Sept. 1894.] 



CROP PROSPECTS ABROAD. 



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in Northern Italy, but it varies, and is on the whole mediocre 

 in other parts of the kingdom. 



Buckwheat is reported to have suffered from drought in 

 Piedmont, Emilia, and some other provinces, but the crop })ro- 

 mised to be abundant in the mountainous districts of the South 

 and in some parts of Central Italy, where sufficient rain had 

 fallen. Vines were generally healthy and promising. There had 

 been heavy damage by hail in the province of Brescia. 



Grasses were suffering from drought, except in Lombardy and 

 Yenetia and the greater part of Liguria. 



Crop Prospects in the Netherlands. 



The Nederlandsch Landbouw Weehblad publishes a series of 

 reports on the condition of the crops at the beginning of August 

 in the Netherlands. At that date rye and oats in the province 

 of Utrecht promised an abundant yield, and wheat was expected 

 to be over the average crop. Peas and beans were calculated to 

 be a full crop. The outlook for hay was promising and an 

 abundant yield was anticipated, with favourable weather for 

 getting in the crop. Potatoes were doing well everywhere, 

 except in districts where disease was prevalent. As regards 

 orchards, pears were reported to be much above the average, 

 but apples were on the whole poor. 



In North Brabant all the cereals were stated to be well over 

 the average, and peas and beans promised a good yield. Potatoes 

 were free from disease and an abundant crop was expected. 

 Hay was calculated to yield an over-average crop. Fruit trees 

 were laden with fruit, and pears were especially promising. 



Wheat and barley are little grown in Friesland, but both 

 these and the remaining cereals, as well as beans and peas, were 

 reported to be quite up to the average. Potatoes were on the 

 whole excellent, but the early varieties had suffered from frosts, 

 and the disease had made its appearance amongst them in some 

 districts. 



Hay was reported to be doubtful, the crop varying very much 

 in different districts. Mice and caterpillars have done much 

 injury to pastures here and there. 



Crop Prospects in Poland. 



Mr. H. Grant, Her Majesty's Consul-General at Warsaw, 

 writing on July 30th as to the harvest prospects in the kingdom 

 of Poland, stated that the prospects were at that date, generally 

 speaking, very promising. This was especially the case with 

 regard to spring crops, an unusually fine yield of oats being 

 anticipated. The rye harvest had commenced under favourable 

 conditions in most of the Governments. 



In most of the ten Governments winter crops promised well, 

 although growth had been retarded by rain and wind, whilst in 



