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The result of this year's rye crop — 27"6 million cwt. — ^^has 

 also been satisfactory. The yield of barley is put at 28*8 

 million cwt., which compares with the crops of 1902 and 1963. 

 The oat crop comes to 25-0 million cwt. The mai^ze crop is put 

 at 8o'4 million cwt, making the third best crop on record. 

 Taking all cereals together, the harvest of 1906 is one of the 

 best that has been known in Hungary. The potato crop has 

 also been good — the production being 15-9 million cwt. larger 

 than that of last year. Beans, tobacco, and beetroot all 

 give results above the average, while other products, such as 

 swedes, turnips, &c., are not below the average. 



United States. — The October Crop Report published by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, as reported in The 

 Times^ shows that the average condition of maize on ist October 

 was 90*1, as compared with 89*2 on the same date in 1905, and 

 83*9 in 1904. The preliminary estimate of the yield per acre of 

 spring wheat is 137 bushels, as against 147 bushels in 1905, and 

 127 bushels in the preceding year. With regard to oats, the pre- 

 liminary returns indicate a crop of about 862,352,000 bushels, 

 or an average of 31.2 bushels per acre. Last year the total 

 yield was 939,332,000 bushels. The preliminary estimate of the 

 yield of barley is 28*3 bushels per acre as against 267 last year. 



Russia. — The Board have received through the Foreign Office 

 a summary of an article in the official Coiniiiercial and Indus- 

 trial Gazette of St. Petersburg, of September 8th, reporting on the 

 general results of the Russian grain crops. Comparing them 

 with the prospects a month earlier, a " considerable deteriora- 

 tion " is noted, due mainly to the cold, raw and rainy weather 

 which set in during the reaping season in almost all parts of 

 Russia. In consequence, not only in the eastern region, where 

 previously the prospects were unfavourable, but also in the 

 south, south-west, and west, a noticeable change for the worse 

 ensued, chiefly from the point of view of the quality of the yield, 

 but also at times as regards quantity. Here and there the 

 crops have completely failed. As a result the general harvest 

 of all grains in European Russia must be considered as unsatis- 

 factory. Only winter wheat has given an average crop or a little 

 above the average, and the remaining spring grains and rye are 

 estimated to yield considerably below the average. 



