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rupted by heavy falls of snow, and, though subsequently there was 

 fine weather, sowings are much in arrears. In many places opera- 

 tions were only begun at a date that in ordinary years marks their 

 completion. The delay is undesirable in that it may jeopardize the 

 chances of the spring crops, particularly the important spring wheat 

 crop, becoming well rooted before the heated season sets in. The 

 general impression seems to be that excepting in some southern gov- 

 ernments, notably Bessarabia, Kherson, the Crimea, the Don terri- 

 tory, and a few others, winter cereals have successfully passed through 

 the rigors of winter. The central statistical committee, in a report 

 early in April, relating to 61 governments, stated that snow cover 

 during the winter had been sufficient in 19, not quite sufficient in 25, 

 and entirely insufficient in 17 governments, but no definite figures 

 are available indicating the amount of damage done on unprotected 

 territory. 



EUROPEAN TURKEY. 



The director of statistics in the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, 

 Mines, and Forests has recently issued a report on agricultural pro- 

 duction, covering all of European Turkey except one vilayet, and cer- 

 tain mountainous districts in another from which returns had not yet 

 arrived. Although European Turkey comprises less than 6 per cent 

 of the area, it contains nearly 25 per cent of the population of the 

 Ottoman Empire ; and the statistics of its production have, therefore, 

 an interest considerably in excess of that which they would derive 

 from its mere territorial extent. 



Area, production, and value of cereals in European Turkey. 



Crops. 



Wheat 



Rye 



Barley 



Oats 



Corn 



Other cereals . 



Total. 



Area (acres). 



1,001,225 

 258, 845 

 510,677 

 297, 187 

 726, 568 

 157, 363 



3,011,865 



Product 

 (bushels). : 



19,461,778 

 5,808,165 



13, 443, 431 

 6,526,483 



16,658,136 

 2,989,770 



64,887,763 



Value. 



$19, 530, 370 

 4, 440, 537 

 8, 360, 743 

 2, 605, 095 

 11,902,963 

 1,687,272 



48, 532, 980 



1 Bushels of capacity. 



Peas, beans, lentils, and chick peas (dry), with potatoes added, 

 amounting to 52,315,200 pounds, and worth $877,978, were grown on 

 86,591 acres. Other crops grown are: 



Crops. 



Acres. 



Product 

 (pounds). 



Tobacco | 62, 415 



Cotton, flax, and hemp 24,895 



Sesame, opium, canary seed 54,278 



[Cir. 19] 



49,177,190 

 9,262,717 

 19, 947, 863 



