FOEEIGN CROPS, MAY-JUNE, 1912. 



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total areas actually sown in 1911 and 1910, as finally determined, are 

 shown below : 



Preliminary estimate of areas under grain, etc., in France, May 1, 1912, 1911, 

 1910; and final estimate of areas sown in 1911, 1910. 



Crop. 



Wheat: 



Winter 



Spring 



Total wheat 



Maslin 



Rye 



Barley: 



Winter 



Spring 



Total barley 



Oats: 



Winter 



Spring 



Total oats 



Potatoes 



Sugar beets 



Beets for distilling 



Mangold 



Clover, alfalfa, and sanfoia 

 Grasses and grass mixtures 



Meadows 



Forage, annual 



Vines 



Preliminary. 



Acres. 

 15,759,396 

 419,576 



16,178,972 



320,810 

 2,998,040 



368,550 

 1,500,589 



1,869,139 



2,004,450 

 7,891,311 



9,895,761 



1911 



Acres. 

 14,247,761 

 1,291,641 



15,539,402 



301,882 

 2, 727, 762 



353,860 

 1,564,229 



1,918,089 



1,849,568 

 8,101,421 



9, 950, 989 



3,820, 



610, 



162, 



1,620, 



7,404, 



771, 



11,935, 



1,759, 



4, 100, 



I 3,710,577 



593,336 



133, 137 



1,623,966 



7, 405, 463 



671,593 



11,335,465 



1,646,872 



3,385,877 



Acres. 

 15,523,316 

 614,637 



16,137,953 



340,726 

 3,068,117 



358,419 

 1,487,715 



1,846,134 



1,978,258 

 7,731,190 



Final. 



1911 



Acres. 



1910 



Acres. 



15,803,900 16,198,319 



308, 183 

 2,308,183 



337,020 

 2, 994, 185 



1,913,604 1,849,494 



9,709,449 9,930,300 9,763,662 



3,741,341 



587, 954 



127, 775 



1,594,783 



7, 430, 791 



659, 164 



11,746,393 



1,696,144 



3,906,033 



3,837,463 

 591,829 

 134, 756 

 1,629,130 

 0) 

 (1) 

 (') 

 0) 



(') 



3,822,612 



611,301 



121,598 



1,644,352 



7,464,545 



693, 140 



12,069,352 



1,849,964 



4,027,110 



1 No data. •■ 



The surface under wheat this season, although over 600,000 acres 

 larger than last year, is about normal ; should no adversity befall the 

 crop between now and harvest, the present appearance of the plants 

 would indicate a yield almost, if not quite, equal to that of last year. 

 During the last two years, it may be recalled, the native crop has been 

 insufficient for domestic requirements, usually estimated at about 

 340,000,000 bushels annually. Owing to a partial crop failure in 

 1910, the yield was only 253,000,000 bushels, and in 1911 a decreased 

 acreage, caused mostly by an inclement seedtime, gave an outturn of 

 only 323,000,000 bushels. As a result of these unusual conditions, over 

 100,000,000 bushels of wheat have been imported into France during 

 the last two years, of which only about 5,500,000 were taken from 

 the United States. It is officially stated, moreover, that supplies of 

 wheat are now sufficient tc meet the demands of the country up to 

 the 1912 harvest, but the belief prevails in commercial circles that the 

 carry over will be a rather small one, and that the necessity for an 

 early harvest, which now seems assured, is urgent. The French Min- 

 istry of Finance reports imports of wheat in 1911, compared with the 

 four previous years, as follows, by countries of origin. 

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