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and heavy rains, barley having apparently suffered heavily, 

 and oats in some cases having been especially damaged. On 

 account of early ripening, weeds, hail, &c, both grain and corn 

 leave much to be desired. At the time this was written little 

 corn remained in the fields, and the report may therefore 

 be taken as a final review of the harvest. Potatoes remain 

 about the same on the average, the warm, moist storms having 

 made the leafage grow well, though many bad tubers are found 

 here and there. In many parts the long-continued drought 

 has done considerable harm, while in many parts of Baden hail 

 has been the cause of great damage. 



Austria- Hungary. — The official report of August 20th states 

 that not only is the winter and spring wheat harvest over, but 

 that for the most part it has been threshed, with results which 

 appear to be in general satisfactory, the quantitative yield 

 being fairly good. The yields of winter rye, as shown by 

 threshed samples, fall very little short of the estimates already 

 given. Barley now only remains to be harvested in the high- 

 lying districts ; in other cases threshing is already over. It has 

 been damaged by the dry heat, the yields for winter barley 

 being good in quality and medium in quantity, spring barley 

 riot being so good. Oats were also affected by the heat in the 

 month of July, the result being much injured grain, which leaves 

 much to be desired in the matter of colour. 



According to an official report quoted by Dorubusch, the 

 wheat crop of Hungary is now estimated at about 168,000,000 

 bushels, a considerable increase over a former estimate, whilst 

 that of Austria is placed at 46,000,000 bushels. The Hungarian 

 maize crop is estimated at 112,000,000 to 120,000,000 bushels. 



According to the official report, quoted by the Times, the 

 yield of hops in Upper Austria will be an average. In Bohemia 

 the results are stated to be up to all expectations, both as 

 regards quantity and quality, the yield being estimated at 

 about 157,000 cwt. 



Nova Scotia. — The official report states that " the general 

 opinion from the best information obtainable is that the apple 

 crop will fall considerably below the average." 



Russia.— According to official reports the condition of the 

 crops in Poland and Lithuania up to mid-July was stated to be 



