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CROP PROSPECTS ABROAD. 



[Sept. 1894. 



the Governments of Lomza, Kielce, and Lublin hailstorms had 

 inflicted damage estimated at nearly 2,000/^., and in that of 

 Siedlce the crops suffered from spring frosts and a drought in 

 May. Damage was in this way done to both wheat and rye. 



Spring crops also suflered from the same causes, but were still 

 very promising up to August, with the exception of buckwheat 

 and millet in the Government of Kalisz. 



Oats and barley were reported to be splendid in the Govern- 

 ment of Warsaw. The root crop was in good condition every- 

 where. 



Grass grew well, but the quality of the hay was severely 

 deteriorated by rain. Floods occurred on the left bank of the 

 Vistula, and in many districts of the Government of Lomza 

 caused the loss of the entire crop of hay, whilst the hay was also 

 to a large extent spoilt in the Governments of Kielce, Lublin, 

 and Siedlce. 



Potatoes also suffered from the rain in June, but favourable 

 accounts of them were subsequently received from all districts 

 except the Government of Piotrkow. 



Crop Prospects in Roumania. 



According to the Curierul Financiar of August 5th, harvest- 

 ing and threshing were proceeding at that date everywhere in 

 Roumania under the best possible conditions. Wheat was of 

 good quality, but maize had not fully developed owing to the 

 effects of the drought, and in some districts it was feared the 

 crop would be twenty per cent, inferior to that of last year. 



Crop Prospects in Russia. 



Mr. J. Michell, Her Majesty's Consul-General at St. Peters- 

 burg, writing on August 17, states that according to a state- 

 ment published by the Russian Department of Agriculture the 

 rye crop is expected to be above the average over a considerable 

 area of the black soil provinces, and a good yield is looked for in 

 the other provinces of the Russian Empire. An average crop of 

 winter wheat is anticipated, but the general yield is likely to 

 be under the average in consequence of diminished sowings in 

 many districts, especially in the south. Spring-sown crops are 

 expected to prove almost generally good, with the exception of 

 maize, millet, and buckwheat, which were injured by rain in 

 some parts. Oats, barley, and peas promised well. Spring wheat 

 will furnish an average yield. There has been a good hay crop. 



The British Yice-Consul at Helsingfors reports that in 

 Finland the chief crops were on the whole very promising and 

 unusally early. The harvest may now be considered as secured. 

 The hay crop in Finland was an average one, both in quantity 

 and quality. 



