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was described as good in 12 departments and satisfactory in 23. Spring- 

 barley was good in 33 departments and satisfactory in 37, while spring 

 oats was good in 28 and satisfactory in 45. 



Canada. — According to the Report of the Census and Statistics Bureau 

 for July, the percentage condition of the principal crops on July 1st 

 was: Winter wheat, 77*28; spring wheat, 8677; oats, 93*81; hay and 

 clover, 76*00; and pasture, 82*74. Cereals, except winter wheat, are 

 higher than at the same date last year, while grass is lower. In the 

 three North-West Provinces, the average condition of spring wheat was 

 95*53, and of oats 95*56. 



Fruit Prospects in Canada. — A report published in the Canadian 

 Horticulturist for July states that present indications point to a good 

 crop in most fruit districts. In British Columbia apples promise 

 well, and in Ontario also the prospects are good, a full bloom being 

 reported on most varieties. The apple crop in Quebec is expected to 

 be below the average, but in the Maritime Provinces it is expected 

 to be very abundant. 



Roumania. — According to reports in Dornbusch (July 28th), the 

 wheat crop in Roumania appeared to be good, and likely to give a 

 much better yield than last year. 



Argentina. — H.M. Consul at Rosario (Mr. H. M. Mallet), in a 

 despatch dated July 1st, states that an unusually prolonged drought 

 is at the present time the cause of considerable concern throughout 

 the Consular district. In some parts there has been no rainfall for 

 nearly six months, and the mortality of animals is becoming daily 

 more serious owing to the scarcity of fodder. Agricultural interests are 

 also being affected, as the ground is so hard, and the animals required 

 for ploughing the land are in such poor condition, that its preparation 

 is difficult, and the sowing of grain is therefore much behindhand as 

 compared with other years. 



If the drought should continue much longer the position must 

 become very serious for the country's interests, and in any case, as 

 the winter is only commencing and there is a great scarcity of 

 pasturage, it is feared that the mortality among live stock during the 

 next three months will be serious. 



The River Plate Review (July 2nd), states that, owing to the 

 drought, the outlook is very unsatisfactory taken all round, and especi- 

 ally in the Province of Buenos Ayres. In Cordoba and in parts of 

 Santa Fe the young wheat is coming up satisfactorily, as rain fell at 

 an opportune time* 



United States. — The Crop Reporting Board give the condition of the 

 crops on August 1st as follows: — Maize, 84*4; spring wheat, 91*6; 

 oats, 85*5; barley, 85*4; and potatoes, 85*8; as compared with 82*5, 

 80*7, 76*8, 83*1, and 82*9 respectively on the same date last year. Pre- 

 liminary returns indicate a winter wheat crop of about 432,920,000 

 bushels, or an average of 15*5 bushels per acre, as compared with 14*3 

 last year. —(Dornbusch, August 9th, 1909.) 



The acreage of potatoes in July was estimated at 3,452,000 acres, or 

 ji95,ooo acres more than last year. 



Hop Crop of Oregon.— According to a despatch dated June 25th 

 from H.M. Consul at Portland, Oregon (Mr. James Laidlaw), recent 



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