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HARVEST AND CROP REPORTS. 



Crops in the United States. 



The October and November numbers of the United States 

 Crop Reporter contain preliminary estimates of the average 

 yields per acre of the principal cereal crops in the past season. 

 The area under these crops was given in earlier issues, and the 

 following data as to the approximate total productions have been 

 obtained by multiplying their estimated yields by the area. 



The total area under wheat in the United States this year is 

 returned at 44,000,000 acres, or about 6,000,000 acres less than 

 last year. Partly owing to this decrease, and partly to a smaller 

 average yield per acre, the total wheat harvest works out at only 

 about 626,000,000 bushels, as compared with 748,000,000 bushels 

 last year. 



The area under maize was 95,000,000 acres, and the total 

 yield amounted to about 2,500,000,000 bushels, being the largest 

 crop on record. Nearly 29,000,000 acres of oats, 5,000,000 acres 

 of barley, and 2,000,000 acres of rye were also grown, while 

 the total yields amounted to 989,000,000 bushels, 135,000,000 

 bushels, and 34,000,000 bushels respectively, these figures indi- 

 cating increases in each case over last year's crops. 



The French Harvest of 1902. 

 The following table, which has been compiled from figures 

 published in the Journal Ojficiel of 4th and 24th October, shows 

 the preliminary official estimate of the area and production of 



