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Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



[JUNE, 



in all districts, the fall being very slight in England E. Bright sun- 

 shine was more than the average in most districts, but only equal to it 

 in England S.E. 



The International Institute of Agriculture, in its Bulletin of Agri- 

 cultural Statistics for May, 191 1, gives the following particulars with 

 regard to the condition of winter-sown cereals 

 on May 1st, 191 1, compared with the condition 

 on the corresponding date in 19 10 : — 



Notes on Crop 

 Prospects Abroad. 



Country. 



Winter 



Wheat. 



Winter Rye. 



Winter Barley. 



Winter Oats. 





















May 1st, 



May 1st, 



May 1 st, 



May 1 st, 



May 1st, 



May 1st, 



May 1st, 



May 1st, 





x 9I , 



1910. 



1911. 



T910. 



1911. 



1910. 



1911. 



1910. 



Belgium 



105 





105 





I05 









Denmark ... 



1 00 -8 



97 



101 '4 



97 











Luxemburg... 



102 



9i 



103 



98 



I02 



93 



102 





Roumania ... 



120 



105 



120 



105 



I20 



103 







Servia 



100 





100 





IOO 





IOO 





Sweden 



105 



100 



97 



100 











Switzerland 



99 



100 



90 



95 



103 



104 







United States 



100 • 1 



947 



100-3 



I02'I 











Japan 



95 



103 







95 



IOI 







Tunis 



120 



100 







110 



99 



115 



IOO 



(ioo — average of past ten years.) 



The following supplementary information is also given : — 



Belgium. — The period of cold, frost, and drought at the beginning 

 of April, which somewhat retarded vegetation, was followed, at the 

 end of the month, by beneficial rains. Serious damage from field mice 

 is reported from several districts. On May 1st the condition of winter 

 wheat, rye, and oats was good. 



Italy. — During the first ten days of April cold weather retarded 

 vegetation, without causing any serious damage, however, to the crops. 

 Though there was a lack of moisture during the remainder of the 

 month the condition of winter wheat, rye, barley, and oats was, in 

 general, good, on May 1st. 



Netherlands. — For several weeks past weather conditions have been 

 very favourable to the development of winter cereals. 



Roumania. — During the first half of April, the cold weather retarded 

 the vegetation of cereal crops in various parts of the country. During 

 the latter half of the month the weather turned warmer and was 

 favourable to the development of the young plants. On May 1st the 

 condition of wheat, rye, and barley was good. 



Servia. — Weather conditions are at present favourable, and the condi- 

 tion of the four cereal crops — wheat, rye, barley, and oats — is good. 



Sweden. — The weather during April and the beginning of May was 

 very favourable to the winter wheat and winter rye crops, and has 

 caused the damage which these crops had suffered from unfavourable 

 weather during the winter almost entirely to disappear. 



Japan. — The condition of wheat and barley is bad. The falling tem- 

 perature is unfavourable to the crops. 



Tunis. — The condition of winter wheat, barlev, and oats is excellent. 



