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KEPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



[June 1895. 



damaged cotton, and in Sind the plentiful flooding an d rainfall 

 of the year had raised the area under wheat to some 18 per cent, 

 above that of the previous year. 



In consequence of the excessive rainfall of the autumn and the 

 prevalent cloudiness of the winter, the crop had in many parts 

 of India been attacked by rust. No reports of the presence of 

 this disease had been received from the Punjab or Bengal, but in 

 various parts of Sind and Bombay, in the Berars and the 

 North-Western Provinces, and more especially in the Central 

 Provinces, the crop had been not a little damaged thereby, ^mii 



The prospects in the Punjab were good, and in Bengal the 

 outturn was expected to be little short of a full average. In 

 Northern Bombay the outlook was good, and in Sind fair to good, 

 but in Southern Bombay it was generally unpromising, and in 

 Berar an 11 -anna crop only was looked for. In the Central 

 Provinces, where the attack of rust, though widespread and rapid, 

 did not commence till late in the season, the early sowings were 

 expected to give a 14 to 16-anna outturn, while it was antici- 

 pated that even the later crop, if duly favoured by weather, would 

 probably not give less than a 12-anna yield. The estimates of 

 outturn in the North- Western Provinces and Oudh ranged from 

 a half crop in the east of the united provinces to a three-quarter 

 crop in the west. 



Crops in Italy. 



In a report published by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture 

 at the end of April, it was stated that the grain crops and 

 grasses were in an excellent condition at that period. Heavy 

 rains had impeded the sowing of buckwheat in many provinces. 

 In some districts of Calabria and Sicily the young plants had 

 suffered from drought. 



Crops in Roumania. 



The condition of winter-sown grains in Roumania as reported 

 by the Curierul Financiar at the end of April last was generally 

 satisfactory. In some of the southern districts injury had been 

 done by the floods and the melting of snow, but the inunda- 

 tions soon subsided and no serious loss is anticipated from this 

 cause. 



Crops in Russia. 



An official report upon the condition of crops in Russia on 

 April 13tli last indicated that wheat presented a favourable 

 appearance. Spring frosts had given rise to some anxiety in 

 some of the districts of the Volga and the Black Soil or Cher- 

 noziom region In the Wisla Governments the crops had been 



