CROPS. 447 



Countries. Year. Increase for seed soAVn. 



Poland, ........ 1826 . . 8 for one. 



England, ........ 1830 . . 9 &quot; &quot; 



Scotland, ........ 1830 . . 8 



Ireland, ........ 1825 . . 10 



Holland, ........ 1828 . . 7-50 



Belgium, ........ 1828 . .11 



Bavaria, ........ 1827 . . 7 to 8 &quot; 



Prussia, ........ 1817 .. 6 



Austria, ........ 1812 . . 7-05 &quot; &quot; 



Hungary, ....... 1812 .. 4 



Switzerland, 1825, lands of an inferior quality, 3 ; of a good 



quality, 8 ; of the best quality, 12. 

 France, inferior lands, 3 ; best lands, 6. 



CENTRAL EUROPE. 



Countries. Year. Increase for seed sown. 



Spain, ........ 1828 . . 6 for one. 



Portugal, ........ 1786 . . 10 &quot; 



Tuscany, ........ . . 10 &quot; &quot; 



Plains of Lucca, ..... . 15 



Piedmont. Plains of Marengo, . . 4 to 5 &quot; &quot; 

 Bologna, ........ ..15 



Roman States. Pontine Marshes, 20; ordinary lands, 8. 

 Kingdom of Naples best districts, 20 ; ordinary lands, 8. 

 Malta- the best lands, 38 to 64 : ordinary lands, 22, 25, 30.* 



It is obvious how difficult it must be to arrive in this case at 

 any thing like exactness. The quantity of seed employed on 

 the same extent of land is very different in different countries. 

 but the product cannot always bear the above proportions to the 

 amount sown. That I may be understood, let us look at Malta, 

 where a return of 64 for one is given for the best lands. Are 

 we to infer that in such case, if two bushels were sown to an 

 acre, the ordinary proportion in France, the product would be 

 128 bushels per acre ? or, if three bushels were sown, as in the 

 best cultivation in England, the crop would be 192 bushels ? In 



* Statistique des Cereales de la France, par M. A. Moreau de Jonnds. Paris, 

 1843. 



