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Notes as to Foreign Crop Ppospects. [july, 



reported from Spain. According to an official report of the 

 1904 crop, published by Dornbnsch, June 7th, the yield of that 

 year is put at 94,800,000 bushels, which is considered to be 

 below the requirements for consumption and seed. In conse- 

 quence of the drought it is feared that this year there will be 

 a large deficit. 



Russia. — According to an official report, communicated by 

 the British Commercial Agent in Russia, the condition of the 

 crops in European Russia on June 23rd was as follows : — 

 Winter wheat, near the average ; spring wheat, satisfactory 

 with the hope of a yield above the average ; rye, variable and 

 on the whole below the average ; oats and barley, gave pro- 

 mise of more than an average crop. 



United States. — The area under winter wheat on May 1st 

 was 29,723,000 acres, and of spring wheat on June 1st, 

 17,613,000 acres, making an estimated acreage of 47,336,000 

 as against 44,075,000 acres in 1904. The average condition at 

 the beginning of June of the winter wheat was 85*5 compared 

 with 777, and of spring wheat 93*7 compared with 93*4 at the 

 same time last year. The condition of oats and barley was 

 rather above the average. 



Argentina. — The preliminary official estimate of the current 

 year's crop (already harvested) is 4,200,000 tons as against 

 3,579,000 tons in 1904. Deducting from the production 

 1,700,000 tons for consumption and seed, the balance available 

 for exportation is 2\ million tons. The maize harvest is 

 expected to produce 3,600,000 tons, and the quantity available 

 for export will be about the same as last year. 



India. — The area under wheat in 1904, viz., 28,414,000 acres 

 though not a record, was the highest of the decade, being about 

 5 million acres greater than in the preceding year, and the area 

 of 28,232,000 acres in 1905 shows a fall of less than 1 per cent. 

 The yield, however, has diminished by about 2,100,000 tons, or 

 nearly 22 per cent., from 9,601,000 tons in 1904 to 7,520,000 tons 

 in 1905. In making comparisons with 1904 it must be re- 

 membered that the yield of that year was abnormally prolific, 

 exceeding any previous record by 1,600,000 tons, and this year's 

 out-turn of j\ million tons is still well above the average. 



