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The World's Hop Crop. 



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Sweden. — The German Consul-General in Stockholm reported on 

 September 20th that the potato crop in Sweden promises to be an average 

 one except in north Sweden, where the yields are very light. Disease, 

 however, is reported from all over the country. (Deutsche Reichsan- 

 zeiger, September 26th.) 



United States. — The Crop Reporting Board of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture estimates the average condition of potatoes 

 on October 1st numerically as 71*8, compared with 78*8 on October 

 1st, 1909, and a ten-year average of 75*6. (Dornbusch, October 10th.) 



The estimate of Messrs. John Barth and Son, of Nuremberg, as to 

 the hop production of the world was given in the Journal for Septem- 

 ber. Mr. C. J. Hoffer, hop estimator to the 

 The World's Bohemian Agricultural Council, in a report 



Hop Crop. dated September 22nd, estimates the crop as 



an average one of 1,401,000 cwt., or about 

 500,000 cwt. more than in 1909, and 590,000 cwt. less than in 1908. 

 The production of the various countries is given as follows :— 





1910. 



1909. 





Cwt. 



Cwt. 



Austria-Hungary 



287,000 



160,000 



Germany 



302.000 



127,000 



Holland and Belgium 



51,000 



29,020 



France ... 



44,000 



24,000 



Russia ... 



43,000 



49,000 



England 



295,000 



197,000 



United States ... 



364,000 



305,000 



Australia 



15,000 



12,000 



Total 



1,401,000 



903,000 



The total area under cultivation is stated to be 235,000 acres, or a 

 decrease as compared with the acreage in 1909. The acreage in 

 Europe under hops has decreased generally, especially in Bohemia, 

 Bavaria, and England, while the acreage in the United States has 

 been increased by the addition of some 40,000 acres in the Pacific 

 region. 



The weather was very favourable to the growth of the hops until 

 the middle of July, but the rainy weather which set in later dispelled 

 all hopes of an excellent crop. The unfavourable weather continued 

 during the harvesting period, and hindered both picking and drying 

 operations. The quality is on the whole satisfactory, though the 

 production of hops of first quality will be proportionately lower than 

 in previous years. The crop is very unequal in development and 

 colour. 



The world's consumption of hops in 1910 is estimated at 1,535,000 

 cwt., and even this amount will not be covered by the production as 

 estimated above. The stocks in the hands of brewers are thought to 

 amount to between 150,000 cwt. and 200,000 cwt. 



Messrs. John Barth and Son, of Nuremberg, have issued their 

 second report on the hop crop, dated September 27th, and now estimate 

 the total production of hops in 1910 as 1,483,000 cwt., against 924,000 

 cwt. in 1909, and 2,027,000 cwt. in 1908. Several Bavarian districts 

 have harvested a fine crop. The south-west of Germany mostly 

 gathered a satisfactory crop, but in parts of Prussia the reverse was 



