Dec, 1894.] 



REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS, 



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Crops in Italy. 



The official preliminary forecast of the yield of wheat, barley, 

 and oats in Italy in the harvest of 1894 has been published in 

 the Bollettino di Notizie Agrarie for August. 



Wheat is estimated to have yielded 119,167,000 bushels as com- 

 pared with a crop in 1898 of 131,048,000 bushels : a decrease of 

 nearly twelve million bushels. Barley, on the other hand, is 

 reported to have furnished a crop exceeding that of last year by 

 150,000 bushels, the estimates being 7,801,000 bushels and 

 7,679,000 bushels respectively. The total production of oats is 

 estimated to have been 15,335,000 bushels this season, whereas 

 in 1893 the crop was 17,737,000 bushels. 



The latest official statements are to the effect that autumn sow- 

 ing had proceeded satisfactorily, and reports from most districts 

 indicated that germination had taken place under the best 

 conditions except in the Marches and Umbria, where the rainfall 

 had been deficient. 



Crops in the Netherlands. 



According to the Lanclhouw Weehhlad, the recent official 

 reports as to the results of the harvest in the Netherlands 

 indicate that the yields of cereals and roots have turned out far 

 from satisfactory. Heavy rains and hailstorms during the 

 month of August seriously injured the crops in many districts. 

 Large areas of wheat and other grains were laid, and the plants 

 sprouted. Considerable quantities of flax rotted in the fields, 

 and the pea crop turned out for the most part a complete 

 failure. 



The out-turn of roots is reported to have been poor both in 

 quality and quantity. Potatoes were affected with disease in 

 many localities. 



The hay crop, c^n the other hand, appears to have been very 

 satisfactory ; but in many districts the hay was rendered 

 worthless by floods. 



Crops in Roumania. 



The preliminary official estimates of the yield of the principal 

 cereal crops in 1894 in Eoumania have recently been published 

 by the Minister of Agriculture of that Kingdom, 



