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HARVEST AND CROP REPORTS. 



Wheat Crop in India. 



The " Final General Memorandum " on the wheat crop of 

 1902-3 states that the total acreage under wheat was rather 

 less than in the previous season, viz., 22,775,160, as com- 

 pared with 23,447,089 acres, but the yield was greatly above 

 that of the preceding year, and also above the average. 

 The yield proved best in the three most important districts 

 of Punjab, the United Provinces (Agra and Oudh), and 

 the Central Provinces ; while the more southern districts, where 

 the amount of wheat raised is much less considerable, generally 

 had a deficient harvest. The acreage and production in the 

 different districts are shown in the following table : — 











Average Pro- 



Province. 



Area in 



Production 



Production 



duction of i 



1902-3. 



in 1902-3. 



in 1901-2. 



preceding ten 











years. 





Acres. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Punjab 



7,111,700 



2,389,897 



1,846,332 



1,913,551 



North-West PVontier ... 



822,900 



234,594 



159,279 





United Provinces 



6,926,164 



2,972,497 



2,401,940 



2,047,785 



Bengal ... 



1,445,900 



501,100 



39l,50 0 



493,100 1 



Central Provinces 



2,272,482 



666,040 



571,040 



480,553 



Bombay .. 



1,617,891 



502,508 



179,034 



507,293 



Sind 



301,648 



68,531 



109,009 



143,469 



Berar 



2i6,955 



17,498 



6,180 



45,244 | 



Hyderabad 



508,760 



43>2i5 



38,853 



55,317 



Rajputana 



774,743* 



180,300* 



103,869 



299,309 ! 



Central India 



770,894* 



198,140* 



256,214 



315,919 



Mysore ... 



5,123 



53i 



256 



300 



Total 



22,775,160 



7,774,851 



6,063,506 



6,301,840+ 



* Incomplete. f Excluding North-West Frontier. 



Crops in the United States. 



Preliminary returns as to the wheat crop of the United States 

 indicate that the area sown with spring wheat was about 

 17,257,000 acres, a decrease of 364,000 acres, or 2*1 per cent. 



