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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



[June 1896. 



where the crops were about to be collected, are stated to have 

 been very severe. The rain was expected to injure the linseed 

 crop in some places. The crop of potatoes this year promises 

 to be exceptionally good. It is calculated that between Rosario 

 and Arroyo Medio there are 25,000 acres under potatoes. 

 Alfafa is reported to be in good condition. 



Crops in Denmark. 



According to the Ugeskrift for Landmaend, the condition of 

 winter sown cereals at the beginning of May was everywhere 

 promising, while the spring sowings were nearly completed. 

 Malting barley had come up well. 



In a few districts the cows had been put out to grass, and 

 but for the cold winds this would have been more general. 

 Meadows and pastures were in good condition, but rain was 

 wanted. The sowing of sugar beet was in full swing. 



The preliminary official estimates of the Danish harvest of 

 1895 were published in the Berlingske Tidende of April 24th 

 last. The estimated production of the principal crops is as 

 follows: wheat, 4,419,000 bushels; rye, 17,124,000 bushels; 

 barley, 22,328,000 bushels; oats, 37,904,000 bushels; and 

 potatoes, 19,635,000 bushels. 



Crops in France. 



The dry weather which prevailed in France during the early 

 spring did not cause any apparent injury to the wheat and rye 

 crops during April, although the rainfall was much below the 

 average during that month, Oats generally, in the southern 

 districts especially, were, however, beginning to be affected by 

 the continued drought. Little or no rain fell in France during 

 the first fortnight in May, and according to the Journal d' Agri- 

 culture Pratique, the grain crops, particularly in light soils, 

 suffered to a considerable extent in the Central, Northern, 

 Eastern, and Western agricultural districts. In the South-west 

 of France, the crops, with the exception of the vine, were 

 seriously compromised, and the hay harvest was reported to be 

 almost doomed. 



Crops in Germany. 



The prospects in this country may be considered fairly 

 favourable, the condition of all the crops being between 

 "average" and "good." The following figures, indicating the 



