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Canada. — The Bulletin issued by the Canadian Census and Statistics 

 Office in October states that the percentage condition of cereals at the 

 end of September was as follows: — Spring wheat, 8i'59; oats, 83*84; 

 barley, 80*09 > r y e » 83*59. Except in the case of rye, the condition 

 indicated by these figures is not so good as on the corresponding date 

 in 1909. This is due to a decreased estimate for the North-West 

 Provinces, where the quality is some 20 per cent, below that of last 

 year. The estimated yield of rye is 1,634,100 bushels. 



Potatoes in Sweden. — H.M. Consul at Stockholm states that 

 according to the official report presented to the Swedish Agricultural 

 Committee, the condition of the potato crop at the end of September 

 may be represented numerically as 3*4 (4 = good, 3 = moderate). The 

 condition of the crop is best in the northerly districts ; in other parts 

 disease is more or less prevalent. In general, the quality is said to 

 be bad, and it is anticipated that there will be a demand for foreign 

 potatoes during the winter and spring. 



Potatoes in Germany. — The condition of the potato crop in Germany 

 in the middle of October, as estimated by the Imperial Statistical 

 Bureau, was stated numerically to be 2*9 (2 = good, 3 = average), or 

 just above the average. In the western, southern, and central dis- 

 tricts the crop was under average or small, and in the northern and 

 eastern districts the condition was generally only slightly above 

 average. The Report of Landwirtschaftsrat for November 1st gives 

 the yield as 87*5 per cent, of a normal crop as compared with 94*8 

 at the same date last year. Of these 8*9 per cent, were diseased. 



Hop Yield in Germany. — The German Imperial Statistical Bureau, 

 in a report dated October 10th, estimates the yield of hops in the 

 German Empire in 19 10 as 402,000 cwt., as compared with 119,000 

 cwt. in 1909, and 518,000 cwt. in 1908. The acreage under this crop 

 in 1910 is stated to be 68,000 acres, as against 72,000 acres in 1909, 

 and 89,000 acres in 1908. 



Hungary. — The maize crop prospects have improved slightly, the 

 yield being estimated by the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture on 

 October 9th at 22,500,000 qrs. The potato crop has suffered a good 

 deal, and the previous estimate was further reduced to 4,547,000 tons, 

 but the yield is on the whole considered to be a medium one. 



Russia. — H.M. Acting-Consul-General at Odessa (Mr. H. E. 

 Dickie) stated that, according to the official report in the Commercial 

 Gazette of September 21st, the hopes entertained earlier in the year 

 of a record harvest were not realised. Taken as a whole, the' final 

 results of the grain crop of European Russia were barely average as 

 to quantity and rather below the average as to quality. The yields 

 of winter and spring wheat are reported to be just above the average, 

 while the rye, oats, and barley are only medium. 



In connection with the above, it may be of interest to note that the 

 Commercial and Industrial Gazette of October 23rd contains figures 

 of the estimated winter-sown wheat and rye crops in 73 Governments 

 (Provinces) of Russia, issued by the Central Statistical Committee on 

 October 22nd, as follows : — 



Winter Wheat. 



Tons. 



WinterRye. 



Tons. 



Average yield, 1904-8... 

 Actual yield, 1909 

 Estimated yield, 19 10 ... 



5,381,000 

 5,661,000 

 6,61 1,000 



19,445,000 

 21,930,000 

 21,189,000 



