary; European crop report for September; notes 

 on foreign agriculture; and rates of transportation companies. 



Statistics of Russian wheat for 7 years. 



Statistics of Eussian cereals and peas for 1S90. 



Ilussia. 



Chetverts. 



V/heat (winter) 

 Wheat (spring) 



Eye 



Oats 



Barley 



Spelt 



Buckwheat 



Millet 



Maize 



Peas 



13, 248, 100 



22, 510, 900 



113,065,700 



90, 813, 900 



27, 396, 400 



1,853.600 



7, 760, SOO 



9,015,600 



4, 068, 700 



2, 580, 500 



Bnshela. 



78, 905, 684 

 134, 074, 920 

 673, 419, 309 

 540, 887, 588 

 163, 172, 958 

 11, 040, 042 

 46, 223, 325 

 53, 696, 914 

 24, 233, 177 

 15. 369, 458 



Poland. 



Chetverts. Busliela 



2, 078, 100 

 44, 300 

 7, 632, 400 

 6, 042, 000 

 2, 059, 100 



524, 300 

 178, 900 



886, 700 



12, 377, 164 

 263, 851 

 45, 458, 574 

 35, 986, 1.52 

 12, 264, 000 



3, 122, 731 

 1, 065, 528 



5, 281, 185 



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