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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



Crops in India. 



The second general memorandum on the wheat crop of the 

 season 1900-01, issued in March last, stated that in northern. 

 India all the conditions had pointed to a crop of unusual 

 excellence, but that the prolongation of rainy and cloudy 

 weather into February had moderated this expectation, and 

 that rust had developed in some districts. In the Punjab the 

 area was estimated at about 8,453,000 acres, sowings having 

 been greatly increased owing to favourable rains. It was 

 expected that the crop would prove the largest on record, in 

 spite of the presence of rust. In the North- West Provinces 

 and Oudh the rain had been very heavy, and proved injurious 

 on irrigated lands, while rust was reported everywhere. A 

 yield of 80 to 90 per cent, of the normal was expected in 

 most districts. In Bengal the area was a little more than 

 the average, and there were prospects of a crop 5 per cent, 

 above the average. In the Central Provinces the conditions 

 were good, but the area placed under wheat (about 2,040,000 

 acres), although above the preceding year, was compara- 

 tively small. A normal yield was expected. The 1,582,000 

 acres in Bombay and Sind are not much more than half 

 the average, but slightly more than last year. The condi- 

 tion of the crop here left much to be desired. 



Crops in the United States. 



The Statistician of the Department of Agriculture 

 states in The Crop Reporter for May, 1901, that the area 

 under winter wheat in the United States on May 1 last was 



