MaTch 1895.] 



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The following table gives the figures as regards wheat only, 

 and the mean for groups of departments : — 



Divisions. 



Area under 

 Wheat compared 

 ■with 1894. 



Condition of 



Crop 

 at the End of 

 January, 1895. 



North-AS'est region 

 North region 

 North-east region 

 West region 

 Central region 

 Eastern region 

 South-west region 

 Southern region 

 South-east region 

 Corsica 



98 

 97 

 100 

 100 

 97 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 93 

 90 



76 

 92 

 94 

 90 

 89 

 86 

 91 

 85 

 89 

 80 



An analysis of the figures for each department shows that 

 there has been an increase of wheat acreage, compared with the 

 year 1893-4, in the following departments : — an increase of 

 20 per cent, in Maine-et-Loire, of 10 per cent, in Haute-Marne, 

 of 5 per cent, in Calvados and Belfort (Haut-Rhin), of 4 per 

 cent in Basses-Pyrenees, and of 2 per cent, in Haute Garonne. 

 In 35 departments, the acreage under wheat is the same as 

 in the previous year, and there has been a diminution of from 

 1 to 5 per cent, in 37 departments. The decrease has 

 been 8 per cent, in Eure ; 10 per cent, in the Pas-de-Calais, 

 Haute-Loire, and Corsica ; 12 per cent, in Alpes-Mari times ; 

 15 per cent, in Gers and in Gard ; 20 per cent, in Loir-et-Cher, 

 and 25 per cent, in Bouches-du-E,h6ne. 



As regards the condition of the crops at the end of January, 

 the index number 100 was applied to 28 departments ; 54 de- 

 partments ranged from 99 to 80 ; and the crops of the remaining 

 5 departments were classed as follows :— Aveyron, 75 ; Loire, 

 65 ; Corsica, 60 ; lUe-et-Yilaine, 37 ; C6tes-du-Nord, 30. 



