1906.] 



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and passable on 31,700 acres. In the case of rye about one- 

 third of the total area was returned as good and rather less 

 than one-half as fairly good. 



The spring barley and oats were not through the ground in 

 all the Departments, but approximately nearly one-half of the 

 barley promised to be good, while in the case of oats 38 per 

 cent, was classed as good (or very good) and 57 per cent, as 

 fairly good. 



United States. — According to the returns received by the 

 Department of Agriculture the area sown with spring wheat on 

 1st June amounted to about 17,989,000 acres, an increase over 

 the area returned in the previous year of 38,000 acres. The 

 average condition of the crop was 93 compared with a ten- 

 year average of 94. 



The average condition of winter wheat declined from 91 on 

 1st May to 83 on ist June, but this figure is still above the 

 decennial average of 807. 



The total reported area under oats is about 27,678,000 acres 

 compared with 27,688,000 returned as sown on ist June last 

 year. The average condition of the crop was 86 compared 

 with 92'9 at the same date last year. 



The acreage under barley is estimated to be about 133,000 

 acres more than in 1905. The average condition is 93*5 against 

 the ten-year average of 90*2. 



India. — The final general memorandum on the Indian wheat 

 crop states that the crop as a whole was a good one, for 

 while the total area falls short of that of 1904-5 by 2,244,000 

 acres, or nearly 8 per cent., the outturn is believed to exceed 

 that of the said year by 978,000 tons, or 13 per cent. The crop 

 is estimated at 8,560,340 tons from 26,226,200 acres. 



Argentina. — According to the River Plate Review (i ith May) 

 the Department of Agriculture estimates the probable yield of 

 maize at 4,951,000 tons (of 2,204 lb.) from an area of 6,712,000 

 acres. The largest previous harvest was in 1904, when 

 4,450,000 tons were gathered. In 1905 the yield was esti- 

 mated at 3,574,000 tons, of which quantity 2,278,000 tons were 

 exported, 



