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April 1st the conditions of wheat, barley, and oats were good, and of 
rye, average. 
Hungary. — Though the winter has been long, and little snow has 
fallen to protect the crops, they have only slightly suffered, and pro- 
gressed well during the mild weather in March. Damage caused to 
cereal crops by mice : 7*2 per cent, of the total area sown. Damage 
caused to cereal crops by frost: 3'i per cent, of the total area sown. 
Area resown : 2*8 per cent, of the total area sown. 
Italy.— The condition of the winter cereals is good almost every- 
where. 
Roumania. — The condition of wheat and rye is good, of barley 
average, and of oats excellent. Weather conditions are favourable. 
Russia in Europe. — Though the past winter has proved a cold one, 
it has not unfavourably affected the wheat crop, except in the south-east 
of the country. Snow has been relatively scarce, and disappeared in 
the south and south-east (Government of New Russia) by the beginning 
of March. In the rest of European Russia the crops were still under 
snow at this date. 
Tunis. On April 1st the condition of wheat, barley, and oats 
was good. 
Germany. — The report of the Imperial Statistical Bureau gives the 
condition of the crops in the middle of April as follows : — Winter wheat, 
27; winter rye, 2'8 (2 = good, 3 = average). Considerable damage from 
mice was reported from some districts, and it is feared that their ravages 
will be extended in the immediate future. On the whole, the condition 
of the winter-sown crops is not especially favourable. 
France — Damage to Crops by Frost. — According to a dispatch, dated 
April 20th, received from H.M. Consul-General at Marseilles, great 
damage was caused to the crops in the south of France by the frosts 
which occurred early in April. The fruit crops have either suffered 
severely or been entirely lost in the Departments of Bouches-du-Rhone, 
Gard, Herault, Vaucluse, Ardeche, Pyrenees Orientales, and Var. 
In the Basses-Alpes, Vaucluse, and Ardeche, almonds have suffered. 
Vegetables have been destroyed in Bouches-du-Rhone, and Gard; pota- 
toes have been damaged in Vaucluse. 
Production of Cider and Perry in France. — According to the report 
of the French Ministry of Agriculture, the production of cider and. 
perry in France during 19 10 is estimated at 237,485,000 gallons, as com- 
pared with 174,861,000 gallons in 1909 (Journal Officiel, December 
22nd, 1910). 
Austria. — The Ministry of Agriculture gives the condition of the 
crops in the middle of April as follows:- — Wheat, 2'6; rye, 2'9 ; barley, 
2 8; oats, 2'6 (2 = over average, 3 = average). Wheat and rye have 'come 
through the winter well, but are backward owing to the cold weather 
at the beginning of April. The young shoots of late-sown plants, 
especially rye, have suffered from frost. The unfavourable weather 
also delayed spring sowings of barley and oats. 
Fruit Crop of Austria. — The fruit crop was reported to be in a 
healthy condition at the end of March, owing to the absence of winter 
frosts, especially in the north of Austria. The damage caused by 
frost to the young shoots in more exposed districts is unimportant. 
