1920.] <.'rop Prospects and Live Stock Abroad. 1047 



National Year-book of Agrrioultural Legislation, 1918. — The Inter- 

 national Institute of Agriculture has recently issued its eighth Inter- 

 national Year-book of agricultural legislation. The volume contains 

 an introduction in English, in which the general course of the legislation 

 of the world in 191 8 in connection with agriculture is outlined, principally 

 as affected by the conditions created by the later phases of the \\ar, 

 and by the reconstruction movement which has followed. 



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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



The I uternational Crop Report and Agricultural Statistics for 

 December, 191 9, published by the International Institute of Agriculture, 

 gives particulars concemihg the production 

 Notes on Crop of the cereal crops of 191 9 in certain countries 

 Prospects anl Live in the Northern Hemisphere. 



Stock Abroad. Wheat. — The production in Denmark, Spain, 



France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, 

 Rumania, Switzerland, Canada, United States, British India, Japan, 

 Algeria, and Tunis is estimated at 259,270,000 qr. in 191 9, against 

 279,700,000 qr. in 191 8, or a decrease of 7-3 per cent., the area sown 

 showing an increase of 0-5 per cent. 



Rye. — The estimated production in Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, 

 Netherlands, Rumania, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States is 

 placed at 22,056,000 qr. in 1919, or a decrease of i 2 per cent, compared 

 with 1 91 8, when it amounted to 22,334,000 qr., but the area sown shows 

 an increase of 6 '9 per cent. 



Barley. — The production in Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain. 

 Italy, Netherlands, Rumania, Switzerland, Canada, United States, 

 Japan, Algeria, and Tunis is estimated to amount to 72,044.000 qr. in 

 1 91 9, against 84,620,000 qr. in 191 8, or a decrease of 149 per cent., the 

 area sown being smaller by 6-o per cent. 



Oats. — It is estimated that the total yield in Denmark, Spain, 

 France, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Rumania, Switzerland, 

 Canada, United States, Japan, Algeria, and Tunis amounts to 221 ,626,000 

 qr. in 1919, against 261,632,000 qr. in 1918, or a decrease of 15-3 per 

 cent., the area sown being smaller by i 9 per cent. 



Maize. — The production in Spain, Italy, Rumania, Switzerland, 

 Canada, and the United States is estimated at 364,817,000 qr. in 191 9, 

 against 317,614,000 qr. in 191 8, or an increase of 14 9 per cent., while 

 the area sown shows a decrease of 3-3 per cent. 



Finland. — H.M. Minister at Helsingfors reports that the production 

 of cereals in Finland, in 1919, is estimated by the Finnish Board of 

 Agriculture as follows: — Rye, 1,454,000 qr ; barle}', 743,000 qr. ; and 

 oats, 3,031 ,000 qr. The quantities required for consumption in Finland 

 are estimated to be: — Rye, 2,827,000 qr. ; barley, 531,000 qr. ; and 

 oats, 2,538,000 qr. 



New Zealand. — The area under wheat this year in New Zealand is 

 officially estimated at 142,000 acres, compared with 210,000 acres 

 seeded last year. The area under oats is estimated at 410,000 acres, 

 against 487,000 acres last year. [BroomhaU's Corn Trade News, 31st 

 December, 191 9.) 



