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Journal of the Department op Agriculture. 



The following details of certain of tlie large producing countries 

 are interesting. The figures are included in the above totals : — 



Certain other crops are also reported upon ; among them the 

 linseed crop in 1919 is estimated to be 39.5 per cent, less than the 

 average crop from 1913 to 1917, while, on the other hand, the sugar 

 beet crop is 115.3 per cent, greater. 



In the United States of America the toliacco crop of 1919 is 20.6 

 per cent, greater than the average crop for the five years 1913 to 

 1917, but its cotton crop is 16.7 per cent, smaller. 



The position in regard to the 1919-20 crops in the Southern 

 Hemisphere is not yet reported by the Institute; the 1918-19 crop of 

 wheat, it may be pointed out, was 5.9 per cent, greater than the 

 average crop for the five years 1912-13 to 1916-17, but it was 29.9 per 

 cent, less than the 1917-18 crop. 



Meat Export. 



A cargo of 40,880 quarters of South African beef was shipped on 

 the 20th August, 1919, per s.s. " Meissonier,'" on order for the 

 Imperial Government, and was landed at Genoa on the 12th Septem- 

 ber and following days. " The following is extracted from the report 

 of the Eeceiving Commission in Genoa on the shipment: — "On 

 inspecting the cargo the meat was found to be in perfect condition of 



