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Crop Prospects in Great Britain. [sept., 



3,822,000 cwt. in the preceding year, so that the supply of 

 foreign mutton and lamb was on the whole considerably 

 greater. 



The total imports of bacon showed little variation, but while 

 the receipts from Canada (1,230,000 cwt.) increased, there was a 

 falling off in the exports from Denmark (1,443,000 cwt.), and 

 also from the United States (2,789,000 cwt.). 



In 1904-5 a check in the imports of butter had to be recorded, 

 but the decline has not been maintained, and the receipts last 

 year amounted to 4,326,000 cwt., compared with 4,106,000 cwt. 

 in 1904-5 and 4,361,000 cwt. in 1903-4. Denmark is by far the 

 largest exporter, her total reaching 1,642,000 cwt., while Russia, 

 the next largest foreign contributor, only sent 544,000 cwt. 

 This figure was, however, very nearl}^ equalled by the Colonies 

 of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, which together 

 sent 526,000 cwt., while 305,000 cwt. was received from New 

 Zealand and 241,000 cwt. from Canada. The Colonial contri- 

 bution, therefore, aggregated 1,072,000 cwt. or 24 per cent, of 

 the total supply compared with 1,088,000 cwt. in the previous 

 year. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have this year made 

 a new departure by issuing a Report on the Crop Prospects in 

 Great Britain. The first Report, issued on 



Report on Crop August 22nd, covered the three principal 



Great^B^Uain ^^^'^^^ crops — wheat, barley, and oats — as 

 well as potatoes, roots, hay, fruit, and hops. 

 A further report will be issued this month. 



The Report details the condition of the various crops in the 

 " Agricultural Divisions " usually adopted for the purpose of the 

 Agricultural Returns, and is preceded by the following general 

 summary : — 



Reports from the Crop Estimators of the Board on the condi- 

 tion and prospects of the principal crops indicate that all are 

 likely to exceed the average. Harvest generally started some- 

 what later than last year. The supply of labour is, on the 

 whole, sufficient, but some districts in the North of England and 

 in Wales report a scarcity. 



Wheat and barley appear in each division of Great Britain 



