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Crops in France. 



An official report on the condition of the French crops on 

 the ioth May, 1901, was published in the Journal Officiel of 

 the 6th inst. 



The appearance of winter wheat crops was stated to be 

 " very good" in 3 departments, "good" in 43, "fairly good" 

 in 34, and "passable" in 5 departments. Spring wheat had 

 been sown in 42 departments only. The condition was 

 reported "very good" in 1 case, "good" in 18, "fairly 

 good" in 20, and "passable" in 3 departments. 



Rye was reported to be "good" or "very good" in 55. 

 departments, and "passable" or less satisfactory in 29. 



The departmental reports on the winter and spring oats- 

 are as fo Hows : u very good " in 1 and 2 departments 

 respectively ; " good" in 20 and 26 ; " fairly good" in 26 and 

 3 1 ; "passable "in 8 and 7 ; " indifferent " in 5 and 1 . No winter 

 oats were sown in 25, and no spring oats in 5, departments. 

 The spring oat crop was not "up" on the ioth Ma}r in 13 

 departments. 



The condition of winter barley was estimated to be "good " 

 or "very good" in 30 departments, "passable" or "fairrv 

 good" in 21, and "indifferent" in 1. The crop was not 

 grown in 33 departments. The corresponding figures for the 

 spring barley crop are 25 and 37 departments, and 11 

 where the crop was not grown. In 1 2 departments it was 

 not " up." 



In the case of potatoes the condition of the crop was 

 reported to be "good" or " very good" in 20 departments, 

 "fairly good" or "passable" in 16, and "indifferent" in 1 ; 

 but in 48 departments the haulms were not up on the 

 ioth May. 



Crops in Germany. 



According to the official report on the condition of crops 

 in Germany at the middle of May, very large areas had 

 had to be ploughed under owing to the crops having come 

 badly through the hard winter. The total area thus- 



