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Notes on the Potato Crop Abroad* [oct., 



of the crop in some districts the following figures may be given : — 

 Minden, 3*9 ; Hildesheim, 3*8; Erfurt, Arnsberg, and Cassel, 3*6; 

 Hannover and Diisseldorf, 3*3. 



According to the Prussian Statistical Bureau, the yield of potatoes 

 was estimated in the middle of September at 30,000,000 tons, com- 

 pared with 33,000,000 tons in 1909. (Deutsche Reichsanzeiger, Sep- 

 tember 26th.) 



The Wochenbericht der Preisberichtstelle des Deutschen Landwirt- 

 schaftsrats (October 4th), in remarking on the potato crop prospects 

 for the German Empire on October 1st, states that the yield is likely 

 to be only about 82*3 per cent, of the normal. 



Netherlands. — H.M. Consul at Rotterdam (Mr. H. Turing) reports 

 that the winter onion crop of the Netherlands is a fairly average one. 

 The potato crop is bad, with the result that prices have gone up 50 

 per cent., and exports will be small. (Board of Trade Journal, Sep- 

 tember 22nd.) 



According to a report on the state of the crops published in the 

 Staatscourant on September 23rd, the potato crop has proved rather 

 unsatisfactory ; the July rains have rotted large quantities, and disease 

 has also been at work. 



France.— A report in the Journal d' Agriculture Pratique of Sep- 

 tember 6th states that there will be a large deficit in the potato crop. 



The German Consul at Marseilles stated on September 20th that 

 reports as to the potato crop in the south of France were very un- 

 satisfactory in all departments. The tubers are for the most part 

 diseased, but have in some departments suffered from drought. The 

 yield is hardly up to the average. (Deutsche Reichsanzeiger, Septem- 

 ber 26th.) 



The British Consul at Lyons, reporting on agriculture in that 

 neighbourhood on August 27th, states that potatoes have failed badly. 

 The persistent cold and wet have favoured disease, and the crop is 

 said to be absolutely destroyed in many parts. Prices had already 

 risen, " earlies " having advanced from their normal rate of 555. to 

 655. per ton to 110s., and it is expected that France will have to 

 import large quantities of potatoes from Algeria and foreign countries. 

 A list of firms in the district importing potatoes may be consulted at 

 the Office of the Board. 



Hungary. — The report published by the Ministry of Agriculture 

 states that the potato crop is damaged and will not come up to expec- 

 tations. The estimated yield on September 25th was 4,608,000 tons, 

 compared with a previous estimate of 4,811,000 tons on August 9th. 



Austria. — The report of the Ministry of Agriculture gives the condition 

 of the potato crop in the middle of September as 2*9 (2 = over average, 

 3 = average). The crop had been partly harvested in the south of the 

 -country, while harvesting operations had commenced in the low-lying 

 districts elsewhere. The crop had suffered from the wet, especially 

 on heavy soils, and in those districts disease, both of the haulm 

 and tubers, was becoming widespread. On lighter soils and in dryer 

 districts conditions were more favourable, though in some places the 

 tubers had suffered from mice and chafer larvae. In the Carpathian 

 •districts both quantity and quality promised to be good. (Deutsche 

 Reichsanzeiger, September 27th.) 



