Warsaw Wool Fair. 



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The acreage under cereal crops in 1900 amounted to nearly 

 350,000 acres, of which 331,000 were under 

 Agriculture wheat, 9,000 under barley, 5,000 under rye, 

 in Corsica. anc j 3 )000 under oats, with small quantities 

 of maize and mixed corn. The extent of vine culture has seriously 

 diminished during recent years. In 1882 there were 74,000 acres 

 of vineyards, but the area has since fallen to 25,000 acres. An 

 agricultural school is to be established in the neighbourhood of 

 Ajaccio. The land and buildings will be provided by the 

 Department, and the Government will contribute ^1,000 annually 

 towards the maintenance of the school, which will afford 

 accommodation for from 20 to 30 pupils. 



[Foreign Office Report. Annual Series No. 2784. Price id.] 



The annual wool fair at Warsaw was held this year on 

 June 17th and 1 8th. Nearly 1,712,000 lb. 

 Warsaw of wool were offered for sale, as compared 

 Wool Fair. with 2,000,000 lb. last year. Disease 

 among sheep in Poland, and a tendency to 

 replace sheep breeding by dairy farming, probably account for 

 part of this deficiency, while the cold and wet spring is also 

 mentioned as having lessened the clip. Most of the wool was 

 bought up by local mills, but buyers from Russia and Silesia 

 were also represented. 



[Board of Trade Journal, July IO, 1 902.] 



The Board have received information through the Foreign 



Office that the berry harvest in Norway is beginning to assume 



„ T , large proportions. The chief centre of this 



Berry Industry ... _ 



industry is in Odalen, where a lar^e 

 in Norway. _ . 



quantity of cranberries (resembling the 



Scotch rather than the Russian variety) are produced. Great 



quantities of raspberries are also gathered. The Norwegians are 



being urged to cultivate their berry gardens on rational principles 



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