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Crops in France. 



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dried up that the sudden heat which came at the beginning of 

 July ripened them off, and harvesting had already begun by 

 the middle of July. The wheat crop is expected to be 

 5 to 10 per cent, below the normal yield. 



The preliminary estimates of the crops in Hungary (excluding 

 Croatia and Slavonia), dated the 15th July, have been published 



by the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture. 

 Crops in Hungary. The yield of wheat is put at 127,911,000 



bushels, compared with 161,909,000 bushels 

 last year, or a decrease of 21 per cent. The quality in very 

 many districts, and even generally, is said to be satisfactory. 

 The crop of barley is 45,649,000 bushels, against 61,976,000 

 bushels in 1903. This crop has suffered considerably from 

 the excessive heat and the prolonged drought, and unfavour- 

 able reports as] to quality have been received from many 

 districts. The yield of oats is also unfavourable both as 

 regards quantity] and quality, the preliminary figures placing 

 the production at 50,594,800 bushels, compared with 71,636,000 

 bushels last year. 



The Report of the French Ministry of Agriculture on the 

 current year's crops shows that the condition on the 1st of July 



was generally less favourable than at the 

 Crops in France, date of the previous Report, viz., the 15th 



of May. Winter wheat was returned as 

 u good " in 28 departments, " fairly good " in 49 departments, 

 while 8 departments gave less favourable reports. Spring 

 wheat was returned as " good " in 22, and " fairly good " in 27 

 departments. Potatoes showed an improvement, the condition 

 in 3 departments '^being returned as "very good," in 53 as 

 " good," in 24 as " fairly good," in 5 as " passable," and in 1 

 as indifferent. 



The area under the principal crops was given in the last 

 number of this Journal, p. 210. 



