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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



[Dec. 1896. 



the total deficiency, as compared with the average yield, will 

 extend to 48,229,714 cwts. 



The following statement shows in detail the yield of the 

 grain crops in the Black and non-Black Soil Provinces of 

 European Russia : — 



Cereal. 



Average, 

 1883-95. 



In 1896. 



Rye 



Wheat, winter sown - 

 „ spriDg sown - 

 Oats ... 

 Barley - 



Cwts. 



321,746,464 

 41,130,000 

 93,574,286 



173,901,214 

 70,961,143 



Cwts. 



312,289,721 

 36,438,750 

 85,085,357 



169,725,857 

 66,620,571 



The flax and hemp crops proved to be not wholly satisfactory, 

 and in the south they mostly yielded poor results owing to 

 drought and disease. 



The potato crop was generally a good one, with the exception 

 of the new Russian Southern Provinces, where the yield was a 

 poor one. 



The beetroot crop promised an average yield in quantity, 

 being also good, according to some reports, in quality. The 

 approximate yield is reckoned at 5,515,914 tons, as compared 

 with 5,137,096 tons obtained in 1895. 



The Official Messenger of Finance, Viestnik Financov, contains 

 the preliminary official estimates of the Russian Ministry of 

 Agriculture relating to the yields of the several varieties of grain 

 in the 50 governments of European Russia and in Poland for 

 this year and for 1895. The results are as follows : — 



Cereal. 



1896. 



1895. 



Rye - 

 Winter wheat - 

 Spring wheat - 



Oats - ... _ 

 Barley - 



Bushels. 

 671,679,930 



80,413,605 

 152,919,425 

 539,939,290 

 162,183,160 



Bushels. 

 705,884,490 



97,995,949 

 149,443,000 

 579,642,660 

 170,918,940 



