1910.] Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



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Notes on the 

 Weather in 

 September. 



During the firsi week, August 28th to September 3rd, the weather 

 continued rainy and unsettled at first, but subsequently improved in 

 England, and for a time in Scotland also. 

 Rainfall was " heavy V except in England E. 

 and S.E., where it was "moderate." 

 Warmth was "moderate" everywhere, and 

 sunshine either " moderate " or scanty. 

 In the second week the conditions were fair and dry. Rainfall 

 was "very light" in England S.E. and S.W., and "light" in all 

 other districts. Warmth was "moderate" in Scotland N. and W., 

 and elsewhere "deficient," but sunshine varied considerably, being 

 "scanty" or "very scanty" in all the eastern districts of England and 

 the Midlands, "moderate" in Scotland E., and elsewhere "abundant." 



The weather continued fair and dry during the third week. There 

 was a heavy fall of rain in the eastern counties of England, but over 

 the rest of the country little rain fell. Temperature remained below 

 the average, as well as bright sunshine except in Scotland N. and W. 



In the fourth week similar conditions prevailed generally. In 

 every district little or no rainfall occurred. Temperature was below 

 the average, being classed as "deficient" over the whole of England 

 and "moderate" in Scotland. Sunshine, however, was tending to a 

 general excess over the normal, and was "abundant" in England S.E. 

 and S.W., and in Scotland E. 



The weather during the fifth week was much less settled than in 

 the previous week, though the rainfall was everywhere "moderate," 

 or "light," and in Scotland N. "very light." The warmth recorded 

 was everywhere above the average, and in England N.E. was classed 

 as "very unusual." 



The following information has been published by the International 

 Institute of Agriculture, Rome, in the Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics 

 for September (No. 9) and shows the average 

 0 031 r0 P condition of the crops on or about Septem- 



Prospects Abroad. ber Ist 



(100 = Average Condition.) 





Wheat. 









Country. 







Barley. 



Oats. 



Maize. 





Winter. 



Spring. 









Austria* 1 



2'8 





2'9 



27 



2*2 



Canada 2 .. 











84-82 



Germany * 1 



25 



27 



27 



2 7 





Great Britain 



99 





IOO 



98 





Sweden ... ... 



109 





I08 



108 





United States 





80'9 



85 



104 *8 



9 8-4 



* 15th August. 1 Scale: 1= very good; 2 = good ; 3 = average; 

 4 = poor ; 5 — very poor. 2 Percentage of a standard condition. 



The following supplementary notes are given : — 

 Germany. — During August the weather was not everywhere 

 favourable for harvest operations. Numerous complaints have been 



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