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Reports on Foreign Crops. 



Crops in Germany. 



According to the official report on the prospects of the 

 crops in the middle of August, the condition was, on the 

 whole, rather worse than in the middle of May ; the following 

 month had proved unfavourable, but there had subsequently- 

 been some slight improvement. The condition of wheat was 

 poor, and rye was only average. In the case of winter com 

 the harvest was in many places over. Reports were satis- 

 factory in the south, but the yield is small throughout North 

 Germany. Of spring crops barley promised best, though 

 apparently not much over average, but oats were more 

 deficient. 



Potatoes were reported to be the least unsatisfactory crop. 

 Clover, lucerne, and meadows were under average on the 

 whole. 



The Wheat Harvest of South Australia 

 for 1 900- 1 90 1. 



The preliminary returns of the acreage and production df 

 the South Australian wheat harvest, which have recently 

 been published by the Government Statist of that colony,, 

 show that the area harvested in the present year was 

 1,574,017 acres, compared with 1,821,137 acres in 1899-1900, 

 and the production was 11,253,148 bushels, or 2,800,013 

 bushels more than in the preceding year ; the yield being at 

 the rate of 7*15 bushels, as against 4*64 bushels per acre. 

 There were also 341,330 acres of wheat which were cut for 

 hay. 



The New Zealand Harvest of 1 900-1 901. 



The Agricultural Department of New Zealand have pub- 

 lished the final returns of the yield of grain from the recent 

 harvest, and the figures relating to wheat and oats, together 



