191 1.] Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 951 



places foggy, was mostly dry and occasionally fine and bright. Tempera- 

 ture was everywhere above the average, the excess amounting to about 

 4 0 in some of the northern and north-western districts. Bright sunshine 

 was below the average except in England S.E. 



The International Agricultural Institute, Rome, has received official 

 estimates of the production of cereals from four countries of the Southern 

 Hemisphere, viz., Argentina, Chile, Australia, 

 Notes on Crop and New Zealand. With regard to wheat, 

 Prospects Abroad. although the total area to be harvested in these 

 four countries is 2 per cent, less than the area 

 harvested in 1909-10, the total production promises to be 7*8 per cent, 

 greater. The figures relating to the individual countries are as 

 follows : — 





Wheat. 



Barley. 



Area. 



Production. 



Area. 



Production. 



1910-n. 



Com- 

 pared 

 with 

 t 909- 10. 



1910-11. 



Com- 

 pared 

 with 

 1909-10. 



1910-1 1 



Com- 

 pared 

 with 

 1909-10. 



1910-11. 



Com- 

 pared 

 with 

 1909-10. 



Argentina 



Chile 



Australia 

 New Zealand... 



Acres. 

 12,234,000 

 2,258,000 

 7,304,000 

 280,000 



% 



84-9 

 19^*5 

 iii'o 



80 -o 



Cwt. 



73,008,000 

 J 9. 337.ooo 

 48,059,000 

 3,749,000 



% 

 104*1 



182-9 

 99 '0 

 85*0 



Acre-;. 

 133,000 

 34,000 



% 



TOO 



Cwt. 



884,000 

 455,000 



% 



100 







Oats. 



Maize. 



Area. 



Production. 



Area. 



Pioduction. 



1910-1 1. 



Com- 

 pared 

 with 

 1909-10. 



1910-11. 



Com- 

 pared 



with 

 1909-10. 



1910-11. 



Com- 

 pared 



with 

 1909-10. 



1910-11. 



Com- 

 pared 



with 

 1909-10. 







Argentina 

 Chile ... . ... 



New Zealand... 



Acres. 

 1,606,000 

 111,000 

 356,000 



% 

 128 



70 



1 Cwt. 

 11,610,000 

 693,000 

 2,785,000 



% 



110 



60 



Acres. 

 7,942,000 

 67,000 

 9,000 



% 



100 



Cwt. 



939,000 

 315,000 



% 

 ioi 



West Australia. — The Imperial Trade Correspondent at Perth (Mr. 

 J. F. Conigrave) reports that recent official estimates forecast an increase 

 of 170,792 acres in the area under wheat cultivation during the season 

 1910-11, the area in 1909-10 being 448,918 acres. The aggregate yield 

 this season is estimated at 7,594,264 bushels, or an average yield of 

 12*3 bushels per acre, as compared with a total yield of 5,602,368 

 bushels, or i2'48 bushels per acre in 1909-10. The area under the 

 cultivation of oats, which was 73,342 acres in 1909-10, is expected to 

 decrease by 4,077 acres, and the yield, which was 1,248,162 bushels in 

 1909-10, to decrease by 126,297 bushels. (Board of Trade Journal, 

 January 5th, 191 1.) 



Argentina. — A dispatch dated December 29th, 1910, forwarded by 

 H.M. Minister at Buenos Aires, states that the prospects of the wheat 



