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Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. [april, 



Tunis. — The area of winter wheat is now estimated as 988,000 acres, 

 103 per cent, of the area harvested in 1909; of winter barley 1,136,000 

 acres, or 102 per cent. ; and of winter oats 153,000 acres, or 101 per cent. 



The following- table shows the information received by the Inter- 

 national Institute up to March 18th, as to harvest of the present season 

 1909-10 in the countries of the southern zone. 



Area and Production of Wheat in the Southern Zone. 



Name of 

 Country. 



Area harvested (1909-10). 



Production (1909-10). 

 Preliminary statement. 



Absolute 

 figures. 



Compared 

 with last 



year 

 (1908-09). 



Compared 

 with average 

 of previous 

 10 years. 



Total 

 » production. 

 Absolute 

 figures. 



Compared 

 with last 

 year. 



Compared 

 wifi average 

 of previous 

 10 years. 



Argentina . 



acres. 

 14,416,279 



per cent. 

 96 



per cent. 

 129 



cwt. 

 71,335,000 



per cent. 

 85 



per cent, 

 no 



Australia . 



6,245,941 



119 



in 



43.9I7.O00 



131 



161 



Chili . 



1 1,432,600 



131 



(1903-6) 

 161 



1 12,594,000 



I3i 



1903-6) 

 180 



New 



Zealand . 



311,200 



123 



141 



5,Il6,000 



109 



136 



Peru . 









787,000 







Uruguay . 



1 716,300 





(1 899- 1 907) 

 105 



1 5,136,000 





(I 899- I 907) 

 154 



1 Approximation. 



Argentina. — The preliminary estimate of the Government for the 

 production of oats in 1909-10 is 40,717,000 bushels of 32 lb., and of 

 maize 197^,000,000 bushels of 56 lb. 



The British Consul at Buenos Aires (Mr. W. Townley), writing on 

 March 2nd, says that during the early part of February there were 

 general rains, which would have still further improved the maize crop 

 if it had not been for ravages by locusts. The wet was followed by 

 hot dry weather, and after the middle of the month general rains 

 occurred again, and it is thought that the maize harvest will be con- 

 siderably larger than that of last year. 



New Zealand. — The following are the official preliminary estimates 

 for the harvest 1909-10 : — Rye, 100,000 bushels, barley 1,500,000 bushels, 

 maize 700,000 bushels. 



Hungary. — According to the Report of the Agricultural Ministry, 

 dated March 12th, the winter-sown area in Hungary shows a general 

 increase, especially in the case of winter wheat, which shows an exten- 

 sion from 8,040,800 acres to 8,385,100 acres. 



Russia.— The British Vice-Consul at Nicolaieff (Mr. J. P. Bagge) 

 has furnished, under date February 26th, the following particulars 



