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Crop Prospects Abroad. [sept., 



departments report the condition of spring wheat as good, and 26 as fairly good. The 

 Journal d Agriculture Pratique (20th August) observes that according to the official 

 figures, the position was less favourable on 1st July than on 15th May, the date of the 

 previous report. It has since been much depreciated by the influence of several days 

 of sudden heat which burnt up the wheat, and of numerous storms which have caused 

 much havoc. The sheaves are light, and it is doubtful if the crop will reach the 

 average. 



Hop Crop in Poland. — H.M. Consul at Warsaw (Mr. C. Clive Bayley), in a 

 despatch dated 22nd August last, states that the Annual Hop Fair will be held in 

 Warsaw on the 1st October. The present condition of this year's hop crop appears 

 to be satisfactory, for though the plants were trimmed rather later than usual owing 

 to the cold weather, they appear to be strong and healthy and have not suffered from 

 diseases or destructive parasites. It is too early , to give a correct estimate of the 

 production. The stocks on hand of last year's crop are all depleted, and there is a 

 constant demand for all classes of hops which cannot at present be supplied. 



Hungary. — The Hungarian Minister of Agriculture in his report on the condition 

 of the crops in the middle of August, states that the threshing results, as regards 

 wheat, are more favourable than was anticipated. The area and yield of the various 

 crops are given as follows : — 





1908. 



1907. 





Area. 



Yield. 



Yield. 





Acres. 



Qrs. 



Qrs. 



Wheat 



Rye 



Barley... 



Oats 



8,535,052 

 2,739,348 

 2,696,388 

 2,645,241 



18,117,000 

 5,526,000 

 6,737,462 

 7,250,000 

 Cwts. 



15,059,000 

 4,910,000 

 7,567,000 

 8,150,000 



Maize ... 



5,927,326 



75,907,000 

 Tons. 



77,786,000 

 Tons. 



Potatoes 



1,440,427 



3,556,000 



4,771,000 



Early potatoes gave nearly everywhere a poor yield, but the later sorts have 

 benefited by the rains. 



Canada. — The crop bulletin for July issued by the Census and Statistics 

 Office states that the heat and drought of July have lowered the condition of field 

 crops all over Canada, but less in Ontario and Alberta than elsewhere, [because 

 the ripening season in those provinces has been earlier. Measured on the basis of ico j 

 for a standard condition, being a full crop of good quality, wheat fell during the j 

 month from 84 to 76, oats from 90 to 81, barley from 83 to 80, and rye from 92 to 78. 

 It was too early at the end of July to give estimates of production for the lower 

 provinces and British Columbia, but from the reports of correspondents in Quebec, 

 Ontario, 'Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the aggregate yield in those provinces 

 is estimated as follows: — Wheat, 130,263,000 bushels; oats, 269,254,000 bushels ; 

 and barley, 51,690,000 bushels. The yield of wheat promises to be materially larger 

 than that of 1907. 



United States. — The Crop Reporting Board of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, in its September Crop Report, gives the average condition of the crops j 

 on the 1st of September, or when harvested, as follows :— Spring wheat, 77*6 ; oats, 

 69-7; barley, 81 • 2 ; maize, 79*4. The averages at the same time last year were 

 respectively 77* 1, 65-5, 78*5 and 8o'2. 



Turkey. — The following report (dated 7th August) on harvest prospects in 

 Adrianople Vilayet has been received from H.M. Consul at Adrianople (Major j 



