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Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



[FEB, 



Winter Wheat. 













Condition. January ist. 





Area sown (Autumn, 



1909). 





100 represents an average. 

 (*) 



Name of Country. 





Compared 



Compared 

















with average 









10 years 

 average*. 





Abso'ut i 



harvested 



harvested 





1910. 



1909. 





figures. 



area of la^t 

 year (1909). 



area of pre* 

 vious years. 











acres. 



per cent. 



per cent. 



per cent. 



per cent. 



per cent. 



Germany 









6 



2- 4 



6 3-3 





Hungary 8 



8,3 I S>5° 0 



103*3 









no 







Belgium 











IOO 







Bulgaria 













IO3 

 98 







Denmark 



i 













Spain ... 



9,469,0380 



101 *4 



z 











United States.. 



33,469,900 



' J 107-9 



2 106-5 



7 



95-8 



7 8 5 -3 



91-5 



Canada 



749, 7co 



ii3 





10 



95 







India 9 



22,196,500 



103-2 













Luxemburg . . . 



27,860 



105 





a 



2-24 







San Marino ... 



5,080 



100 







IOO 







Sweden 4 



222,300 



107 







IOO 







Switzerland 8 . . . 



5 152,890 



100 







IOO 







(*) The word " average " is intended to represent a condition promising a 

 yield per hectare (or unit of surface) equal to the average yield of the last 

 ten (10) years. 



1 Area sown, about the same as in 1907 (99,770 acres). 



2 Percentage of the area sown. 3 Approximate estimate. 



4 Approximate calculations. 5 Including 58,540 acres of spelt. 



6 Condition of the crops on November 15 of the preceding year ; scale 1-5 ; 

 3 = average. 



7 Percentage of " normal " condition on December 1st of last year. 



8 Approximate estimate. 



9 This figure represents about 85 per cent, of the total area under wheat. A 

 certain number of native states and the English provinces of Eastern Bengal 

 and Assam (which generally represent about 15 per cent.) are not included. 



10 Percentages of a " standard " condition. 



The information available as to the condition of the winter wheat 

 crop is as follows :— 



Germany. — Much better than last year, and slightly better than the 

 average for ten years. 



Hungary. — Temperature favourable; sufficient rain; in general the 

 crops are progressing favourably. Damage caused by the Hessian fly 

 and the frit fly, approximately 10 per cent. ; by other insects 2 per cent. 



Denmark. — Sowing delayed by wet weather. 



Spain. — The condition of the crops is, in general, good throughout 

 the whole of Spain ; in most districts sowing took place at the cus- 

 tomary time. 



United States. — Much better than last year, and slightly better 

 than the average for the past ten years. 



Great Britain. — On account of the unfavourable temperature which 

 prevailed during the past autumn, it is believed that the area sown in 

 1909 is smaller than the area sown for the same period in 1908. 



Luxemburg. — During the commencement of seeding the weather was 

 fairly good in all the communes ; later, however, from the middle of 

 ft October until the end of the year, considerable rain fell, delaying seed- 



