596 Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. [oct., 



It is stated that there is a deficiency in the supply of fodder for 

 animals, which are consequently in a bad condition. 



According to a dispatch from H.M. Consul at Buenos Aires, dated 

 September ist, it was then too early to estimate what were the 

 prospects of the next harvest, but the linseed crop in the provinces 

 of Sante Fe and Cordoba is said to have been destroyed owing to the 

 continued drought in those provinces, and though more than usual 

 has been planted in the province of Buenos Aires it is not known 

 whether this will compensate for the loss in the other provinces, as the 

 crop, owing to its having been planted late, may not be sufficiently 

 advanced to escape destruction by locusts. 



According to The Review of the River Plate of September 16th, 

 there has been a complete break up of drought all over the country, 

 and the rains are said to have done much good to the crops. 



Canada. — The Bulletin issued by the Canadian Census and Statis- 

 tics Office in September states that the condition of the crops improved 

 during August, and in the older provinces the grains had matured 

 well and had been harvested in fine condition. The estimated pro- 

 duction of the various crops is as follows, compared with the final 

 estimate for 1909 : — 



Fruit Crop of Canada. — The fruit crop of Canada is expected to 

 be a poor one. In British Columbia only is the outlook favourable, 

 and the indications in that province point to a record crop. The apple 

 crop of Ontario and eastern Quebec promises to be poor, and the 

 fruit crop of Nova Scotia is stated to be a failure. (Canadian Horti- 

 culturist, September.) 



Natal Maize Crop.— The Imperial Trade Correspondent at Durban 

 (Mr. A. D. C. Agnew) reports, under date August 26th, that the final 

 estimate of this season's maize crop in Natal, made by the Agricultural 

 Journal, is 132,000,000 lb., as compared with 160,000,000 lb. in 1909. 

 The consumption in Natal is about 70,000,000 lb., leaving 62,000,000 

 lb. available for export, as against 90,000,000 lb. last year. The 

 average yield per acre this year is 800 lb., while in 1909 it was 

 972 lb. (Board of Trade Journal, September 22nd.) 



France. — The estimate of the French Ministry of Agriculture given 

 in the Journal Officiel of September 23rd, places the yield of wheat at 

 260,070,000 bushels, as compared with 345,185,000 bushels in 1909. 

 The area under this crop is stated to be 16,114,000 acres, as compared 

 with 16,293,000 acres in 1909. The production of rye and mixed corn 

 is given as 46,722,000 bushels and 5,545,000 bushels respectively, as 

 compared with 53,236,000 bushels and 6,813,000 bushels in 1909; and 

 the area under these two crops as 3,060,000 acres and 341,000 acres, 

 compared with 3,031,000 acres, and 350,000 acres in 1909. 



Russia. — According to a dispatch dated September 23rd received 

 from H. M. Consul at St. Petersburg? the total yield of grain crops 

 in Russia is now estimated at considerably below the amount at first 

 anticipated. The Central Statistical Committee gives, in an estimate 



1910. 

 Bushels. 



1909. 

 Bushels. 



Wheat 

 Oats . 



122,785,000 

 283,247,000 

 39,388,000 



166,744,000 

 353,466,000 

 55,398,000 



Barley 



