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Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. [no v., 



The following preliminary statement has been issued showing the 

 estimated total production of hops in the years 1909 and 1908, with 

 the acreage and estimated average yield per 

 Produce of Hops. statute acre in each county of England in 

 which hops were grown : — 







Estimated Total 



Acreage Returned 



Estmd. Average 







Produce. 



on 4th 



3f J vine 



Yield per Acre.* 



Counties, &c. 

















1909. 



1908. 



: 



1909. 



1908. 



1909. 



1908. 







C wts. 



Cwts. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Cwts. 



Cwts. 





fEast 



34,861 



84,469 



5,7H 



7,364 



6*io 



1 1 -47 





Mid 



58,283 



118,003 



6,724 



7,900 



8-67 



14-94 



Kent 



Weald 



62,600 



108,843 



7,201 



8,711 



8-69 



12-49 





^Total, Kent 



155,744 



311,315 



19,636 



23,975 



7 '93 



12*98 



Hants 





9,444 



21,176 



1,414 



1,636 



6-68 



12-94 



Hereford 



14,966 



54,554 



4,997 



5,572 



2 '99 



979 



Surrey 





2,344 



8,021 



o'544 



648 



4-3i 



12-38 



Sussex 





15,785 



40,203 



2,775 



3,579 



5 '69 



1 1 -23 



Worcester 



16,123 



34,256 



3,o54 



3,353 



5-28 



10*22 



Other Counties f ... 



78 



1,236 



119 



158 



o-66 



7-82 





Total... 



214,484 



470,761 



32,539 



38,921 



6'59 



12-10 



* The average yield per acre is calculated on the acreage returned on 4th June, 

 but as a certain proportion of that acreage was not picked, the yield per acre on the 

 acreage actually picked would be rather higher. 



f Gloucester and Salop. 



France. — The Journal Officiel of October 27th contains estimates of 

 the barley and oat harvests of 1909. The area sown with barley was 

 1,821,000 acres, compared with 1,802,000 

 Notes Oil Crop acres last year, and the crop amounted to 



Prospects Abroad. 46,305,000 bushels, as against 39,416,000 

 bushels in 1908, and an average during the 

 last five years of 38,654,000 bushels. The area of oats is stated to be 

 9,648,000 acres, compared with 9,625,000 acres in 1908, with a total 

 yield of 329,243,000 bushels, as against 277,003,000 bushels in 1908, and 

 a five years' average of 266,319,000 bushels. 



Germany. — -The report of the Landwirtschaftsrat for October 1st 

 estimates the results of the harvest expressed in percentages of an 

 average crop as follows: — Winter wheat, 92*6; spring wheat, 989; 

 barley, 102*4; oats, 106' 1; potatoes, 95*5. The figures for the same 

 date last year were respectively 94*9 ; 89*9 ; 89*4 ; 87'8 ; and 94*4. 



The report of the Landwirtschaftsrat for November 1st estimates 

 the potato crop at 94*8 per cent, of an average yield, 5*1 per cent, of 

 the crop being diseased. The figures for the same date last year were 

 95-9, with 4'3 per cent, diseased. 



The Imperial Statistical Bureau, in its report on the condition of 

 the crops in the middle of October, stated that the potato harvest was 

 somewhat prolonged in consequence of the frequent rain, and in many 

 districts was not yet finished. The yield was not in general equai to 

 expectations, as the tubers were small, and suffered in many places 



