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Reports on Foreign Crops. 



of the principal crops in 1897, as compared with the average 

 for the previous five years : — 





Area. 



Production. 





1897. 



Average 

 1892-96. 



1897. 



Average 

 1892-96. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Wheat 



3,596,400 



3,524,900 



35,321,800 



59,690,400 



Rye 



544>300 



443, 100 



6,584,300 



7,670,300 



Barley 



1,570,700 



1,419,600 



20,569,200 



24,692,000 



Oats 



659,200 



638,500 



9,547,700 



11,947,100 



Maize 



4,173,000 



4,551,600 



77,308,800 



64,297,700 



Colza 



109,500 



125,100 



1,308,400 



1,362,300 



Millet 



160,800 



222,800 



3,026,700 



1,934,100 



The yield of wheat in 1897 was only 9-8 bushels per acre, 

 as compared with an average of 17 bushels during the 

 previous five years ; the yields of rye, barley, and oats were 

 also considerably below the average ; in the case of maize, 

 however, the reverse was the case, the yield per acre being 

 larger than in any year since 1892, and 4*4 bushels above the 

 five-year average. The area under millet was low, being 

 160,780 acres, against 222,770 acres in the period 1892-96 ; but 

 the production amounted to 3,026,700 bushels, or a yield per 

 acre of 18*9 bushels, as compared with an average of 8*7 

 bushels. Flax was grown on 69,200 acres, and the yield of 

 seed was 654,900 bushels. The production of potatoes 

 amounted to 1,085,700 cwts., and of tobacco to 74,400 cwts. 

 The area of meadow and pasture land was 1,433,600 acres. 



' . The Russian Harvest of 1897. 



In the March number of the Journal data were 

 published of the preliminary estimates of the production of 

 cereals in Russia in 1897. Copies of the detailed official 

 returns of the Central Statistical Committee have since been 

 received, and from these it is possible to give particulars of 

 the results of the harvest in the several principal divisions of 

 the Empire. 



