288 Notes on Foreign Crop Prospects. [aug., 



In many of the districts visited by the long drought, the 

 potato crop has been attacked by " blackleg" and " leaf-curl," and 

 its growth has been at a standstill. In general, however, the 

 rain which has fallen has enabled it to recover from the drought, 

 and it appears, except in Bavaria, to be nearly everywhere in a 

 good and healthy condition. 



Hungary. — According to the official report of the Hungarian 

 Minister of Agriculture harvest work is in a very advanced state; 

 not only is the reaping of rye and wheat finished in many 

 places, but this is also the case with barley, and here and there 

 with oats. The wheat crop is estimated at 152,800,000 bushels 

 (o r 60 lb.) compared w'th 137 million bushels last year and 

 162 million bushels in 1903. The barley harvest is put at 

 56,200,000 bushels compared with 47,900,000 bushels in 1904, 

 and the yield of oats at 65 millions against 51 \ million 

 bushels. 



Russia. — According to an official report, communicated by the 

 British Commercial Agent in Russia, the condition of crops in 

 European Russia up to the middle of July was as follows : — 

 Winter wheat, above the average ; rye, below the average ; 

 •spring wheat, an average crop ; oats, above the average. 

 ' So far as unsatisfactory harvest prospects are concerned, the 

 Governments of Saratoff and Voronejare are mentioned as 

 unsatisfactory or bad for all crops ; Riazan and Tamboff as 

 unsatisfactory or bad fjr winter and spring wheat, rye, and oats ; 

 Tula and Tavride for winter wheat, rye, oats, and barley ; Samara 

 for rye, spring wheat, and barley ; Simbirsk for rye and spring 

 wheat ; and Penza and the Don Territory for winter wheat and 

 rye. 



The Consul-General for Warsaw reports that at the middle of 

 July the condition of both winter and spring wheat, rye, oats, 

 and barley was good throughout Poland and Lithuania. 



United States. — Preliminary returns to the Department of 

 Agriculture show the acreage of maize planted to be about 

 94,011,000 acres, an increase of about 2,080,000 acres on the 

 area planted last year. A telegraphic summary in the Times of 

 the official returns states that the average condition of the 

 growing crop on August 1st was 89*0 as compared with 87*3 on 

 the same date in 1904. The average yield of winter wheat 



