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(average); 4 = small). Very unfavourable weather had been experienced 

 in all parts of the country, with the exception of the province of Posen, 

 during the month preceding the date of the report, and rain had 

 seriously interfered with harvesting operations. Complaints of damage 

 by mice were common, and Prussia suffered most from insect pests. 

 The yield of winter cereals was expected to be well above average in 

 Bavaria, but in other places the prospects were not so good. With 

 regard to spring cereals, barley had already been harvested, but had 

 suffered from the weather where delay had taken place in getting the 

 crop under cover ; in south Germany the condition of oats was more 

 satisfactory than that of barley. The damage done by rain was greatest 

 in the case of potatoes, and disease appeared in many districts. 

 On light soils the tubers were well developed, but elsewhere were 

 reported to be small. 



Hungary. — Full advantage was taken of a period of finer weather, 

 and the harvest was over in most parts of the country, with the exception 

 of some of the mountainous districts by the middle of August. The 

 yield is only normal in many parts where the hope of an abundant 

 harvest was entertained, the crops having suffered both in quality and 

 quantity by the unfavourable weather experienced before harvest. The 

 estimate of the Hungarian Minister of Agriculture, issued in August, 

 places the yield of all cereals below that estimated in June, and is as 

 follows: — Wheat, 101,305,000 cwt. ; rye, 28,657,000 cwt. ; barley, 

 27,535,000 cwt. ; oats, 22,946,000 cwt. 



A report of the Ministry of Agriculture, dated 27th August, states 

 that in general a good crop of maize is expected, and the yield is 

 estimated at 93,840,000 cwt. as against 80,907,000 cwt. in 1909. The 

 prospects for potatoes are not so favourable owing to the hot, dry 

 weather experienced during the latter part of August and disease is 

 general. The yield is estimated at 47,543,000 tons, below the yield of 

 49,144,000 tons in 1909. 



United States. — The Crop Reporting Board of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, in its report on the crops on September 1st, 

 states that the average condition of spring wheat at harvest was 63' 1, 

 compared with 88'6 on September ist, 1909, and a six-year average of 

 8o'o. The condition of the oats crop at harvest was 83*3, compared with 

 83'8 last year, and 79*5, the mean of the averages for ten previous years. 

 Barley is put at 69*8, against 80° 5 last year, and a ten-year average 

 of 83*3 ; and maize is 78*2, against 74^6 in 1909, and a ten-year 

 average of 79*5. (Dornbusch, September 8th.) 



Roumania. — Mr. Errol MacDonell, British Consul at Bucharest, 

 writing on September 1st, states that according to the statistics of the 

 Ministry of Agriculture the wheat harvest has not been so abundant 

 as was expected. The crop is, however, estimated at 103 million 

 bushels. This exceeds last year's crop by over 45 million bushels, 

 but does not equal that of 1906, which amounted to no millions. 

 The internal consumption is estimated to be 27^ million bushels, and 

 therefore the surplus available for exportation amounts to nearly 76 

 million bushels. The total crop of barley is estimated to be nearly 

 29 million bushels, which is in excess of last year's crop, and that 

 of oats 27! million bushels. 



