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ever, very general causes of poor condition. Lambing has commenced 

 among the Dorset Horn flocks ; in Hampshire reports are so far satis- 

 factory, but farther west there are numerous complaints of losses of 

 lambs, or shortness of milk, or losses of ewes. Other stock have 

 done fairly well, and the very mild month, with consequent growth of 

 grass, has allowed of their being pastured in the fields much longer 

 than usual, thus economising to some extent the supplies of other food. 



The Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics for December, 191 1, issued 

 by the International Institute of Agriculture, shows the production 

 of the cereal crops last year from information 

 Notes on received up to December 19th. The countries 



Crop Prospects in the Northern Hemisphere for which 

 Abroad. it is possible to give an approximate 



estimate of the area and production of 

 wheat, rye, barley, and oats, are as follows :— Europe (excluding Portu- 

 gal, Norway, Sweden, and countries south of the Danube other than 

 Bulgaria); Canada, the United States, India, Japan, Asiatic Russia, 

 Algeria, Egypt, Tunis. The final returns of area and production in 

 Germany are now substituted for the preliminary figures previously 

 published; which referred to Prussia only. Preliminary figures for 

 Austria and Bulgaria have been added, and important revisions have 

 also been made in the figures for Russia and the United States, which 

 are referred to below. 



Wheat, — The production of wheat in the 73 governments of Russia 

 is now estimated to be 63,669,000 qr., a decrease of 14,222,000 qr. on 

 the estimates given in the November Bulletin. In the United States 

 the production of wheat is now estimated at 77,645,000 qr., a reduction 

 of 4,271,000 qr. on the last estimate given. The figures for the area 

 have also been revised considerably as a result of the census taken in 

 April, 19 10. The total production for all the above-mentioned countries 

 this month is 391,515,000 qr., as compared with 397,104,000 qr. in 

 1910, or a decrease of 1*4 per cent. ; while the total area harvested 

 exceeds that of 19 10 by 3*9 per cent. 



Rye. — The production of rye in the United States is now estimated 

 to be 3,863,000 qr., an increase of 293,000 qr. on the estimate in 

 the previous Bulletin. The total production of rye in all the countries 

 specified (excluding Great Britain, India, Japan, Egypt, and Tunis), 

 is 180,702,000 qr., as compared with 190,679,000 qr. last year, a 

 decrease of 5'2 per cent. The area harvested is greater than that of 

 1910 by i'5 per cent. 



Barley. — It is now estimated that Russia in Europe will produce 

 48,137,000 qr., as compared with the estimate last month of 

 51,074,000 qr., and the estimate for the United States has been increased 

 from 17,509,000 qr. to 19,223,000 qr. on the month. 



The total production in the above-named countries, with the omission 

 of India, is estimated to be 163,551,000 qr., being about the same 

 as that obtained in 19 10. The area harvested is about 1 per cent, less 

 than in 1910. 



Oats. — The estimated total production of European Russia has been 

 reduced by 5,310,000 qr. to 81,300,000 qr., and that of the United 

 States increased from 89,579,000 qr. to 94,568,000 qr. on the month. 



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