REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



453 



FRANCE. 



The following statistics of agricultural production in France are 

 from the Bulletin du MinisUre de V Agriculture for December, 1886: 



Table I. — Area, rate of yield, and product of cereals and potatoes, year 1885. 



"Wheat 



Masliu 



Rye 



Barley 



Oats 



Buckwheat 

 Maizo 



Potatoes . . . 



Area. 



Hectares. 



6, 956, 765 

 330, 9.-)3 



1,672,051 

 9,55,010 



3, 689, 628 

 628, 136 

 560,903 



1,437,263 



Acres. 



17,100,106 

 817,785 

 4, 1.33, 862 

 2,301,327 

 9,117,071 

 1,552,124 

 1,386,004 



3,551,477 



Rate of yield. 



Pi-oduct. 



Hectol- 

 iters per 

 hectare. 



15.79 

 15.68 

 14.39 

 18.22 

 23.21 

 13.73 

 16.09 

 ')uintals. 

 78.24 



Bushels 

 per acre. 



18.13 

 18.01 

 16.52 

 20.92 

 26.65 

 15.77 

 16.43 



116.35 



Hectoliters. 



109,801,802 



5,190,771 



at, 074, 328 



17,415,439 



8.5,530,225 



8, 626, 318 



9,028,063 



Quintals. 



112,458,541 



Bushels. 



733,0.33 

 728,813 

 310,906 

 416,308 

 692,013 

 477, 177 

 617,129 



413,210,166 



Table 11.— Annual average for the ten years 1876-1885. 



Area. 



Rate of yield. 



Hectares. 



Acres. 



Hectol- 

 iters per 

 hectare. 



Bushels 

 per acre. 



Product. 



Hectoliters. Bushels 



Wheat 



JIaslin 



Rye 



Barley 



Oats 



Buckrwheat 

 Maize 



Potatoes... 



6,918, 



404, 



1,787, 



1,0*5, 



3,521, 



642, 



622, 



1,328,121 



3,281,787 



14.70 

 15.14 

 13. 89 

 17.71 

 23.04 

 15. .34 

 14,86 

 Quintals. 

 92.90 



16.88 

 17.39 

 15.95 

 20.34 

 26.46 

 17.62 

 17. 00 



138.14 



101,649,375 



6,112,0;W 



24,827,298 



18,297,745 



81,189,343 



9,951,169 



9,231,085 



Quintals. 



123,501,484 



288,4.30,102 

 17, 342, 908 

 70,447,458 

 51,919,851 



230,374,761 

 28,236,442 

 20,194,906 



453, 785, 619 



Weight of cereals per hectoliter and per bushel. 



First quality. 



Second quality. 



Third quality. 



Kilograms 



per 

 hectoliter. 



Pounds 



per 

 bushel. 



Kilograms 



per 

 hectoliter. 



Pounds 



per 

 bushel. 



Kilograms 



per 

 hectoliter. 



Founds 



per 

 bushel. 



Wheat 

 Rye... 

 Barley 

 Oats.. 



79.49 

 73.41 

 64.38 

 49.04 



61.76 

 57.04 

 50.02 

 38.10 



77.45 

 71.61 

 62.15 

 46.87 



00.17 

 55.64 

 43.29 

 36. 42 



75. 19 

 69.82 

 59.44 

 43.91 



58.42 

 54.25 

 46.18 

 84.12 



