Sept. 1894.] 



CROP PROSPECTS ABROAD. 



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Potatoes in sixty-seven departments were good or very good ; 

 in eighteen fair, and in one moderate. 



Later advices published in the Journal d' Agriculture 

 Pratique were to the effect that at the beginning of August the 

 wheat harvest promised to be one of the best reaped for some 

 years. Beetroot and potatoes also looked well. The vintage 

 seemed almost as plentiful a;S in 1893. There was abundance 

 of fodder. The crops as a whole contrasted very favourably 

 with those of last year. 



Crop Prospects in Germany. 



The Board of Agriculture have received from the Imperial 

 Statistical Bureau, Berlin, an official report on the condition of 

 the crops in Germany in the middle of July last, and a later 

 report, for Prussia only, dealing with the condition of the crops 

 in August. 



Winter and spring wheat were reported to be moderately 

 good; rye promised to be an over-average crop, and barley 

 and oats were only slightly inferior to rye. The August report 

 for Prussia stated, however, that rye had not come up to the 

 expectations of the previous month and that, the yield of grain 

 would be much below that of last year. 



In some districts of South Germany the winter-sown grains 

 were more or less damaged by heavy rains in the first fort- 

 night of July, and in various localities the wheat was affected 

 with rust. Complaints were also not infrequent of injury 

 done by the Hessian fly and the frit fly. In the Province of 

 Posen the wheat-fields presented a particularly unfavourable 

 aspect, and in Prussia generally the wheat crop was reported in 

 August to be far from satisfactory. 



Spring-sown grains were looking well. In Central and South 

 Germany barley and oats were laid in many districts by the 

 hail and rain storms. Weeds were a subject of complaint in 

 several localities. In Prussia barley had been got in in good 

 condition in the Eastern provinces, but it was much injured by 

 rain in the west. Oats were reported to be a good crop in 

 Prussia. 



Potatoes were on the whole reported to be strong and 

 healthy in July, but according to the August report a full crop 

 is not expected in Prussia. Peas were nearly everywhere in 

 Prussia affected with powdery mildew, and it was feared that, 

 in spite of their otherwise good condition, the yield would be 

 smail. 



A special inquiry was made as to the condition of orchards 

 in the Prussian provinces, and out of 2,651 correspondents 

 1,708 reported that the production of fruit was not likely to 



