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Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



[OCT. 



received as to the highly injurious effects of excessive moisture upon 

 the cereals, of which the quality has, in consequence, depreciated. 

 Barley and oats are the principal crops having suffered from the rain. 

 The present outlook shows a decrease on last month's estimate. 

 Winter rye, among other crops, will yield a much smaller harvest than 

 in 1909, and the yield of winter wheat and of barley will also be 

 inferior to last year's yield. However, in general, the result of the 

 rains will be to repair the damage caused by the heat in June. The 

 probable production of the different cereal crops, in percentages of a 

 "normal" harvest, is as follows :— Winter wheat, 91*3; spring wheat, 

 88'7; winter rye, 91*8; spring rye, 85.7; barley, 87*8; oats, 90*6. 



Denmark. — The ungenial weather during August, and the heavy 

 rainfall — which reached a height of 3*937 in., as compared with an 

 average for the past thirty-two years of 3*1496 in. — has unfavourably 

 affected the quality of the grain which had already been harvested. 

 Rye and white oats have especially suffered. 



Canada. — The drought which prevailed in the Prairie Provinces 

 during July has reduced the harvest area for wheat 22 per cent., 

 oats 24 per cent., and barley 34*5 per cent. Serious damage has been 

 caused by root maggots, and locusts are reported locally. 



Italy. — Wheat. — The result of the final harvest estimates, at 

 present being made, will be very inferior to the estimate made in June. 



Maize. — In northern Italy, a yield inferior to that of last year is 

 anticipated in the mountain districts, but in the plains a larger yield 

 than in 1909 is expected. In central and southern Italy maize has 

 suffered from drought. The total production for the whole of Italy 

 is estimated as being slightly above that for last year. 



Luxemburg.— Weather was very unfavourable during August. The 

 wheat and rye harvests have been completed under favourable condi- 

 tions ; the harvesting of oats has been delayed, and this crop has been 

 damaged by mice and weeds. 



Roumania. — As a result of the drought which prevailed during 

 August, the favourable condition of maize, which last month promised 

 one of the most abundant harvests the country has yielded, has con- 

 siderably deteriorated. Late sown maize has suffered principally in 

 the plains, and the production will fall far short of the estimate made 

 before the drought set in. 



New Zealand. — Area sown, 1910-11 :— Wheat, 410,000 acres; bar- 

 ley, 82,000 acres; oats, 363,000 acres. Condition of the crops: 100 j 

 for wheat, barley, and oats. 



Austria.— A report of the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture referring I 

 to the middle of September gives the condition of the crops as fol- 

 lows : — Wheat, 2'8; rye, 2*4; barley, 3*0; oats, 3*2; maize, 2*2; sugar | 

 beet, 2*5 (i = very good; 2 = above average; 3 = average; 4 = below 

 average; 5 = very poor). There was a general improvement in the 

 weather during the last half of August, but this was followed by less 

 favourable conditions during the first half of September, and the oat 

 and barley crops which were being harvested in the Alpine districts 

 suffered in consequence. In the higher Alpine districts the oats were 

 being cut, though the crop was not yet ripe. The sowing of winter 

 wheat and rye in the Carpathian districts was progressing favourably 



