1038 Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad, [march, 



The following information was published by 

 Notes on Crop ^ e International Institute of Agriculture, 

 Prospects Abroad- Rome, in the Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics 

 (No. 2) for February : — - 



Condition of Crops (100 = average.) 



Country. 



Winter Wheat. 



Winter Rye. 



-Winter 

 Barley. 



Feb. 1st, 

 1910. 



Jan. 1st, 

 1910. 



Feb. 1st, 

 1910. 



Jan. 1st, 

 1910. 



Feb. 1st, 

 1910. 



Belgium 



95 



IOO 



98 



IOO 



IOO 



Bulgaria 



5'3 1 



I03 



5 -3 1 



103 



5 J 



Canada 



92 



95 









Denmark 



95 



98 



98 



98 



90 



Hungary 



108 



no 



102 



105 



I IO 



1 .uxemburg ... 



2-24 2 



2-24 2 



1-91 2 



1 91 2 



172 2 



Roumania ... 



I05 





105 





IOO 



Sweden 



IOO 



IOO 



IOO 



IOO 





Switzerland.. 



96 



IOO 



92 



80 



IOO 



Tunis ... 



J 03 









102 



1 .Scale 1 to 6 : 6 = very good ; 4 = average. 



2 Scale I to 5 : i=very good ; 3 = average ; 5 — very bad. 



The information available as to the condition of these crops is as 

 follows : — ■ 



Belgium. — In several parts of the country heavy rains have caused 

 the autumn seedings to rot, and in other districts floods have prevailed. 

 A part of the area seeded to autumn crops will have to be resown. The 

 area of winter wheat sown is 358,000 acres, of winter rye 629,000 

 acres, and of winter barley 74,000 acres. 



Bulgaria.— Date sown fields have a better aspect than early seedings. 



Canada. — The Province of Ontario is sufficiently covered with snow. 

 However, in the southern part of Alberta a small portion of winter 

 wheat has suffered a reduction Of 50 per cent., due to the absence of 

 snow. The area of winter wheat is 794,700 acres, or 113 per cent, of 

 the area harvested in 1909. 



Denmark. — Probable deterioration due to snowfall. 



France. — The area of winter wheat is 15,572,600 acres, or 96 per 

 cent, of the area harvested in 1909; of winter rye 3,000,200 acres, or 

 97'6 per cent. ; of meslin 338,600 acres, or 96 per cent. ; of winter barley 

 1,989,000 acres, or 1104 per cent. ; and of winter oats 367,400 acres. 



Hungary. — Continual rains have caused a deterioration which, with 

 damage due to insect pests, amounts to about 2-3 per cent, for wheat, 

 and 5-6 per cent, for rye. 



Luxemburg. — The condition of the seedings is, in general, satis- 

 factory. Late seedings have suffered from excess of moisture; early 

 seedings, however, are in better condition. Sowing took place, almost 

 everywhere, under most unfavourable conditions. The area sown is 

 probably larger than for last year. Winter wheat especially has suffered 

 from the rains, but reports for winter rye are more favourable. The 

 report refers to January 15th, 1910. 



Sweden. — Throughout the country the surface sown is under snow. 



