686 Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. [nov., 



Area and Production of Cereals in 19 10. 





Wheat. 





e. 



Bar 



ey. 



Oats. 



Country. 



Area 



Yield. 



Area. 



Yield. 



Area. 



Yield. 



Area. 



Yield. 





1,000 



1,000 



1, coo 



1,000 



1,000 



1,000 



1,000 



1,000 





acres. 



cwts. 



acres. 



cwts. 



acres. 



cwts. 



acres. 



cwts. 



Prussia 



2 »°33 



47,02 1 



H,659 



161,341 



2,o66 



30,817 



6,929 



104, IO4 



Bulgaria 



2,721 



26,310 



556 



5,860 



6lO 



6,750 



452 



3,70o 



Denmark 



99 



2 , r 55 



679 



9,443 



576 



9,128 



9OO 



12,972 



Spain 



9,47° 



73» 2 7° 



2,057 



15,902 



3,403 



35,963 



1,277 



5,775 



France 



16, 1 14 



14^347 



3,060 



23,968 



— - 



— 







Great Britain 



1,505 





— 



— 



1,728 



25,460 



3,020 



41,009 



Hungary 



9>5 2 ° 



106,300 



3,039 



29,678 



3,089 



27,991 



2,990 



23,687 



Italy .. 



1 j j 754 



52, 123 



30I 



2,719 



6l2 



4,063 



r , 2 43 



0, l vz 



Luxemburg... 



30 



405 



26 



349 



— 



— 







Netherlands . 



132 



2,316 



546 



7,406 



70 



1,449 



345 



5,815 



Roumania ... 



4,812 



59,373 



429 



3,828 



i,357 



12,684 



1,104 



8,717 



Russia in 



















Europe ... 



53> J 42 



44°, I 37 



68,195 



466, 1 1 7 



24,167 



225,942 



4 1 , 606 



291,069 



Sweden 



222 



3,566 



963 



11,405 











Switzerland 



105 



1,830 



60 



984 



13 



197 







Canada 



9,291 



65,759 



84 



817 



1,833 



16,876 



9,860 



85,961 



United States 



48,767 



370,486 







7,o54 



67,754 



34,367 



313,168 



British India . 



27,828 



191,254 















Japan 



1,115 



1 1,809 















Russia in Asia 



17,892 



5MH 



2,825 



12,328 



4,273 



5,o35 



5,724 



29,175 



Tunis 



889 



2,952 







1,000 



2,853 



153 



1,535 



Total ... 



218,544 



1,709,758 



94,479 



752,M5 



51,851 



472,962 



1 io, 088 



937,92c 



Argentina. — The Minister of Agriculture, in an estimate dated 

 October 18th, gives the acreage under wheat in 1910 as 15,451,000 

 acres, compared with 14,418,000 acres in 1909. The acreage under 

 oats is estimated at 1,979,000 acres, compared with 1,417,000 acres in 

 1909. Light rains are reported in the northern zone, which have 

 greatly benefited the crops. (Times, October 20th.) 



France. — The acreage and production of the barley and oats crops is 

 estimated by the French Ministry of Agriculture as follows : — 





1910. 



1909. 





Area. 



Production. 



Area. 



Production. 



Barley... 



Oats ... 



Acres. 

 1,842,000 

 9,668,000 



Bushels. 



43, 156,000 



305,393,000 



Acres. 

 I,8l4,000 

 9,699,000 



Bushels. . 

 44,718,000 

 320,947,000 



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

 Agriculture finds that the preliminary returns of the production of maize 

 in 19 10 indicate a total yield of about 3,121,381,000 bushels (an average 

 of 27*4 bushels per acre, compared with 25*5 bushels in 1909). The 

 indicated yield of buckwheat is 17,084,000 bushels, compared with 

 17,438,000 bushels in 1909 (an average of 20*9 bushels, compared with 

 2o'8 bushels in 1909). The total yield of potatoes is estimated at 

 328,787,000 bushels, against 376,537,000 bushels last year, the average 

 yield per acre being 93*4 bushels per acre, compared with 106*5 bushels 

 in 1909, and a ten-year "average of 91*5 bushels. 



