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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



[Sept. 1896, 



Potatoes, on the other hand, were very unequal in condition, 

 the reports pointing on the whole to an indifferent yield. Sugar- 

 beet had improved and promised to be a good average crop. 

 Roots were generally satisfactory. 



The hay crop had turned out to be more abundant than had 

 been anticipated, and slightly exceeded the average. Clover 

 and grasses under rotation varied in different districts, and no 

 general estimate could be given of their condition. 



In most of the vine districts the vines promised well, particu- 

 larly in Carinthia and the greater part of Styria. The outlook 

 for the fruit crop- was unsatisfactory except in a few districts. 



Crops in Denmark. 



According to the reports published in the Berlingske Tidende 

 and the Ugeskrift for Landmcend in J uly and August, the wheat 

 and rye crops in Denmark were expected to turn out well, both 

 as regards quantity and quality. Much of the grain had been cut 

 and harvested. Barley promised to be a fair crop, but cutting 

 had scarcely begun by the beginning of August, and oats were 

 even more backward. Potatoes required rain to develop the 

 tubers. 



As regards turnips, swedes, and mangolds, the outlook was 

 not encouraging. Rain was much needed in many districts, and 

 it was feared that the 3 T ield would be, in any case, short of the 

 average. Grass on permanent pastures and meadows was also 

 reported to be generally poor and scanty. 



The Ugeskrift for Landmcend states that the yield of the crops 

 in Denmark in the year 1895 gave the following total results : — 



Crop. 



Total Yield- 



Crop. 



Total Yield. 



Wheat - 

 Rye - 

 Barley - 

 Oats - 

 Buckwheat 



Bushels. 

 4,408,000 

 17,100,000 

 22,306,000 

 37,886,000 

 760,000 



Peas and beans - 

 Potatoes 

 Roots - 



Sugar-beet 



Bushels. 

 798,000 

 19,608,000 

 79,192,000 1 

 Cwts. 

 8,328,600 



In the annual report of Captain Boyle, Her Majesty's Consul 

 at Copenhagen, the gross value of the harvest in 1895 for the 

 whole country was calculated to be about 15,750,000?., of which 

 8,100,000?. is for the islands, and 7,650,000?. for Jutland. The 

 value in 1895 compared with 1894 shows an increase of about 

 1,150,000?., but is 1,050,000?. less than the average for the last 

 five years. The increase in value in 1895 compared with 1894 

 is due to the fact that all the different crops with the exception 

 of buckwheat, gave a larger yield than in 1894, though the 

 prices, with a few exceptions, were lower. 



