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ploughed up was estimated at something like 3,500,000 acres, 

 including about 1, 800,000 acres of wheat and 1,300,000 of 

 rve. In addition, large areas damaged during the winter 

 remained untilled owing to various unfavourable circum- 

 stances, so that the total given above by no means represents 

 the whole of the harm done. No less than 38 per cent, of 

 the area under winter wheat was ploughed uo in Germany, 

 while in Piussia alone, where matters were generally worse 

 than in the south, nearly half the area under this cereal was 

 so treated. Of the rye, clover, and lucerne, about 10 per 

 cent, was ploughed up. 



As regards the condition of the crops actually growing at 

 the middle of May, the winter wheat was reported as bad in 

 Prussia, but from average to good in the south, being best 

 in Bavaria. Spring wheat and rye were better than the 

 winter corn, while barley, oats, and meadow hay were 

 between average and good. Winter rye, clover, and lucerne 

 were only average. The crops sown in the spring were, 

 moreover, generally late, and in many instances had not 

 sprouted. 



The German Harvest of 1900. 

 The annual statistics relating to the principal crops in 

 Germany, which have now been published for the year 1900, 

 are shown in the following table, together with the figures 

 for the previous year. 





Area. 



Production. 



Crops. 













1900. 



1899. 



1900. 



1899. 





Acres. 



Acres. 



Qrs. 



Qrs. 



Wheat - - 

 Rye - - 

 Barley ------ 



Oats - - - - 



Spelt - - - - 



5,061,400 

 14,708,800 



4,125,000 

 10,183,400 

 783,600 



4,980,700 

 14,501,500 

 4,052,900 

 9,879,400 

 800,600 



17,637,300 

 39,261,800 

 16,542,000 

 50,098,000 

 2,141,300 



Tons. 



17,666,200 

 39,836,400 

 16,441,200 

 48,620,000 

 2,186,100 



Tons. 



Potatoe 



Clover (hay) - - 

 Lucerne (hay) - 

 Permanent Grass (for 

 hay) - - - 



7,950,400 

 4.467,000 

 566,700 



14,602,900 



7,734,700 

 4,506,600 

 553,5oo 



14,542,300 



39,933,100 

 6,672,300 

 1,295,300 



22,744,800 



37,867,700 

 8,144,200 

 1,329,400 



23,385,800 



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