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owing to the moist condition of the soil, and was partly completed, but 

 in the Alpine districts it has been delayed by the late harvest. 



Roumania. — The Curler Financiar (Bucharest) of (August 28th 

 announces that the Roumanian "Service de la Statistique du Minis- 

 tere des Domaines " has published the following particulars regarding 

 the approximate total results of. the Roumanian harvests for 1910 : — 

 Wheat, 103,100,100 bush.; rye, 7,980,000 bush.; barley, 28,900,000 

 bush. ; oats, 27,800,000 bush. ; and colza, 3,850,000 bush, (Board of 

 Trade Journal, September 8th, 1910.) 



Bulgaria. — H.M. Minister at Sofia reports that an exceptionally 

 large grain crop is anticipated in the department of Varna; and, 

 though crops have been partially destroyed in some districts owing 

 to floods and hailstorms, the outlook in the country on ihe whole is 

 decidedly more favourable than usual. It is expected that the yield 

 will be 35 per cent, higher this year than last. (Board of Trade 

 Journal, September 1st, 1910.) 



Italy. — Wheat Crop Prospects. — H.M. Consul at Naples (Mr. 

 S. J. A. Churchill, M.V.O.) has forwarded an extract from a local 

 newspaper giving a statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture 

 relative to the condition of the Italian wheat crop, concerning which 

 grave anxiety has been felt. 



In Piedmont, Lombardy, and Venetia, though the adverse con- 

 ditions have not been without effect on the crops, the forecasts already 

 issued do not need any serious modification. In the province of 

 Rovigo, where the crop has been estimated at 23 per cent, less than 

 last year, the result is likely to be somewhat better than the estimate. 

 As regards Emilia, the forecast of a poor crop in Ferrara is confirmed, 

 and the results of the threshing in various other provinces show the 

 production to be much inferior to the estimate. The hopes that were 

 entertained of a harvest in Tuscany greater by 22 per cent, than that 

 of last year have been falsified. In Umbria and in Latium also, where 

 a production about equal to that of 1909 was forecasted, a diminution 

 now appears. In the Marches, in Abruzzi e Molise and in Apulia, 

 where the crop was forecasted to be 24, 26, and 34 per cent, respec- 

 tively less than in the previous year, it will be 50 per cent. less. In 

 Campania, Basilicata, and Calabria the harvest results will be inferior 

 to those expected. In Sicily the results will in many parts be much 

 inferior to those forecasted. In Sardinia, however, the estimates 

 already made still hold. 



In general, the wheat crop of Italy will be notably less than was 

 anticipated in the first official estimate of 50,000,000 quintals. (Board 

 of Trade Journal, September 1st, 1910.) 



Hungary. — The Ministry of Agriculture estimates the yield of the 

 crops on September 9th as follows :— Wheat, 23,092,000 qrs. ; -rye, 

 6,659,000 qrs.; barley, 7,630,000 qrs.; oats, 8,132,000 qrs. Maize was 

 estimated on September 25th at 22,264,000 qrs. 



Argentina. — A dispatch from H.M. Consul at Rosario, dated August 

 29th, states that no rainfall has been experienced in the district since 

 April, and the prospects of the next season's crops of wheat and 

 linseed are so unfavourable that unless there was abundant rain within 

 a fortnight after the date of the report the linseed crop would be lost. 

 The wheat crop is expected to be considerably below the average. 



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