Reports ox Foreign Crops. 



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Crops in Austria. 



In the report issued by the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture 

 in the middle of August, it was stated that the rye harvest 

 in Austria was nearly over, while the w^heat harvest was also 

 completed in the southern districts, and was in progress 

 elsewhere. Although these crops had not come up to 

 expectations everywhere, the yield of grain was considered 

 to be generally a good one both in quality and quantity. 

 Barley was expected to furnish only a moderate crop, and 

 the quality of the grain was not generally satisfactory. 

 The oat harvest was yielding better results, and the condi- 

 tion of this crop was more hopeful than that of barley. 

 Maize was very backward, and was not expected to recover 

 from, the eeffcts of the cold weather of July. 



Potatoes were generally a good crop ; and the hay 

 harvest turned out well. — Wiener LandivirtJischaftliche 

 Zeitung, Aug. 21, 1898. 



Crops in Hungary. 



The Wienci' Laiidwirtschaftliche Zeitung, of the 4th August 

 last, quoting from the reports of the Hungarian Ministry of 

 Agriculture, stated that the corn harvest was for the 

 most part over and threshing was in progress. Wheat and 

 rye were in quantity an average crop, while barley and oats 

 were somewhat over average ; the quality was generally over 

 average. The yield of these cereals was expected to be as 

 follows : — Wheat, 14,923,000 qrs., or 17-5 bshls. per acre; rye, 

 4,442,000 qrs., or 16 bshls. per acre; barley, 7,358,000 qrs., 

 or 21*5 bshls. per acre; and oats, 8,602,000 qrs., or 26-4 bshls, 

 per acre. All these are considerably better than last year. 

 Other crops were generally average or good, but rain was 

 required in many instances, especially for maize. Vines, 

 and fruit generally, however, promised to be below the 

 average. 



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