710 Journal op the Department op Agriculture. 



A tag label on the bag* bore tlie imprint " from tlie Imperial 

 Institute, South Kensington." xA.bout GO per cent, of the seed was 

 damaged by the insect, and among'st the many dead lai^vae found 

 were a number of active ones. This i.s mentioned to show how seed 

 coming from high-class institutions must be viewed with suspicion 

 as well as seed obtained in a commercial way. 



Registration of Karakul Sheep. 



It has been decided by tbe 8. A. Stud ]3ook Association to open 

 a Stud Eegister for Karakul Sheep. Only imported Karakuls 

 of fur-bearing type or the progeny of such on both sire's and dam's 

 side are eligible for registration, and all animals must be passed by 

 the association's inspector before being accepted for registration. 



Mr. E,. Owen Wahl, who, in consultation with Mr. A. D. 

 Thompson, is the author of that interesting article " Karakul Sheep," 

 which appeared in the last two issues of the Journal, has been 

 appointed inspector for the Cape Province, and Mr. Thompson for the 

 South-West Protectorate. 



Breeders desiring to register their flocks should make application 

 to the Secretary, South African Stud Book Association, P.O. Box 708, 

 Capetown. 



The World's Crops. 



The August Bulletin of Agricultural and Commercial Statistics 

 of the International Institute of Agriculture announces that the 

 winter wheat crop in the United States improved during July, but 

 the estimates of spring wheat show a decline. The wheat crop in 

 Canada, where the harvest was in progress, shows a reduction on the 

 original estimate. The aggregate of IN^orth American wheat crops is, 

 therefore, now estimated at 28.9 million metric tons (1 metric 

 ton = 2204.6 lb. avoirdupois) against 80.9 in 1919, and 29.8 during 

 the five war years 1914 to 1918. 



In Belgium, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, United States, 

 British India, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunis the wheat crop of 

 1920 is estimated to produce 48.9 million metric tons, as compared 

 with 49.0 millions in 1919, and an average of 50.1 millions during 

 the five years 1914 to 1918. 



No definite estimates are to hand from other countries, but the 

 wheat crop is reported as good in Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Luxem- 

 burg, Netherlands, Roumania, Serbia-Croatia-Slavonia, and Sweden, 

 average in Germany, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, and Czecho-Slovakia, 

 TdcIow average in England and Wales. 



The area under wheat in Australia is reported to be 55 per cent, 

 larger than last year and 11 per cent, above the average 1914-15 to 

 1918-19. Information under date of ITth August reports weather and 

 crop conditions as good. 



The aggregate wheat shipments from Argentina have exceeded 

 all estimates of available surplus during' 1920. 



The cotton crop of the United States is estimated at 2.7 million 

 tons, being 10.5 per cent, larger than last year and 1 per cent, above 

 the five years' average. The sugar beet crop is estimated at 8.1 

 million tons, which is 39.4 per cent, larger than last year's yield and 

 52.8 per cent, over the average. 



