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EEPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



[Dec. 1395. 



Crops in the Netherlands. 



According to the Landbouw Weekhlad, the official reports as 

 to the results of this year's harvest in the Netherlands indicated 

 that the cereal crop was on the whole satisfactory, though the 

 shortness of the straw had been a subject of complaint in many 

 districts. It appears that wheat was grown on a smaller area 

 than that of last year owing to the low prices prevailing for 

 this cereal. Oats are stated to have yielded abundantly every- 

 where except in the provinces of Groningen and Utrecht. 



The reports as to the potato crop all pointed to an exception- 

 ally good crop ; on the whole, very little disease was noticed, 

 and where it made its appearance it generally affected the 

 earlier varieties. Mangolds and roots were returned as satis- 

 factory both as regards quantity and quality. 



The hay crop is reported to have been abundant, and was 

 harvested in remarkably good condition. 



Crops in Servia. 



According to the Curierul Financiar, the production of 

 wheat this year in Servia is 8,800,000 bushels. The yield of 

 barley has amounted to 1,540,000 bushels. After allowing for 

 the requirements of the country it is estimated that there will 

 remain a surplus of these two grains available for exportation 

 amounting to 2,566,666 bushels, as compared with 2,200,000 

 bushels last year. The area under wheat is estimated to have 

 been 988,000 acres, which is 25 per cent, more than the area in 

 1894. The area under barley was 172,900 acres. 



Crops in Sweden. 



The Board have received a despatch from the Foreign Office 

 containing the official harvest returns for the different provinces 

 of Sweden which have been recently published by the Royal 

 Statistical Bureau of Stockholm. These returns also give a 

 general estimate of the crops for the country as a whole, as is 

 shown in the following table : — 



Crop. 



1895. 



Wheat - - - - 

 Rye - - - - 

 Barley _ - - - 

 Oats _ - - - 

 Potatoes - - - - 



Bushels. 



3,400,000 

 18,100,000 

 13,100,000 

 62,500,000 

 50,100,000 



