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HARVEST AND CROP REPORTS. 



Crops in the United States. 



In the last issue of this Journal, a rough estimate was given 

 of the acreage and production of some of the principal crops in 

 the United States last year, based upon preliminary figures 

 which had been published in the November and earlier numbers 

 of the United States Crop Reporter, The following table has 

 been compiled from the revised figures which appeared in the 

 December number of the Crop Reporter : — 



Crop. 



Area. 



Yield per Acre. 



Total Production. 





Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Maize 



94,043,613 



26-8 



2,523,648,312 



Winter Wheat 



28,581,426 



144 



411,788,666 



Spring Wheat 



17,620,998 



147 



258,274,342 



Oats 



28,653,144 



34'5 



987,842,712 



Barley 



4,661,063 



29'0 



134,954,023 



Rye 



1,978,548 



17-0 



33,630,592 



Potatoes ... 



2,965,587 



96-0 



284,632,787 







Tons. 



Tons. 



Hay ... 



39,825,227 



1-50 



59,857,576 



The February number of the Crop Reporter gives the number 

 of live stock on 1st January, 1903, as follows : — Horses, 

 16,557,373; milch cows, 17,105,227; other cattle, 44,659,206; 

 sheep, 63,964,876 ; and swine, 46,922,624. 



Crops in India. 



The first general memorandum on the wheat crop of India 

 was issued by the Indian Government on the 2nd January last. 

 The following summary is given as to the crop prospects in the 

 various provinces : — In Upper India and the northern half of the 

 Central Provinces the late rainfall was favourable for sowings, 

 and, consequently, they extended over a larger area than in the 



