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Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



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The following information has been pub- 

 Notes on Crop Hshed by the International institute of Agri- 

 Prospects Abroad. culture) Rome> in the Bulletin of Agricultural 



Statistics for April (No. 4) :— 



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



Condition of Crops (100 = average.) 





Winter Wheat. 



Winter Rye. 



Winter Barley. 



Country. 











April 1 st, 



Mar. 1st, 



April 1st, 



Mar. 7 st, 



April 1st, 



Mar. 1st, 





1910. 



1910. 



1910. 



1910. 



1910. 



1910. 



Bulgaria 



Il8 



120 



Il6 



115 



117 



117 



Canada 



92 



92 











Denmark 



97 



96 



97 



97 



95 



95 



Holland 



no 1 





105 1 





1 10 1 





Hungary 



no 



no 



108 



108 



1 10 



1 10 



Croatia and 















Slavonia 



ICO 





98 





102 





Japan ... 



98 



98 









88 



Luxemburg 



90 



92 



95 



101 



94 



100 



Roumania 



105 



105 



105 



105 



103 



100 



Sweden 



100 



100 



100 



100 







Switzerland 



90 



95 



92 



95 



103 



101 



Tunis ... 



IOO 



100 







99 



IOO 



United States... 



92-9 





103-1 





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1 Condition of the crops on April 12. 



The following notes are given on the condition of the crops up to 

 April 21st : — 



Bulgaria. — In a few districts damage has been caused by field mice 

 and rotting. 



Canada.— The condition of wheat is the same as for last month. In 

 Ontario wheat is in excellent condition. Insignificant damage to wheat 

 in Alberta. Good rains in March. 



Denmark. — Night frosts, especially in Jutland, have delayed develop- 

 ment of the crops. 



France. — The area of winter barley sown in 1909 was 367,440 acres, 

 and of winter oats 1,988,970 acres, the latter being 110*4 P er cen t- of 

 the area harvested in 1908. 



Germany. — Weather conditions have been extremely favourable 

 during the winter months for the crops which had already commenced 

 to develop last autumn, and also for crops sown at the end of October 

 and in November. The condition of wheat is in most cases very satis- 

 factory and in several districts even very good. Rye has, in some 

 cases, suffered by insufficient, or an excess of snow. 



The work preparatory to spring sowing was so advanced on account 

 of favourable weather that seeding was commenced as early as the 

 beginning of March. With the exception of root crops, the entire 

 work of sowing was completed in several districts before Easter 

 (March 27th). The cold nights towards the end of March did not 

 unfavourably influence the crops. 



Hungary. — Generally speaking, the condition of the crops is satis- 

 factory practically throughout the Kingdom. Here and there insects 



