1910.] Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



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H.M. Consul at Rouen (Mr. C. Clipperton) in a dispatch dated 

 November 15th has forwarded to the Board reports as to the state of 

 the potato and apple crops in several districts of France. 



The potato crop was retarded by wet in the St. Malo district, the 

 earliest crop partially failing and the second early crop, though yield- 

 ing well, arriving too late for a good export price. There was also a 

 shortage in the yield of late potatoes. Prices are stated to have risen, 

 round potatoes costing £6 12s. 6d. per ton, and kidneys about 

 £6 iSs. 6d. per ton. In the Nantes district (Department of Loire- 

 Inferieure) the crop was reported to have been ruined by disease. The 

 crop of early potatoes in the district of St. Brieuc (Department of the 

 Cotes du Nord) was stated to be good, but later varieties were a 

 failure. 



With regard to apples the crop has failed in many parts of the St. 

 Malo district, prices for cider apples being from ^3 95. 6d. to 

 ^4 95. 6d. per ton. A good average crop as regards quantity was 

 expected in the Nantes district, with the continuance of favourable 

 weather, but nothing definite was reported as to quality. In the Con- 

 sular district of St. Brieuc the crop was very unequal in different 

 parts. 



Hop Crop of Southern Russia. — H.M. Consul at Odessa (Mr. 

 Dickie), in a dispatch dated November 10th, states that the hop crop 

 of southern Russia is now placed at 15 to 20 per cent, below the esti- 

 mates in the early part of the year. The crop is not expected to exceed 

 2,800 tons, compared with a yield of 3,600 tons in 1909 and 4,300 tons 

 in 1908. The quality is, on the whole, satisfactory, about 50 per cent, 

 being of first grade, 30 per cent, of second, and barely 20 per cent, of 

 third grade. 



Argentina. — H.M. Consul at Buenos Aires (Mr. A. Carnegie Ross) 

 reports that, according to final official figures, the results of the harvest 

 of 1909-10 are as follows, compared with the two preceding years : — 



A dispatch from H.M. Consul at Buenos Aires, dated November 

 6th, states that the general outlook for the crops was said to be very 

 favourable, except in the northern parts of Santa Fe. In the Pampa 

 and some of the western camps the position was still somewhat doubt- 

 ful, though it had much improved of late, but in the southern portion 

 of Buenos Aires the wheat prospects were much more encouraging 

 than has been the case for years, and unless late frosts occur a large 

 harvest is anticipated. 



Potatoes in Canada. — The bulletin issued by the Canadian Census 

 and Statistics Office in November states that potatoes alone of all the 

 field crops of the Dominion indicate partial failure. The area under 

 this crop is 503,262 acres, as compared with 513,508 acres in 1909, and 

 the production is estimated at 74,048,000 bushels, as against 99,087,200 

 bushels in 1909. The yield per acre in 19 10 is thus about 147 bushels, 

 which is nearly uniform for all the provinces of the Dominion. The 

 quality is 84*42 per cent, of a normal. 



1909-10 

 1908-09 

 1907-08 



Wheat. 

 Tons. 

 3,508,000 

 4,182,000 

 5,155,000 



Linseed. 



Tons. 



705,000 

 1, 012, ceo 

 1,083,000 



Oats. 



Tons. 

 521,000 

 457, coo 

 485,000 



