UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



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BULLETIN No. 987 



Contribution from the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates 

 H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 



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Washington, D. C. 



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November 9, 1921 



HANDBOOK OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL 

 STATISTICS. 



Compiled under the direction of Frank Andrews, Chief, Division of Crop Records. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction 1 



Algeria 2 



Argentina 4 



Australia 5 



Austria (Republic) 8 



Belgium 9 



Brazil 11 



British India 12 



Bulgaria 14 



Canada 16 



Chile 18 



Czechoslovakia 20 



Denmark J 21 



Dutch East Indies 23 



Dutch West Indies , 24 



Egypt 24 



Finland 26 



Formosa 27 



France 28 



Germany 30 



Greece 32 



Italy 33 



Japan 36 



Korea 39 



Mexico 40 



Netherlands (Holland) 41 



New Zealand 43 



Norway 44 



Poland 46 



Portugal 47 



Rumania 47 



Russia 50 



Spain 53 



Sweden - 55 



Switzerland 57 



Union of South Africa 59 



United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland). 60 



Uruguay 62 



Hawaii 64 , 



Philippine Islands 65 



Porto Rico 66 



Weightsand measures 68 



INTRODUCTION. 



This collection of official statistics of crops and live stock of for- 

 eign countries and of island possessions of the United States is 

 intended to make available in convenient form the items in these sta- 

 tistics which are most generally used. Inquiries for just such infor- 

 mation are constantly being received in the Bureau of Markets and 

 Crop Estimates, and these inquiries have guided the selection and 

 arrangement of the material of this publication. 



The sources of the statistics are the official Government reports of 

 the respective countries. These foreign reports have been tabulated 



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