1910.] Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



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The following information has been pub- 

 lished by the International Institute of Agri- 

 culture, Rome, in the Bulletin of Agricultural 

 Statistics for March (No. 3) :— 



The condition of the crops is given in tabular form as follows : — 



Notes on Crop 

 Prospects Abroad. 



Condition of Crops (ioo = average.) 





Winter Wheat. 



Winter Rye. 



Winter Barley. 



Country* 















Feb. ist, 



Mar. ist, 



Feb. ist, 



Mar. ist, 



Feb. ist, 



Mar. ist, 





1910. 



1910. 



1 9 10. 



1910. 



1910. 



1910. 



Belgium 



95 1 



8 5 



98 



90 



IOO 



90 



Bulgaria 



5*3 1 



I20 



5-3 1 



115 



5-3 1 



117 



Canada 



92 



92 











Denmark 



95 



96 



98 



97 



90 



95 



Hungary 



108 



I IO 



102 



I08 



1 10 



1 10 



Tapan ... 





98 









88 



Luxemburg 



2'24 2 



92 



f -9 i 2 



IOI 



1 72 2 



IOO 



Roumania 



I05 



I05 



105 



105 



IOO 



IOO 



Sweden 



IOO 



IOO 



IOO 



IOO 







Switzerland 



96 



95 



92 



95 



IOO 



IOI 



Tunis ... 



103 



IOO 







102 



IOO 



1 Scal^ 1 to 6 : 6 = very good ; 4 = average. 



2 Scale 1 to 5 : i=very good ; 3 = average ; 5 = very bad. 



The following notes are given on the condition of the crops : — 

 Bulgaria. — Damage caused by frost, rotting, cracking, floods, and 

 by the Agrotis segetum is generally slight. 



Denmark. — Heavy falls of snow and rain during February. How- 

 ever, especially in the islands, the damage caused is not so great as 

 was believed. 



Hungary. — Damage caused by insects 2-3 per cent. The area of 

 winter barley is 157,000 acres, 107*8 of the area harvested in 1909. 



Japan. — The area of winter wheat is 1,107,000 acres; of winter 

 barley 3,221,000 acres; and of winter oats 52,000 acres (condition on 

 March ist =146). 



Luxemburg. — With the exception of some damage caused to wheat 

 by the heavy rains during February, the condition of the crops is, in 

 general, very satisfactory. 



Mexico. — The area of winter wheat is 1,452,000 acres, or 66'8 per 

 cent, of the area in 1909; and of barley 1,556,000 acres. 



Roumania. — Weather conditions favourable. Crops in excellent con- 

 dition. 



Spain. — The area of winter barley is 3,403,000 acres, 97*8 of the area 

 harvested in 1909; and of winter oats 1,277,000 acres, 104' 1 of the 

 area in 1909. 



Switzerland. — Up to the present the crops have not suffered from the 

 winter. In certain districts complaints are being made of damage caused 

 by slugs (Eastern Switzerland) and by mice (Romanic Switzerland). 

 Late sowings are still rather weak. Here and there the heavy rains 

 of February have done damage in the fields. The area of winter wheat 

 sown is 94,350 acres; of winter barley 3,200 acres. 



