404 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table shoicing the average production, imports, exports, and supply of cereals other than 

 wheat* in different countries for Hk period specified. 



Countries. 



Periods. 



Production. 



Im!)orta.a 



Exports. a 



Stipply. 



A a.^tti.a and Hungary 6 



Bfl^iuiu 



Btnmark 



Prance b f ...... ..... 



Germ;my 



Groat Britain and Ireland c. . 



Italy 



Xeriierlands 



Poitugal 



Pu.^siain Euype 



.Siiaiii 



S\v«-den 



JSTurway 



I874-'82 



1882 

 1875-'82 

 1872-'83 

 1878-'83 

 1874-83 

 1 872-' 82 

 1870-'S2 



1877 

 1870-'81 



(e) 

 1874-'82 

 1871-75 



Pounds. 

 20, 461, 219, 9.5S 



2, 032, 191, 624 

 3, 152, 621, 278 



10,584,788,138 



27, 308, 083, 487 



10, 301, 5.53, 025 



6, 054, 305, 533 



1,311, 44e,.i44 



1, 451, 749, 552 



65, 398, 163, 810 



8.133,219,368 



3, 442, 835, 845 

 64G, 632, 216 



Poundt. 



721, 077, 580 

 1, 208, 4o8, 331 



202,44^,499 

 1,18L',518,412 

 3, 831, 994. 704 

 6, 352, 373, 993 

 d261, 292, 479 



789,447,111 

 35, 923, 066 



47, 328, 470 

 370, 397, 802 

 384, 694, 726 



Pounds. 



1, 093, 832, 768 



474, 419, 915 



o51, 402, .540 



778, 702, 473 



719,672,931 



109, 154, 329 



191, 992, 201 



2911,711,789 



1,421), 743 



4,464,730,424 



33. .328, 410 



523, 5'!2. 318 



13, 375, 936 



Pou 

 20, 088. 



2, 766, 



3, 00.3, 

 16, 988, 

 3J, 420, 

 16, 544, 



0, 123, 

 1,810. 



1, 486, 

 60, 933, 



8, U7. 

 3, 2,- 9, 

 1, 01,", 



nds. 

 464, 771 

 260, 040 

 662, 239 

 604. 077 

 405. 261 

 772, 689 

 00.5,811 

 181, 866 

 251,875 

 433, 386 

 219,428 

 691,389 

 951, 006 



* In some cases other than wheat, spelt, and maslin, see notes to procedin;; table. 

 a The tignre.s on import.s and exports include cereal products redaced to their approximate equiva- 

 lent ui the cereals from which tlipy were respectively derived. 



b Millet, of which the amount is com])aratively srnall, is not included. 



c The figures as to production do not include the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. 



d Pulse is included with <rrain in these iii^ures. 



e See note e, preceding table. 



Table showing the average production, import, export, and supply of cereals in different 

 countries for the periods specified.* 



Conntries. 



Periods. 



Production. 



Imports. 



Exports. 



Supply. 



Austila-Hnngary ........ ., 



Belgium 



Denmarlc ..... ............ 



France _......, 



Germany 



Greai Britain and Ireland 



Italy 



Ketherlands , 



Portugal ......i.... 



Pnsfia in Europe.......... 



Spain 



Sweden 



Xorway 



1874-'82 



1882 

 1875-'82 

 1875-'83 

 1878-'83 

 1874-'83 

 1872-82 

 1870-'82 



1877 

 1870-'81 



(*) 

 1874-'82 

 1871-75 



Pounds. 



27, 544, 182, 713 



3, i;67, 359, 824 



3,426,719,046 



35, 082, 655, 498 



33,596,634,516 



15, 979, 949, 1 36 



14, 342, 198, 124 



1, 637, 650, 829 



1, 911, 424, 552 



77,269.061,450 



18, 542, 644, 868 



3, 634, 370, 8.52 



663, 14C, 496 



Pou,ndg. 

 1,135.780,231 

 2, 78(i, 290, 895 



283,110,362 



4,013,500.315 



5, 25.'<, 812, 192 



13, 765, 3«0, 192 



916, 3S-_>, 206 



1,377,703,412 



99, 659, 679 



""192, 287." 847" 

 469, 26X, 972 

 414, 022, 595 



Pounds. 



1, 563, 079, 698 



1, 144, 989, 720 



560, 462, 253 



1, 6.S8, 149, 128 



1,368,211,136 



25.\3S1,:;49 



364, .^56. 4.54 



521,5;!7, 374 



1,4^1,345 



8,188 4.5,S, 436 



173,4.34.914 



544,828,429 



13, 375, 936 



Pou 

 27,116, 

 5, 308, 

 3, 14i), 

 37, 408, 

 37, 4,S7, 

 29. 4K9, 

 14, ^94, 

 2, 493, 



2, 009, 

 60, 08i), 

 18, 561, 



3, 558, 

 1, 063, 



nds. 

 883. 246 

 OGli, 999 

 367, 1.53 

 006, 6."'5 

 L'35, .572 

 95-1.379 

 0211. i^76 

 816,867 



602, 886 



603, 014 

 497, 801 

 K1I,;U)4 

 793, 155 



' See notes to the two preceding tables. 



1885— THE CEOPS OF THE TEA 11. 



Notwithstanding the fears of many in tlie early months of the year, 

 the season has been a full averai^e of productiveness. It is the lirst 

 in five years past to gi%'0 an average yield of corn, alter a previous 

 period of six years of 20 bushels or more per acre. The present rate ex- 

 ceeds the average about half a bu.shel per acre. 



Oats, allied to corn in its uses, and goverued in price more or less by 

 the supply of maize, also made a high record in the season's reports of 

 condition, showing the largest area and greatest volume of production 

 ever recorded. 



Barley is a medium crop, and bucliwheat above the average. 



Wheat has sufl'ered worse from wiater killing than in any former cx- 

 jieiienco of crop reporting in this Department. The winter of 18S0-'81 

 was only less severe, and that of 1873-'74 was nearly as bad. Ou the 

 basis of the area seeded the yield was only 9.2 bushels j on the area 



