4o8 Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. [ogt., 



Crop. 



1906. 



1905. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Wheat '.. 



4,781,927 



4,760,004 



Rye 



15,065,686 



I5>i79,788 



Barley 



4,061,910 



4,034,071 



Oats 



10,426,369 



10,329,668 



■ Potatoes ... ... ... 



8,155,078 



8,191,985 



France. — A report published in the Journal Officiel (Sep- 

 tember 1 8th) gives the area and yield of wheat and rye in 

 France as follows: — 





Year. 



Wheat. 



Rye. 



Area. 



Yield. 



• 



Area. 



Yield. 







Acres, 



Bushels. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 





1906 



16,003,367 



314,689,378 



3,087,890 



49,515,422 





1905 



16,078,986 



325,085,337 



3,i35»54i 



56,320,220 





1904 



16,126,366 



289,590,331 



3,142,989 



50,529,927 





1903 



16,002,458 



353,060,207 



3.204,151 



56,159,922 



A later report published on October 6th estimates that 

 1,746,100 acres of barley have yielded 35,860,000 bushels com- 

 pared with 1,745,500 acres and 39,579,000 bushels in 1905, 

 while 9,531,300 acres of oats have produced 250,467,000 bushels. 



Hungary. — According to a memorandum received from H.M. 

 Consul-General, summarizing a report by the Hungarian 

 Minister of Agriculture, the results of this year's harvest have 

 proved to be much more favourable than was anticipated. The 

 yield of wheat comes to I02'3 million cwt., or 17*9 million 

 cwt. more than in the preceding year. It is, in fact, the largest 

 crop as yet produced in Hungary. The wheat crop in 1902 

 had always been considered a record one, but it is exceeded 

 by this year's yield. An average crop of wheat is put 

 at 787 million cwt. The greatest quantity of wheat has been 

 produced where it is generally of the best quality, such as 

 the region of the Theiss. This large harvest increases the possi- 

 bilities of the export trade, as the quality of wheat both in 

 Roumania and in Southern Russia is so inferior that dealers in 

 Southern Germany have so far made no purchases in those two 

 countries. 



