Dec. 1895.] 



REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



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There was an increase in 1894-95 of over 20 per cent, in the 

 area devoted to peas, the figures being 12,465 acres as compared 

 with 10,138 acres, while the estimated produce is given as 217,830 

 bushels, which exceeds the previous year's record by 22,710 

 bushels. There was also an increase of 4,327 acres in the area 

 sown with potatoes, as compared with 1893-94, when it was 

 19,068 acres. The estimated yield in the season of 1894-95 is 

 returned at 3*87 tons per acre, representing a total production of 

 90,810 tons. 



There was a considerable increase in the number of live stock, 

 notably in the number of sheep, which increased from 1,535,000 

 in 1898-94 to 1,727,000 in 1894-95. Pigs also increased by 

 13,668 on a total of 52,000 in 1893-94. 



The area of apple and pear orchards was 11,068 acres and the 

 estimated yield 677,675 bushels of apples, and 29,183 bushels of 

 pears. 



Crops in Roumania. 



A recent number of the Curierul Financiar contained the 

 official preliminary estimates of the acreage and yield of the 

 principal cereal crops in Roumania in 1895 ; the figures are 

 reproduced in the table below, together with those for 1894 : — 



Cereal. 



1895. 



1894. 



1895. 



1894. 



Wheat 



Rye - - - - 

 Barley - - - 

 Oats - - - - 



Acres. 

 3,551,000 



537,000 

 1,365,000 



668,000 



Acres. 

 3,441,000 



395,000 

 1,382,000 



649,000 



Bushels. 

 66,384,000 



8,968,000 

 21,696,000 

 10,053,917 



Bushels. 

 42,255,000 



5,592,000 

 16,391,000 



9,714,000 



The yield of wheat and rye is stated to have been 18'7 bushels 

 and 16*7 bushels per acre as compared with 12*3 and 14'2 

 bushels per acre in 1894. The production of barley, though 

 showing an increase of five million bushels, was still considerably 

 below the production of 1893, when the yield of this cereal 

 amounted to 34,545,000 bushels. The yield of oats was 15 

 bushels per acre, or about the same as in the previous year. 



