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Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



[JAN. 



The International Institute of Agriculture, in its Bulletin for 

 December, 1910, publishes some additions to, and revisions of , the figures- 

 Notes on reported in the November Bulletin, which 

 Crop Prospects were summarised in this Journal for last 

 Abroad. month. These are as follows : — 



Production of Cereals in 19 10, compared with 1909. 



Country. 



Wheat. 



Rye 





Barley. 



Oats. 







Per 





Per 





Per 





Per 





1,000 cwt. 



cent. 



1,000 cwt. 



cent. 



1,000 cwt. 



cent. 



x.000 cwt. 



cent. 



Germany 



75,988 



102-8 



206,845 



92-6 



57, 126 



83-0 



155,468 



86-6 



Denmark 



2,263 



II2-I 











13,168 



91-3 



United 

















Kingdom 



31,189 



92"I 







28,909 



94'0 



61,909 



99*5 



Russian 



















Empire 



415,929 



98-3 



434,207 



96-9 



196,889 



9 6'9 



299,106 



89'3 



Sweden 



4,028 



108 -8 



12,272 



98-4 



6,665 



111-5 



25,357 



109-9 



Japan 



12,694 



106-3 







38,416 



101-9 







After making allowance for these additions and corrections, the totals 

 for the countries in the Northern Hemisphere shown in the tables given 

 in last month's Journal (p. 773), are as follows : — 



Wheat. — The area cultivated this year (224,211,000 acres) is 106*5 per 

 cent, of last year's area (210,587,000 acres). The total production this 

 year (1,687,326,000 cwts.) is 99*3 per cent, of last year's production 

 (1,699,000,000 cwts.). 



Rye. — The area cultivated this year (98,114,000 acres) is 99*4 per cent. 

 Of last year's area (98,665,000 acres). The total production this year 

 (752,701,000 cwts.) is 96*1 per cent, of last year's production (783,307,000 

 cwts.). 



Barley. — The area cultivated this year (62,948,000 acres) is 102*5 per 

 cent. 0$ last year's area (61,416,000 acres). The total production this 

 year (552,245,000 cwts.) is 94*2 per cent, of last year's production 

 (586,300,000 cwts.). 



Oats. — The area cultivated this year (127,269,000 acres) is 102*2 per 

 cent, of last year's area (124,509,000 acres). The total production this 

 year (1,125,522,000 cwts.) is 93*6 per cent, of last year's production 

 (1,201,904,000 cwts.). 



Maize. — The area cultivated this year (135,679,000 acres) is 103*8 per 

 cent, of last year's area (130,722,000 acres). The total production this 

 year (1,817,387,000 cwts.) is 113*4 P er cent, of last year's production 

 (1,603,147,000 cwts.). 



The Institute has also received estimates of the cereal production of 

 19 10- 1 1 from several countries of the Southern Hemisphere. As regards 

 wheat, these estimates are as follows : — 



Country. 



Area. 



Production. 



1909-10. 



1910-n. 



1909-10. 



1910-n. 



Argentina ... 



Chile 



New Zealand 



Acres. 

 14,416,000 

 1,433,000 

 311,000 



Acres. 

 15,445,000 

 2,258,000 

 280,000 



Cwt. 

 70,165,000 

 12,594,000 

 4,639,000 



Cwt. 

 70,843,000 

 19,336,000 

 3,749,000 



