1S75.] OOO |J)L>lmir 



Harvests in Spain — Recent Years. 

 I860. Grain abundant. (U. S. Com. Uel., 1866, 215.) One-third abovo 

 average. (Ibid, 21d.) Largest forniany years. (Ibid, 18<jo, 115.) 



1866. Grain hardly average. Potatoes deficient. (U. S. Com. Rel., 1867, 



343.) Grain one- third less than in 1865. (Br. Con. Rep., 1867, 88.) 

 Drought in Alicante. (Ibid, 1867-4, 133.) 



1867. Grain moderately good. (Br. Con. Rep., 1868-7, 521.) Olives failed 



(Ibid, 1867-3, 87.) Also silk ; this being the fifth year of failure. 

 (Ibid.) 



1868. Grain deficient. (Br. Con. Rep., 1867-8, 521.) 



1869. Grain barely average. (U. S. Com. Rel., 1871, 1008.) 



1870. Grain harvest good. 



1871. Lemon crop in Andalusia the largest ever obtained. (U. S. Com. 



Rel., 1871, 1022.) 



1872. Grain crops fair. (U. S. Com. Rel., 1872, 777.) 



1873. Grain crops excellent. (U. S. Com. Rel,, 1873, 938.) 



1874. Grain crops good. 



It is said that when the harvests are good in one section, the north or 

 south of Spain, they are bad in the other; (Br. C. R., 1868-7, 521); but 

 this statement must be taken with considerable allowance for error. 

 Variety of Agricultural Products. 



The agricultural products of Spain are almost endless in their variety. 

 The principal ones are as follows : 



Qi-ain Crops. — Wheat, maize, barley, rye, buckwheat, millet, oats, rice. 



Green Crops, — Clover, grass, kitchen vegetables. 



Boot Crops. — Sweet and Irish potatoes, cassava, (moniato or convolvolus 

 batatas,) raised in the Balearic Isles, and much used by the peasants for 

 food ; (L. T.,) liquorice; catufas de Valencia; i^eanuts. 



Leguminous Crops. — Beans: 1 French beans; 2 string beans; 3 gar- 

 banzos ; 4 carob-beans (the algarobo or locAist bean, used as cattle fodder). 



Fruits. — Apples, peaches, apricots, nectarines, pears, plums, cherries, 

 grapes, oranges, lemons, limes, pomegranates, figs, olives, melons, ber- 

 ries, prickly pears. 



Commercial Crops. — Sugar cane, cotton, esparto grass, hemp, flax, 

 saffron, madder, red pepper, capers. 



Ntits and Forest Products. — Chestnuts, walnuts, almonds, hazel-nuts, 

 cork, oak and pine bark, acorns. 



Anim.al Products. — Silk, wool, cheese, leather, eggs. 



Liquids. — "Wine, spirits, ale, cider, oil. 



The grain crops will be more particularly mentioned hereafter. Of the 

 other crops, those which demand attention on account of their importance 

 are oranges aud lemons, figs, olives, esparto grass, almonds, cork, silk, 

 wine and olive oil. Some idea of the production of these articles in 

 Spain may be gathered from the list of exports hereinafter given, after 

 due allowance is made for the quantities consumed in the country of 

 their production. 



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