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FOREIGN CROPS^ MAY-JUNE^ 1912. 



the middle to the first of each month, reports upon conditions April 1, 

 May 1, and June 1, with comparisons, as under: 



Crop conditions in Austria. 



[1= very good; 2=good; 3=mediiim; 4= poor; 5= very poor.] 



HUXGARY. 



Winter cereals, sown last autumn on increased areas under unusu- 

 ally favorable circumstances and stimulated in growth by an open 

 winter, were exceptionally luxuriant at the advent of spring. A 

 warm, pleasant March aroused further extravagant hopes of an 

 abundant harvest. From the beginning to the end of April, how- 

 ever, low temperatures, accompanied in many places by heavy falls 

 of snow and floods of rain, temporarily suspended field work incident 

 to spring seedings and at the time were believed to jeopardize the 

 chance of expected abundance from the autumn-sown crops. As 

 recovery of vegetation from apparently serious injury during early 

 stages of its growth is a common phenomenon in agriculture, the 

 numerous reports of generally fine, growing weather throughout the 

 greater part of May and June warrant confidence in an average 

 outcome of the 1912 crops. Much of damage to fruit and vineyards 

 is of course irreparable. The Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, in 

 its June 10 report on the state of agriculture, gives the condition of 

 wheat as good in 43 comitats and medium in 20; rye, good in 3G 

 comitats and medium in 27; barley, excellent in 2 comitats, good 

 in 32. medium in 29; oats, good in 15 comitats, medium in 41, and 

 poor in 7. In the report of June 23 the prospective yield of wheat is 

 put at 173 million bushels against 175 million last year. "\A'lieat, rye, 

 corn, and potatoes have been sown on increased areas, but barley and 

 oats show decreases. The official estimate of areas sown in 1912 and 

 1911 is shown below: 



Area sown to specified crops in Hungary, 1912 and 1911. 



Crop. 



1912 



1911 



Wheat.. 



Rye 



Barley . . 



Oats 



Cora 



Potatoes 



Acres. 

 8,650,787 

 2,775,674 

 2,645,816 

 2,496,918 

 6,186,876 

 1,542,111 



Acres. 



8,35.3,592 



2,690,760 



2,7.36,084 



2,653,034 



6,089,950 



1,5.34,155 



