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rOEEIGN CROPS, MAY-JUNE, 1912. 



results of the last harvest. The official figures on imports of Avheat 

 (in bushels of 60 pounds) and wheat flour, 1907-1911, by countries 

 of origin, are shown in the following statement : 



Imports of wheat and wheat flour into the United Kingdom, 1907-1911. 



WHEAT. 



WHKAT FLOUR. 



Germany 



France 



Austria-Hungary . 

 United States. .". . 



Argentina 



Australia 



Canada 



Other countries.. 



Total. 



Total wheat and flour i . 



Barrels. 



220, 549 



413,440 



245, 704 



5,561,174 



28,229 



75,086 



817,383 



236,931 



7,598,496 



215,573,499 



Barrels. 



221,. 389 



205, 429 



143,031 



5,690,765 



64,634 



131,600 



873,784 



80, 714 



7,411,346 



Barrels. 



335,234 



305, 531 



61,542 



3,959.435 



48,800 



297,715 



1,176,800 



130,680 



6,315,737 



203,462,640 211,082,410 



Barrels. 



335,943 



250, 800 



70,975 



2,927,874 



57.943 



233,029 



1,590,686 



224,459 



5,691,709 



222,028,282 



Barrels. 



161,157 



228,400 



60,600 



2,923,663 



50,286 



254,514 



1,867,867 



205,016 



5,751,503 



209,018,726 



Wheat flour expressed as wheat on the basis of 4J bushels of wheat equal 1 barrel of flour. 



FRANCE. 



Although agricultural conditions have varied widely this season in 

 different regions of France, the dominant complaint throughout the 

 spring was lack of sufficient rainfall and unseasonably cool weather. 

 Owing, however, to the mild open winter autumn-sown wheat, rye, 

 barley, and oats were generally forward in growth, and a temporary 

 check in their development only tended to lessen losses from lodging. 

 The French Ministry of Agriculture reported the condition of winter 

 wheat on July 1 to be 71 per cent on an increased area, compared with 

 70.0 per cent at the same date last year. To some of the spring-sown 

 crops, on the other hand, the drought and persistent north winds 

 were detrimental ; much seed, especially oats, is said to have germi- 

 nated irregularly; however, on July 1, the date to which the last offi- 

 cial report refers, the condition of this important crop was, on a full 

 area, given as 75 per cent, against 69.6 per cent on July 1, 1911, while 

 spring wheat, seeded earlier and hence more advanced in growth, 

 showed a condition of 74 against 70.0 per cent at the same date a 

 year ago. The preliminary estimate of the French Ministry of Agri- 

 culture on the areas under cereals, potatoes, etc., on May 1, 1912, and 

 the two preceding years, and estimates by the same authority of the 



