FOKEIGN CROPS, MAY-JUXE, 1912. 17 



Area of spcrified vrDps in Eyy/jt. ]!)0')-6 to 190i>-10. 



Crop. 



Cotton 



Corn 



Rice 



Wheat.'. ........V. . 



Beans 



Barley 



Sugar cane 



Fodder and miscellaneous crops 

 Orchards and gardens 



Total 



1905-6 



Acres. 

 1.563,228 

 1,837,437 



230,575 

 1.266,548 



604,332 



472, 669 



52,570 



1,710,703 



- 26,443 



1906-7 



A cres. 

 1,663,914 

 1,867,654 



249, 157 

 1,264,643 



618,319 



475,833 



42,566 



1,743,346 



27, 820 



7,764,505 I 7,953,252 



1907-8 



A cres. 

 1,702,320 

 1,868,094 



258,216 

 1,212,556 



561,646 



. 457,349 



40,027 



1,757,379 



28,560 



7,886,147 



1908-9 



A cres. 

 1, 657, 686 

 1,865,021 



282, 149 

 1,296,736 



588,222 



439,378 



45,653 



1,755,635 



31,487 



7,961,967 



A cres. 



1,705,434 



1,910,598 



298,054 



1,299,285 



581,939 



403,841 



50, 778 



1,722,254 



33, 115 



8,005,298 



According to the Egyptian Department of Agriculture, cotton in 

 1912 Avas planted 10 days earlier than last year. The crop was in 

 excellent condition on July 1 and is from 15 to 20 days in advance of 

 last year. An unusually large number of cotton worm egg masses 

 are being picked daily throughout the Delta, and it is hoped to keep 

 the pest under control by the energetic measures which are now in 

 force. 



Xo efi'ect on the cotton crop from shortage of water is apparent at 

 present, except in a few isolated cases; but cultivators are urged to 

 exercise the utmost economy in the use of the available supply, as 

 any waste or needless watering will endanger the crops of those less 

 favorably situated on the distributory canals. 



ALGERIA AND TUNIS. 



Harvest began in late May, about two weeks earlier than usual, and 

 IS expected to give rather medium results. A prolonged drought in 

 early spring in the coastal districts of Algeria and throughout Tunis 

 IS believed to have injured crops to an extent not whollv reparable by 

 the subsequent abundant rains. In the interior districts of Algeria 

 conditions are more favorable. 



AUSTRALIA. 



The Monthly Summary of Australian Statistics, March, 1012. 

 ]-)ublished at Melbourne under the authority of the Minister for Home 

 Art'airs. contains a statement of the area, production, and exports of 

 wheat in the Commonwealth of Australia from the year of its estab- 

 lishment up to 1012. During the first decade the area under wheat 

 made no permanent increase: in fact, the extent of land under this 

 grain in 1008-9 was smaller than 10 years previous. But from 

 1900-10 to 1011-12 occurred a marked revival of interest in its culture, 



