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HARVEST AND CROP REPORTS. 



The Russian Harvest in 1903. 



The Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of the 

 Interior have recently issued the following estimate of the 

 production of the chief cereals, and of potatoes and hay, in the 

 72 Governments of Russia in 1903, together with the quantity 

 of land under cultivation in each case. The corresponding 

 figures for 1902 are added for comparison : — 





Area. 



Production. 



Crop. 





















1902. 



1903. 



[902. 



1903. 



Winter Rye 



Spring Rye 



Winter Wheat 



Spring Wheat ... 



Oats... 



Parley 

 Maize 

 Peas... 



Potatoes 



Hay... 



Acres. 

 72,397,000 

 1,543,000 

 14,637,000 

 40,480,000 

 43,173,000 

 21,701,000 

 3,363 000 

 2,623,000 



9 826,000 

 93,581,000 



Acres. 

 73,206,000 

 1,762,000 

 15,162,000 

 42,210,000 

 43,856,000 

 23,1 17,000 

 3,338,000 

 2,689,000 



9,977,000 

 93.384,000 



Qrs. 

 105,544,000 

 1,637,000 

 27,518,000 

 48 367,000 

 92,777,000 

 40 553,000 

 5,564.000 

 3,470,000 

 Tons. 

 1,740,000 

 53,713.000 



Qrs. 

 104,045 000 

 2,306,000 

 25,035,000 

 52,61 1,000 

 79,726,000 

 42,858,000 

 5,919,000 

 2 ; 945,ooo 

 Tons. 

 [.552,000 

 50,175,000 





Wheat Crop of India. 



The first general memorandum on the wheat crop of the 

 season 1903-4 states that the reports from the chief wheat- 

 growing provinces were all favourable. In the Punjab the 



district estimate showed an area of 7,789,000 acres under wheat, 



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