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REPORT^ ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



[Dec. 1§94. 



Tlie estimated acreage and total production of wheat, barley, 

 oats, and rye in the last harvest, and in 1893 are shown 

 below : — 





1894. 



1893. 



1894. 



1893. 



Wheat 

 Barley 

 Rye - 

 Oats - 



Acres. 

 3,441,000 



395,000 

 1,382,000 



640,000 



Acres. 

 3,174,000 



353,000 

 1,462,000 



614,000 



Bushels. 

 42,255,000 



5,593,000 

 16,391,000 



9,714,000 



Bushels. 

 58,257,000 

 7,464,000 

 34,545,000 

 14,804,000 



It will be observed that the area sown with wheat, barley, 

 and oats this year was larger than that devoted to these crops 

 in 1893 ; but in spite of the increased area there was a 

 considerable diminution in the production of each of these 

 grains. 



The yield per acre of wheat and barley is stated to have been 

 12*3 bushels and 14*2 bushels respectively, as compared with 

 18*4 bushels and 21*1 bushels in 1893. In the case of rye, the 

 production per acre is estimated to have been just half of what 

 it was in 1893 ; while the yield per acre of oats in 1894 is 

 calculated to have been 15 bushels only, or nine bushels less 

 than the production per acre in 1893. 



Crops in Sweden. 



In a despatch recently received from Mr. M. S. Constable, 

 Her Majesty's Consul at Stockholm, referring to the Swedish 

 harvest of 1894, it is stated that the cereal crops this year have 

 been fully up to the average. Straw was plentiful and of good 

 quality ; the yield of wheat was considerably above, but that of 

 rye somewhat below, the average. The hay crop from permanent 

 pastures is said to have been good and well got in. The potato 

 crop was poor and damaged in Gotaland, it was better in 

 Svealand, and very good over nearly the whole of Norrland. 

 Boot crops appear to have been quite up to the average. 



