rOREIGlSr CEOPS, MAY-JUNE, 1912. 



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the imports and exports of wheat and wheat flour for the last five 

 years. 



Imports {special) of ichcut and irhciit flour info (Icnitain/. hi/ voinitiic^' of 

 origin, calendur years 1907-1911. 



[From " Statistik des Deutschen Reichs " and '"Auswartiger Handel Deutschlands."] 



WHEAT. 



Country of origin. 



Australia , 



Canada 



United States 



Argentina 



K oumania 



Bulgaria , 



Russia, European. 



Chile 



other countries 



Total. 



Bushels.- 



2,631,264 



709 



19,943,528 



31,630,036 



12,616,110 



419,392 



19, 789, 897 



13,595 



3,1.54,675 



90, 199, 206 



Bushels.^ 



230, 755 



1,819 



27,436,155 



32,230,767 



5, 438, .329 



87, 1.33 



9,441,218 



119,265 



1,828,125 



Bushels.^ 

 4,467,897 



76,813,566 



11,225,309 



21,049,363 



4, 406, 136 



110,399 



44,963,592 



647,322 



2, 530, 105 



89, 400, 124 



Bushels.2 



4,621,382 



621,826 



6,194,349 



11,938,269 



6,192,516 



21,131 



55,000,372 



108,580 



1,418,479 



86,116,905 



Bushels.^ 

 4,106,979 

 3,234,0.53 



11,086,279 



19,757,269 



8,255,029 



90,874 



41,093,553 



33,098 



3,671,305 



91,328,439 



' Preliminary. ^ Bushels of 60 pounds. ^ Barrels of 196 pounds. 



Exports of wheat and wheat flour from Germany, 1901-1911. 



Preliminary. 



2 Bushels of 60 pounds. 



AUSTRIA. 



3 Barrels of 1% pounds. 



From autumn seedtime to the end of March phint life, with some 

 exceptions, was favored by nonrigorous and humid Aveather, and on 

 April 1 the aspect of the fields of winter Avheat. and especially of rye. 

 was exceptionally promising. April in Austria, as in many countries 

 of Europe, was in general cold and dry, and by Ma^^ 1 crop conditions 

 had deteriorated considerably. Subsequent weather has caused im- 

 provement. On June 1 wheat Avas in head and beginning to bloom 

 in the southern regions; and, excepting some lodging of rye and an 

 excessive growth of weeds in low-lying oats and barley fields, pros- 

 pects were better than at the same date a year ago. AVheat and rye 

 looked somewhat better than in June last year, but barley and oats 

 are not so satisfactoiy. The Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, which 

 has this year changed the date of its croi3-condition reports from 



