1906.] Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 355 



Crop 



Estimated Area 

 to be Reaped. 



Estimated Yield. 



1906. 



1906. 



1905. 



Wheat 



Rye 



Barley ... 

 Oats ... 



Maize ,. 



Potatoes 



Acres. 



8,734,000 

 2,764,000 

 2, 580,000 

 2, 540,000 

 5,727,000 

 1,397,000 



Cwts. 



101,728,000 

 27,090,000 

 28,579,000 

 24,797,000 

 80,883,000 



113,295.000 



Cwts. 



84,358,000 



27,037,00,0 



24,972,000 



22,282,000 ' ' 



47,008,000 



90,093,000 



Russia. — From a report dated August 22nd by H.M. Consul 

 at Helsingfors, it appears that the grain crops in Finland have 

 been satisfactory. Rye, barley, and oats have in most places 

 yielded a crop above the average. 



United States. — Preliminary returns received by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture up to the beginning of 

 August indicated a winter wheat crop of about 493,434,000 

 bushels, an average of 167 bushels per acre, as compared with 

 I4'3 bushels last year and 12*4 bushels in 1904. 



The September crop report showed that the average con- 

 dition of spring wheat at harvest was 83*4, against 87-3 at the 

 same period last year ; maize was returned on September ist 

 at 90 2, compared with 88* i on August ist and 89*5 on Septem- 

 ber 1st last year; oats stood at 81*9, and barley at 89*4, com- 

 pared with 90*3 and 87*8 on the same date in 1905. 



Argentina. — The final estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture 

 for the crop of 1905-6, as reported in the River Plate Revieiv 

 .(August loth), show that 14,018,000 acres were sown, of which 

 13,314,000 acres were harvested and a yield obtained of 

 3,672,000 tons. The estimates for the next crop have also been 

 issued, and show that 14,820,000 acres of wheat and 7,410,000 

 acres of maize have been sown. 



Uruguay. — According to the River Plate Review (July 13th), 

 official returns put the harvest of wheat in Uruguay at 125,344 

 tons from an area of 712,500 acres. 



Canada. — The High Commissioner for Canada has received 

 by cable from the Department of the Interior the following 

 statement as to the crops of wheat, oats, and barley which have 

 been harvested in the three Western provinces of Canada, viz,, 



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