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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



Crops in the United States. 



The yield of maize in the United States, according to the 

 report of the United States Department of Agriculture, of 

 November ist, was estimated at 24 8 bushels per acre. The 

 acreage under this crop had been returned in July at about 

 97 per cent, of that in 1897, which would indicate a total 

 area of about 77,692^000 acres, so that the total production 

 of this cereal works out to something like 1,927 million 

 bushels. 



The yield of barley was returned as 2i'6 bushels per acre, 

 which, upon the 2,575,000 acres estim.ated to have been sown 

 with this cereal, would give a total production of about 

 55,620,000 bushels. The yield of 27-8 bushels of oats per 

 acre corresponds to a total of 703,868,000 bushels, the area 

 being about 25,319,000 acres. 



Of other crops, the area under potatoes appears to be eibout 

 2,568,000 acres, and the average yield of this tuber amounted 

 to 7 5 -2 bushels per acre, equivalent to a total production of 

 193,000,000 bushels. The area under hay was estimated at 

 about 42,766,000 acres, the production at 1-55 tons per acre, 

 the highest on record (the ten-year mean being 1-23 tons) : 

 the total amounting thus to nearly 66,300,000 tons, which is 

 stated to be the largest crop ever gathered. The apple 

 reports continue to show a decline in condition. 



The usual final estimates of wheat (of which the area, as 

 mentioned in a previous num.ber of this Journal, was put at 

 about 43 million acres) had not, at the time of going to 

 press, yet been issued, being withheld pending further 

 information. 



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