191 1.] Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



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Pastures have generally remained very bare, and live stock cannot 

 be regarded as being in good condition, except where artificial foods 

 have Been given. This has been frequently necessary, and, failing it, 

 stock have, as a rule, done badly. 



The Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics for September, 191 1, issued 

 by the International Institute of Agriculture, shows the production of 

 the cereal crops this year from information 

 Notes oil Crop received up to September 20th. The coun- 

 Prospects Abroad. tries for which it is possible to give an approxi- 

 mate estimate of the production are as fol- 

 lows : — In Europe : Prussia, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Great 

 Britain, Ireland, Hungary (including Croatia and Slavonia), Italy, 

 Luxemburg, Netherlands, Roumania, Russia in Europe (63 govern- 

 ments), Switzerland; in America : Canada and United States; in Asia: 

 India, Japan, Russia in Asia (10 governments); in Africa: Algeria 

 (Departments of Alger and Oran), Tunis. 



The inclusion of France and Russia this month has materially 

 modified the figure showing the relative total production this year 

 as compared with last year, and with the exception of wheat the 

 yield of the cereal crops is not expected to reach last year's output. 



Wheat. — The total area under wheat in all the countries named 

 exceeds that of 19 10 by 3*5 per cent. The production of wheat in 

 France is estimated at 40,006,000 qr., as compared with 31,593,000 qr. 

 last year. In Russia-in-Europe the yield is expected to be 69,272,000 qr., 

 or 877 bush, per acre, as compared with 11*15 bush, per acre last 

 year. 



For Russia-in-Asia the estimated yield is 9,928,000 qr., or 7*88 bush, 

 per acre, compared with 9*07 bush, per acre in 1910. The production this 

 year is larger than last year's in Spain, France, United Kingdom, 

 Hungary, Italy, Canada, and India, and is smaller than last year's 

 in Prussia, Roumania, Russia, and the United States. The total pro- 

 duction for all the countries included this month is 381,009,000 qr., as 

 compared with 379,253,000 qr. in 1910, or an excess of 0*5 per cent. 



Rye.-— The production of rye in France is estimated to be 

 5,612,000 qr., an increase of 460,000 qr. as compared with last year. 

 In Russia-in-Europe the yield is expected to be 91,610,000 qr., or 10*41 

 bush, per acre, against n'45 bush, last year. The total production of 

 rye in all the countries specified (excluding Great Britain, Canada,. 

 India, Japan, Algeria, and Tunis) is 159,183,000 qr., as compared with 

 i 65j 1 73>°°o qr. last year, or a decrease of 3*6 per cent. The area 

 planted is greater than that of 19 10 by 1*9 per cent. 



Barley.— The yield of barley in Russia-in-Europe is anticipated to 

 reach 51,085,000 qr., or an average production per acre of 14*63 bush., 

 as compared with 15*70 bush, in 1910. The total production in all 

 the countries named above (excluding France and India), is estimated 

 to be 135,305,000 qr., as against 136,027,000 qr. last year, or a decline 

 of o'5 per cent. The area planted is almost equal to that of 19 10. 



Oats. — The production of oats in Russia-in-Europe is anticipated 

 to be 86,554,000 qr., or a yield per acre of 16*24 bush., as compared 



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