1904.] Weather and Crops in Europe in 1904. 481 



June and July, and up to the middle of August, when heavy rains 

 fell in many parts of the country. Some indication of the weather 

 may be obtained from the table given below. 



The light rainfall in July last is noticeable at all the stations 

 shown, and it will be seen that in some places it continued 

 throughout August. So far as the cereal crops are concerned, 

 the effects of the drought in Austria do not appear to have 

 been very severe, though the yield is likely to be less than last 

 year. Rain came in time to effect some improvement in the con- 

 dition of maize and potatoes on good lands, but both these crops 

 are stated to be very poor in many districts. 





Rainfall in Inches. 



Meteorological Station. 



1904. 



1903. 





June. 



July. 



Aug. 



•Sept. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Vienna 



1-05 



•98 



2*22 



3-82 



371 



5 '27 



4'37 



2*42 



Prague ... 



•51 



1:13 



•08 



1-56 



i*8 7 



3*67 



1-52 



roi 



Cracow 



i-8 3 



I-I7 



3'98 



2'II 



406 



j 1 -86 



4-91 



70 



Lemberg 



179 



74 



I -99 



•98 



4*06 



371 



2-18 



'39 



Buda-Pesth ... 



1-29 



•66 



•78 



1-87 



2'93 



3-00 



•82 



176 



Trieste 



3-67 



•35 



5-66 



5'27 



37i 



4*45 



•08 



2-II 



Lesina 



'59 



•31 



•47 



2-8r 



•59 



'12 



•08 



'94 



Average of 7 Stations 



T- 5 2 



74 



2 18 



2'68 



3-00 



4-56 



1 '99 



1 '33 



In Hungary, all the crops suffered more or less from the long- 

 continued drought. At Buda-Pesth the rainfall over the four 

 summer months only amounted to about 4^ inches. The yield 

 of wheat is put at 142,995,000 bushels as compared with 

 176,616,000 bushels in 1903. The quality is stated to be 

 generally satisfactory. Barley suffered considerably from the 

 heat and absence of rain, and oats were also referred to 

 unfavourably in the Reports of the Hungarian Minister of 

 Agriculture both as regards quantity and quality. The most 

 serious deficiency, however, occurred in the maize crop, which 

 up to the middle of August had been so seriously affected by 

 the drought that a considerable proportion was regarded as lost. 

 The later rains may have improved its condition to some extent, 

 but on October 28th the crop (according to a report which 

 appeared in Dombusctis Evening List) was estimated at about 



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