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Harvest and Crop Reports. 



wheat is about 8,105,000 acres, which are expected to produce 

 20,598,000 quarters. This estimate of production is based upon 

 trial threshings, which show also that the quality is generally 

 good. The quality of rye is also stated to be good. Of this 

 cereal (including mixed corn) there were about 2,793,000 acres, 

 estimated to produce 6,242,000 quarters. The area under 

 barley is given as 2,444,000 acres, producing 5,856,000 quarters, 

 generally of good quality, though there are local exceptions. 

 The area under oats is 2,396,000 acres, and the production is 

 estimated at 5,604,000 quarters. 



Crops in Germany. 



The August reports upon the crops in Germany indicate that 

 the harvest of practically all farm produce this year may be 

 expected to be about the average. The weather had mostly, 

 however, been cold and wet, so that the ripening of the grain 

 had been considerably delayed, and the harvest was generally 

 late. 



Wheat was, on the whole, somewhat better than rye, both 

 being best in Bavaria. Only in a few districts of South 

 Germany was the harvest finished ; elsewhere it was in general 

 progress, though the wet weather was in many places preventing 

 the corn from being got in. Barley cutting was beginning, but 

 the quality of this grain had suffered considerably. Oats had 

 been the least affected by the rain ; they were, however, mostly 

 still green. 



The condition of potatoes was very variable, some locali- 

 ties sending good reports and others bad, but potato-disease was 

 generally feared. Clover and lucerne had been greatly retarded 

 by the cold. They, as well as grass, were better in the south 

 than in the north. 



Crops in France. 



According to the reports published in the Journal Officiel of 

 July 19th, 1902, there was general deterioration of the crops 

 in France between May 15th and July 1st of this year. 



