196 REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. D^ec. 1894. 



together with the final estimates of the crops of the previous 

 year for purposes of comparison : — 





1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



Wheat - 



Bailey . ^ * 

 Oats - 

 iiye - 



Acres. 

 17,212,800 

 2,319,332 

 9,517,991 

 5,866,829 



Acres. 

 17,468,457 

 2,093,660 

 9,490,955 

 3,779,403 



Bushels. 

 332,757,647 



54,813,396 

 270,337,325 



74,102,979 



Bushels. 

 268,928,220 



33,662,747 

 172,044,191 



61,918,089 



Crops in Germany. 



The latest official report received by the Board on the condition 

 of crops in Germany is dated October 22nd last, and refers only 

 to Prussia. A primary estimate of the production of wheat in 

 that Kingdom shows winter wheat to have yielded about 25 • 1 

 bushels per acre, while the yield of summer wheat is calculated 

 at 24 • 4 bushels per acre. In the previous year the yields of 

 these grains were 27 bushels and 21 • 9 bushels per acre, 

 respectively. From these figures it would appear that the crop 

 of this year will be inferior to that harvested in 1893, for 

 although an increase is recorded in the production of spring 

 wheat, there has been a decline in that of the winter-sown 

 grain, and the area under the latter is 11 to 12 times greater 

 than the surface sown with spring wheat. 



Summer barley is estimated to have yielded 82 • S bushels per 

 ■acre as compared with 27 bushels last year. 



Tlie quality of both wheat and barley is said to have been 

 f^^eriously deteriorated by weeds and damp. In the western 

 provinces the quality of the grain appears to have been so 

 inferior that large quantities have been set aside as unsaleable, 

 except for feeding to stock. 



At the date of the report, no estimate could be furnished of 

 the yield of rye, as threshing operations had been delayed by 

 the lateness of the harvest. 



Potatoes gave prospects of a crop below the average, both in 

 quality and quantity. In heavy lands considerable quantities of 

 the tubers appear to have rotted owing to the heavy rains. 

 Some districts report from 50 to 80 per cent, of the crop as 

 diseased. 



Sowings for 3 895 were proceeding without much interruption, 

 but, in a few districts, continued wet weather delayed the sowing 

 of winter grain. 



