191 1 ] Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 259 



The following table shows the area sown with spring cereals in 

 various countries : — 





Spring Wheat. 



Spring Rye. 



Spring Barley. 



Spring Oats. 



Country. 





Com- 





Com- 





Com- 





Com- 





Area 



pared 



Area 



pared 



Area 



pared 



Area 



pared 





sown. 



with 



sown. 



with 



sown. 



with 



sown. 



with 







11,10. 





IQIO. 





1910. 





IQIO 







Per 





Per 





Per 





Per 





Acres. 



cent. 



Acres. 



cent. 



Acres. 



cent. 



Acres. 



cent. 



Belgium 



4,940 



100 





100 



12,350 



100 



617,500 



100 



Denmark 











575,510 



100 



995,4io 



100 



Ireland ... ... 





102 





100 





99 





100 



Luxemburg ... 



296 



105 



44 



210 



2,248 



109 



77,558 



1007 



Switzerland ... 



10,374 



100 



6,175 



100 



9^33 



100 



80,522 



100 



The condition of barley and oats in Denmark on May ist, 191 1, was 

 98*7 and 99'4 respectively; while the condition of wheat, rye, barley, and 

 oats in Switzerland on that date was 100, 100, 103, and 10 1 respectively. 



The condition of the spring cereals generally was good in Belgium, 

 Italy, and the Netherlands, and the condition in various other countries 

 was as follows : — 



Roumania. — Spring sowing is now approaching completion. The 

 work has been carried out under normal conditions, and the crops are 

 coming up regularly except in the north, where field work has been 

 delayed by cold. Development has been considerably aided by rain and 

 warm weather since the end of April. 



Russia. — Spring sowing is late in almost the whole of the black soil 

 belt. In some districts in the south, preparatory work was commenced 

 at the beginning of April, but a spell of cold weather caused an inter- 

 ruption, and work could only be resumed towards the middle of the 

 month. 



Servia. — Sowing of all the spring cereals is now finished except for 

 maize, which, however, is also approaching completion. The seeds 

 germinated under good conditions, and the young shoots are coming 

 up regularly. The weather was stormy towards the end of April, but 

 did not affect the development of the plants. 



Canada. — The period of spring sowing is later than usual this year. 

 The rainfall during the present month has, up to the present, been 

 sufficient. 



Russia. — H.M. Vice-Consul at Nicolaieff, in a dispatch dated May 

 31st, states that the condition of the winter and spring wheat and barley 

 in the Governments of Kherson, Kharkov, Taurida, Poltava, and Kiefif, 

 at the date of the dispatch was, on the whole, good, but rye was not 

 so good. Abundant rains fell in the last week of May. The season 

 was a month late. 



Reports in the official Commercial Gazette of May ist to 14th, for- 

 warded by H.M. Commercial Attach^ at St. Petersburg, state that the 

 prospects for both winter rye and wheat are medium, and some anxiety 

 prevails in the chief grain-growing regions on account of drought. 

 ■Wheat has suffered in general much more than rye from the snowless 



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