March 1896.] REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 429 



The yield of the various grain crops is stated to have been as 

 follows : — 



Crops. 



Austria. 



Hungary. 



Wheat - _ - - 

 Rye ----- 

 Barley . - - - 

 Oats - _ - - 



Bushels. 

 40,000,000 

 60,500,000 

 58,500,000 

 102,500,000 



Bushels. 

 152,500,000 

 42,000,000 

 53,500,000 

 62,000,000 



The Austrian wheat and rye crops of 1895 were inferior to 

 those of the preceding five years, excepting 1891 ; whilst the 

 barley and oat crops exceeded tiie quinquennial average. 



In Hungary, the crops were better in 1895 than in 1894. The 

 area devoted to temporary pastures is tending to increase in this 

 country from year to year, as is also the cultivation of sugar 

 beet. 



Belgian Harvest in 1895. 



The approximate results of the Belgian harvest in 1895 were 

 given in a recent number of the Moniteur Beige. The following 

 table shows the estimated average yield per acre of the principal 

 cereal crops in 1895 compared with the estimates of the four 

 preceding years : — 



Crops. 



1891. 



1892. 



1893. 



1894. 



1895. 





Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Bushels, 



Bushels. 



Bushels. 



Wheat - 



23-4 



29-7 



25-6 



28-9 



28-5 



Eye - 



22-3 



31-4 



28-9 



32-3 



29-3 



Barley - - - - 



33-4 



42-0 



32-3 



37'9 



39'5 



Oats - - - - 



46-8 



42-3 



31-2 



44-5 



41-2 



Taking the acreage of wheat and rye on the basis of the last 

 agi'icultural census (1880) at about 1,358,500 acres, the total 

 production of these cereals in 1895 would amount to 39,825,000 

 bushels, or about 1,925,000 bushels less than last year. With- 

 out allowing for the returns from mixed corn and from buck- 

 wheat, rind leaving out of consideration the requirements for 

 seeds, the approximate deficit in 1895 is estimated at 11,000,000 

 bushels. 



Potatoes proved to be a very fair crop, the quality being 

 generally satisfactory, and in some districts very good. The 

 returns per acre during the past four years have been 8 tons 

 2 cwt. in 1892 ; 7 tons 6 cwt. in 1893; 4 tons 17 cwt. in 1894; 

 6i tons in 1895. 



