38S 



REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



[March 1897. 



Crops in Sweden. 



The Board have received the preliminary official summary of 

 the results of the Swedish harvest of last year. The following 

 table shows the estimated yields of the principal crops in 1896 

 as compared with the average for the ten years 1886-95 : — 



Crops. 



1896. 



1886-95. 



Wheat 



Rye ------- 



Barley - 



Oats- - - - - - 



Peas and beans - 



Bushels. 



4,527,875 

 23,283,150 

 13,944,700 

 54,356,225 



1,671,450 



Bushels. 



3,969,350 

 20,907,975 

 14,107,225 

 60,346,550 



1,720,125 



Potatoes ------ 



61,634,650 



51,992,875 



The average weight of wheat grain per bushel in 1896 was 

 estimated at 62*7 lbs., which was slightly above the average 

 for the last 20 years. The weights of the other cereal grains 

 were also rather above the average, being 58| lbs. for rye. 

 50J lbs. for barley, and 38 lbs. for oats. 



Crops in Manitoba. 



According to the final crop bulletin of Manitoba for 1896, 

 which gives the actual yield of the various kinds of grain, the 

 estimated yield as given in the August bulletin has not been 

 realised. The crops were lighter on the ground, there was less 

 straw, and the heads were not so well filled as was expected on 

 the 1st of August. The following table gives a summary of the 

 latest ascertained yields of the principal crops, of the province: — 



Crop. 



Acreage. 



Production. 



1896. 



1895. 



1896. 



1895. 



Wheat 

 Oats 

 Barley 

 Potatoes 



Acres. 

 999,598 

 442,445 

 127,885 



12,260 



Acres. 

 1,140,276 

 482,658 

 153,839 

 16,716 



Bushels. 

 14,371,806 

 12,502,318 

 3,171,747 

 1,962,490 



Bushels. 

 31,775,038 

 22,555,733 

 5,645,036 

 4,042,562 



The average yield of wheat for the whole province was only 

 14-33 bushefs per acre against 27*86 bushels in the previous 

 year, but the greater part of this is of a high grade, No. 1 or 

 No. 2 hard. The expense of harvesting and threshing has not 

 amounted to more than one half of the cost of saving last year's 



