1908.] 



Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



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The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries issued, on the 23rd of November, 1908, 

 the following preliminary statement showing the estimated total produce and yield 

 Produce Of the Potato P er , acre of the potato and root crops^ in Great Britain 



and Root Crops 



in the year 1908, with comparisons for 1 907, and the 

 average yield per acre of the ten years 1898- 1 907. 



Crops. 



Estimated 

 Total Produce. 



Acreage. 



Average 

 Estimated 



Yield 

 Per Acre. 



Average of the Ten 

 Years, 1898-1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



1908. 



1907. 



Potatoes — 

 England ... 

 Wales 

 Scotland 



Great Britain 



Turnips and 

 Swedes — 

 England 

 Wales 

 Scotland 



Great Britain 



Mangolds — 

 England 

 Wales 

 Scotland 



Tons. 



2 ,7 I 9,539 

 151,700 

 1,048,559 



Tons. ' Acres. 



2,097,814 391,083 

 115,203 27,330 

 764,468 143,692 



Acres. 



351,591 

 28,141 

 138,888 



Tons. 



6'95 

 5*55 

 7-3o 



Tons. 



5 '49 



4- 09 



5- 5o 



Tons. 



5'75 

 4*99 

 6-03 



3,919,798 



2,977,485 1 562,105 



548,920 



6-97 



5*42 



V78 



14,485,867 

 933,309 

 8,319,031 



14,665,737 

 881,936 

 6,538,045 



1,052,488 

 57,4i6 

 440,993 



1,058,292 

 58,496 

 446,202 



13-76 

 16-26 

 18-86 



13- 86 

 15-08 



14- 65 



12-25 



14- 73 



15- 22 



23,738,207 



22,085,718 



1,550,897 



1,562,990 



I5-3I 



14-13 



13-16 



8,748,524 

 196,117 

 42,520 



8,690,789 

 203,864 

 42,269 



4i5,36o 

 10,432 

 1,980 



436,193 

 II,056 

 2,792 



21 - 06 

 18-80 

 21-47 



19-92 

 18-44 



i5'J4 



I9-35 

 17-16 



i7'33 



Great Britain 



8,987,161 



8,936,922 



427,772 



450,041 



21 -oi 



19-86 



19-28 



Notes on Crop 

 Prospects Abroad. 



Germany. — According to the report of the Imperial Statistical Bureau on the 

 condition of the crops in the middle of November, the weather had been unfavourable 

 during the previous month, and the winter sowings were 

 in a much less satisfactory condition than in October. 

 The arithmetical average puts the condition of winter 

 wheat at 3-3 and of winter rye at 3*2 (2 = good, 

 3 = medium or average, 4 = small). These figures are 

 less satisfactory than the similar ones for any of the previous" -fifteen years. It is 

 feared that a good deal of the sowings, especially wheat, will have to be ploughed up. 



The Landwirtschaftsrat reported on 1st December that the damage to potatoes by 

 frost amounted to 6 '6 per cent, over the whole Empire. Up to 15th November 

 agricultural conditions were rarely worse — many localities had had no rain for eight 

 weeks and sowing was impossible. The unplanted area of wheat is 5 '8 per cent, for 

 the Empire, but in several individual States the falling off is considerable. 



Russia. — According to DombuscK s Evening List (27th November), the pre- 

 liminary estimate of the Central Statistical Committee for the 73 Governments gives 

 the yield of winter wheat as 18,430,000 qrs., as compared with last year's final 

 estimate of 20,200,000 qrs. Winter rye is given as 89,425,000 qrs., compared with 

 91,600,000 qrs. last year. 



Mr. P. Stevens, H.M. Consul at Batoum, has furnished a long report on the 

 condition of the crops in the Northern and Trans-Caucasus, from which it appears 



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