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Harvest and Crop Reports. 



Crops in Prussia. 



The following table shows the acreage and production of 

 the principal crops in Prussia in 1903, the figures for 1902 

 being added for comparison. The returns for the whole of 

 Germany were not available at the time of going to press : — 



Crops. 



Area. 



Production. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



1903 



1902. 



1903. 



1902. 



1903 



1902. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bsh. 



Bsh. 



Wheat' 



2,575,079 



2,770,732 



79,222,890 



89,062,758 



30-8 



32-1 



Rye 



11,306,222 



11,603,687 



268,655,294 



260,933,066 



23-8 



22*5 



Barley ... 



2,265,247 



2,158,471 



80,382,393 



73,370,984 



35'5 



34'0 



Oats 



6,953>9'7 



6.725,259 



292,292,219 



277,063,823 



42-0 



41-2 









Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Potatoes 



5.458,379 



5.492,462 



28,301,464 



29,175,733 



5'2 



5'3 



Clover hay 



2,974,873 



3,°35,499 



6,191,645 



5,840,015 



2'I 



1-9 



Lucerne hay ... 



213,223 



216797 



476,128 



490,303 



2*2 



23 



Meadow hay ... 



8,005,500 



8,075.470 



12,935,899 



12,492,640 



i-6 



i'5 



Crops in Russia. 



The Board have received information through the Foreign 

 Office that the Central Statistical Committee of the Russian 

 Ministry of the Interior estimate the yield of winter wheat in 

 the 72 provinces of the Empire at 5,369,595 tons, as compared 

 with 5,902,203 tons in 1902, and a quinquennial . average of 

 4,592,765 tons. Of winter rye, the production is given as 

 22,315,792 tons, the amount in 1902 having been 22,635,000 

 tons, and the five years' average 20,854,368 tons. Details of 

 the spring sown crops are not yet available. 



The production of straw is estimated at 42,534,203 tons, and 

 that of hay at 50,187,708 tons. 



