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AUSTRIA. 



According to the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, wheat, rye, 

 clover, and alfalfa emerged from the winter in good condition, but 

 cold weather in early April retarded growth. At the date to which 

 the report refers (April 15), potato planting had for the most part 

 been finished, corn planting was still in progress, and the sowing of 

 spring barley and oats had just begun. Owing to the low tempera- 

 ture the spring-sown cereals had germinated poorly, and barley, 

 when up, had lost color. Hops wintered well and are in good con- 

 dition. 



HUNGARY. 



Wheat prospects deteriorated considerably during the winter, the 

 Ministry of Agriculture on April 9 putting the loss at 10.3 per cent. 

 The greater proportion is attributed to the ravages of field mice, the 

 loss from that cause being 7.2 per cent and from winterkill only 3.1. 

 The surface under wheat shows some increase on both sides of the 

 Danube, but elsewhere a small decline. Rye, barley, and oats are 

 believed to cover a diminished area, as compared with last year. 

 Wintry weather, with snow and night frosts, were reported from all 

 parts of the country during a great part of April. Farm work and 

 spring sowings were interrupted, but no losses of an irreparable 

 character are believed to have been incurred. 



ROUMANIA. 



The weather during April was warm and spring-like with plentiful 

 showers over the greater part of the country, and work in the fields 

 progressed under favorable circumstances. Corn planting is now in 

 progress. Autumn-sown grain, especially wheat, is generally spoken 

 of as looking well, although in some districts reso wings were necessary. 

 Crop prospects are in general satisfactory. 



BULGARIA. 



The German consul at Varna reported April 6 that notwithstand- 

 ing repeated frosts and snow in March, crops in that district were 

 everywhere satisfactory. The winter was on the whole favorable 

 for spring sowings, then in full progress or even in some places 

 ended, excepting in the case of corn and beans, the planting of which 

 had not begun. 



RUSSIA. 



The striking feature of the beginning of the agricultural season of 

 1911 has been the late advent of spring throughout the entire country. 

 During the first half of April farm work was almost everywhere inter- 



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