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harvest of 1 000-1901 at 2,871,440 tons, which, after deducting 

 the quantity required for home consumption and for seed 

 — viz., 880,000 tons — left slightly less than 2,200,000 tons 

 available for export. 



Mr. Hankin observes, however, that since the issue of 

 the foregoing figures the crop in Entre Rios and Santa Fe 

 has proved to be much inferior to the estimated yield, and he 

 is of opinion that 1,250,000 tons is likely to be nearer the 

 actual quantity of wheat available for export. 



[Foreign Office Report, Annual Series , No. 2615. Price 2^d.] 



The Austrian Harvest of 1900. 



The Ministry of Agriculture at Vienna has published the 

 annual statistics relating to the principal grain crops in 

 Austria during the past year. The figures, together with 

 those for 1899, are given in the following table. 



Crops. 



Area. 



Yield. 



1900. 1899. 



1900. 



1899. 



Wheat - 



Rye .... 

 Barley - 

 Oats - 



Maize ... - 



Acres. Acres. 

 2,635,600 2,648,100 

 4,211,700 | 4,547,900 



3,050,500 ; 2,937,900 

 4,700,400 4,615,200 

 828,900 830,700 



Bushels. 

 40,578,500 

 54,801,700 

 56,474,000 

 101,879,100 

 14,922,300 



Bushels. 



49,937,500 

 8^,968,500 

 66,567,600 

 121,604,200 

 14,132,300 



The only important variation in the area of corn crops in 

 1900 was in the case of rye, which showed a decline of 336,000 

 acres compared with the previous year. 



The yield per acre was in each case below the average of 

 the previous ten years, and, excepting in the case of maize, 

 considerably under the out-turn of 1899. 



Russian Harvest of 1900. 



Particulars of the preliminary estimates of the results of 

 the harvest of 1900 in Russia and Poland have already been 



