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based on July reports, the yield of the various crops for 19 10 for 63 

 Governments as follows, compared with the yield in 1909 : — 



1910. 1909. 



Qrs. Qrs. 



Wheat 85,400,000 89,600,000 



Rye 100,800,000 101,733,000 



Barley .. 52,080,000 56,000,000 



Oats .. 93,330,000 112,000,000 



The Commercial Gazette of Russia, however, in an estimate based 

 on September reports, gives the yields in 19 10 for 63 Governments as 

 follows : — Wheat, 69,530,000 qrs. ; rye, 89,600,000 qrs. ; barlev, 

 42,000,000 qrs. ; oats, 88,300,000 qrs. 



(The quarter of wheat and rye has been taken as 480 lb., of barley 

 as 400 lb., and of oats as 312 lb.) 



United States. — According to the Crop Reporting Board of the 

 Bureau of Statistics of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 the condition of the crops on October 1st was as follows :• — Spring 

 wheat, 94' 1 ; barley, 88' 1; maize, 80*3. The estimates of the yield of 

 the various crops compared with the final estimates in 1909 are as 

 follows (Dornbusch, October 10th) : — - 



191c. 1909. 

 Bushels. Bushels. 



Winter Wheat 485,294,000 446,366,000 



Spring Wheat ... ... 233,475,000 290,823,000 



Oats ... 1,096,396,000 1,007,353,000 



Barley ... 158,138,000 170,284,000 



Germany. — The German Imperial Statistical Bureau estimates the 

 numerical condition of the potato crop in the middle of September 

 as 3" 1 (2 — good, 3 = average, 4 = poor), as 

 Notes Oil the compared with 2.8 in August, 1910, and 2*5 



Potato Crop Abroad. in September, 1909, and 27 for the ten-year 

 average. It is stated that the condition of 

 the crop, which was already being harvested in places, was much less 

 favourable than in the preceding month. The earlier and finer varie- 

 ties, especially those grown on heavy soils, suffered a good deal from 

 disease. In the case of the later and stronger varieties, disease was 

 not so widespread. The acreage for 1910 is estimated at 8,141,322 

 acres. 



H.M. Ambassador at Berlin, in a dispatch dated September 3rd, 

 states that the failure of the potato crop throughout Germany this 

 year is likely to produce serious results, and will certainly necessitate 

 the buying of potatoes abroad. The crop has been greatly affected by 

 the prolonged wet season, and he is informed that the quality is only 

 about 60 per cent, of the normal standard. Orders placed in Saxony 

 by French dealers have been cancelled owing to the inferior quality 

 of the potatoes supplied. 



According to the Deutsche Reichsanzeiger (September 22nd), it 

 may briefly be said of the potato harvest in Prussia that disease is 

 everywhere rampant. It is, however, hoped that the hitherto very 

 unsatisfactory reports will give place to better news if the fine weather 

 continues. The condition of the crop in the middle of September 

 was 3'o, compared with 2*7 in August. As showing the low condition 



