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Notes on Crop Prospects Abroad. 



[AUG., 



All classes of fruit, and particularly orchard fruit, have suffered from 

 the drought, which has caused a large proportion of apples, pears, 

 plums, and cherries to fall from the trees. Strawberries were about an 

 average crop, while the remaining crops both of small fruit and tree 

 fruit are considerably under average. 



Pastures have been very much burnt up by the heat, the scarcity of 

 grass necessitating resort to oil cake and other feeding stuffs. Water 

 has been very scarce in some districts, and stock have suffered in 

 consequence. Where the water supply has been maintained stock have 

 done fairly well, and crop reporters frequently express surprise that 

 the condition of the herds and flocks has been so well kept up under 

 such trying circumstances. There are frequent references to the reduced 

 supply of milk, the result of which has been apparent in the Weekly 

 Return of Market Prices. Summarising the reports and representing an 

 average crop by loo, the appearance of the crops on the ist August 

 indicates yields for Great Britain which may be represented by the 

 following percentages : — Wheat, 103 ; barley, 96 ; oats, 92 ; beans, 92 ; 

 peas, 95; potatoes, 100; mangold, 97; "seeds" hay, 93; meadow 

 hay, 89 ; hops, 98. 



The Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics for July, 191 1, issued by the 

 International Institute of Agriculture, gives the following forecast of 

 the present cereal harvest from information 

 Notes on Crop received in time for publication on the 22nd 

 Prospects Abroad. July 



Single Numerical Statement of the Produc- 

 tion of the more important Cereal Crops in the Northern Hemisphere.— 

 The area which has been harvested, or which is about to be harvested, of 

 the four most, important cereal crops — wheat, rye, barley, and oats — is 

 now known for a number of countries in the Northern Hemisphere, and 

 we are also able to give an approximate estimate of the probable pro- 

 duction. Uniting these data in a common table and com|Daring them 

 with last year's figures, we have the following results 



Wheat. — The area has increased from 97,483,400 acres to 100,778,100 

 acres. The single numerical statement of the area, i.e., the ratio, in 

 percentage figures, between this year's area and the area last year, 

 is 103-4. 



The production has increased from 188,100,100 qrs. to 198,166,870 

 qrs. The single numerical statement of the production, i.e., the ratio, in 

 percentage figures, between this year's production and the proudction 

 last year, is 105*4. 



Rye. — The area has decreased from 6,585,960 acres to 6,559,800 

 acres. The single numerical statement of the area is 99*6. 



The production has increased from 15,059,900 qrs. to 15,526,500 qrs. 

 The single numerical statement of the production is 103' i. 



Barley.'— The area has increased from 9,674,100 acres to 9,863,300 

 acres. The single numerical statement of the area is io2'o. 



The production has increased from 31,719,773 qrs. to 34,161,700 qrs. 

 The single numerical statement of the production is io7'7. 



Oats. — The area has increased from 7,382,900 acres to 7,409,600 

 acres. The single numerical statement of the area is ioo"4. 



