Dec. 1896.] 



REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



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Crops in France. 



The official preliminary estimates of the yields of the principal 

 cereals in France in the harvest of 1896 have been published in 

 the Journal Ojjiciel. 



The figures of the acreage and production converted into 

 English equivalents are shown in the following table, together 

 with the estimates for 1895 : — 



Crops. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



Wheat 



Barley - ... 

 Oats 



Rye ... 



Acres. 

 17,103,634 

 2,172,338 

 9,678,211 

 3,728,438 



Acres. 

 17,294,122 

 2,199,997 

 9,803,274 

 3,787,823 



Bushels. 

 326,989.019 



47,866,362 

 253,196,982 



67,130,415 



Bushels. 

 329,911,299 



46,790,524 

 260,913,821 



69,210,963 



Crops in Italy. 



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

 and oats in Italy in 1896 has been published in the Bollettino 

 di notizie Agrarie. 



Wheat is estimated to have yielded 133,752,663 bushels in 

 1896 against 114,122,173 last year, an increase of about 17 per 

 cent. The yields both of barley and oats compare favourably 

 with those of the previous year ; in the case of barley the 

 estimated yield is 19 J per cent, in excess of the production of 

 1895, the figures being 8,591,258 bushels against 7,204,252 

 bushels, while the oat crop is estimated to have yielded 

 21,577,050 bushels; in 1895 it yielded 18,599,724 bushels. 



Crops in Roumania. 



The official preliminary estimates of the acreage and yield of 

 the principal cereal crops in Roumania in 1896 have been 

 published in a recent number of the Curierul Financiar, and 

 are reproduced in the table below, together with those for 

 1895 :— 



Cereal. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



1895. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Wheat - - 



3,717,868 



3,551,860 



68,993,925 



66,384,725 



Rye 



601,199 



537,373 



11,839,025 



8,968,025 



Barley 



1,501,019 



1,365,045 



30,804,675 



21,696,400 



Oats - 



696,219 



668,184 



14,265,075 



10,054,000 



