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CROP PROSPECTS ABROAD. 



[Sept. 1894. 



the prospects were not so good as they appeared to be imme- 

 diately after flowering. The failure of the damson crop has 

 been a standing source of complaint. Especially bad were the 

 reports regarding the whole of the fruit -crop in Galicia ; but a 

 good crop was anticipated, at any rate in some kinds of fruit, in 

 many parts of the crown lands, especially in Steiermark and 

 Moravia. 



As regards olives, various reports were received from Dal- 

 matia, to the effect that upon the whole the yield would be an 

 average one, while similar hopes were entertained in Istria, 

 where appearances were very promising. 



Crop Prospects in Denmark. 



The Berlingshe Tidende of August 11th stated that in the 

 more southerly districts of Denmark, where the summer has 

 been dry, the grain is reported to have ripened with surprising 

 rapidity, and harvesting was proceeding in the first week of 

 August. A large area of rye had been harvested in good 

 condition in Jutland and the islands. 



In North Zealand and Lai land the rye had been injured by 

 the rains, and the yield is said to have been very unsatisfactory 

 in some districts. 



As in the case of rye, the other cereals had ripened much 

 earlier than was expected, and the harvesting of wheat, barley, 

 and oats was proceeding everywhere at the date of the report. 



Roots were badly in want of rain in many districts ; meadows 

 and pasturage were also reported to be backward, and in need 

 of a few heavy showers. 



Crop Prospects in France. 



Estimates published by the French Ministry of Agriculture, 

 in the Journal Officiel on July 10th, indicated the condition 

 of winter wheat at the beginning of the month to be good or 

 very good in seventy-two departments, fair in twenty-eight, 

 and moderate or bad in twenty-eight. In the departments 

 growing spring wheat the crop was reported to be good or 

 very good in thirty-two, fair in four, and moderate or bad in 

 four. Rye was reported to be good or very good in seventy- 

 six departments ; in sixteen 't was considered fair, and in 

 eight moderate. 



Oats were estimated to be good or very good in sixty-five 

 departments ; in seventeen fair, and in four moderate or bad. 



The condition of barley was reported to be good or very good 

 in sixty departments ; in sixteen it was fair, and in four moderate 

 or bad. 



