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Harvest and Crop Reports. 



each of the principal corn crops in France for the past season, 

 with comparative figures for 1901 : — 



Crop. 



Area . 



Production. 



1902. 



1 901. 



1902. 



1901. 



Wheat. 



Mixed Corn ... 



'Rye 



Barley... 



Oats ... 



Acres. 

 16,833,000 

 468 ,000 

 3,466.500 

 1,882,900 

 9,851,000 



Acres. 

 16,770,100 

 487,500 

 3,442,700 

 1,948.700 

 9> 549,300 



Bushels. 

 351,989,700 

 8,728,800 

 49.904,800 

 45,718,600 

 280,142,400 



Bushels. 

 294,808,300 

 8,615,400 

 60,438,100 

 37,682,200 

 207,002,400 



Crops in Holland. 



According to information received through the Foreign Office, 

 the corn harvest in Holland this year gave fairly good results, 

 both as regards quantity and quality, except in the case of oats 

 and peas, which are described as only slightly over average. 

 Potatoes and sugar beet are also stated to have produced rather 

 over average crops, while the yields of hay, flax, mangolds, and 

 carrots were fairly good. The production of apples was an 

 average one, but pears and cherries were under average, while 

 plums were the least satisfactory crop of the year. 



The Norwegian Harvest of 1902. 

 The Board have received information through the Foreign 

 Office that the corn and fodder crops in Norway show a very 

 considerable deficiency this season. The frost came early and 

 nipped the corn while still green, so that the crop in many 

 localities never ripened at all. Potatoes also, according to the 

 latest reports, promised fairly, and the hay harvest was also 

 moderately satisfactory in the northern districts. 



