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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



Crops in the United . States. 



In the October and November numbers of the Crop 

 Reporter, the United States Department of Agriculture have 

 published preliminary estimates of the average yields per 

 acre for the past season of some of the principal crops in that 

 country. Statistics as to the acreage under each of these 

 crops were given in earlier issues of the publication referred 

 to ; so that, by utilising these figures in conjunction with the 

 produce estimates now available, the approximate total pro- 

 duction in each case may be calculated. 



The average production of maize per acre is estimated at 

 1 6*4 bushels, this being the lowest yield ever recorded for the 

 crop. On an area of about 82,920,000 acres returned for this 

 year this yield would indicate an aggregate production of 

 about 1,360,000,000 bushels, or 745,000,000 bushels less than 

 last year s total. 



The area under oats this year was approximately 26,325,000 

 acres, and the crop is reported to have yielded an average of 

 25-1 bushels per acre, or ti bushels below the mean of the 

 previous ten years. From these data, it may be calculated 

 that this year's harvest of oats amounted to about 660,000,000 

 bushels, as against the 810,000,000 bushels returned for last 

 year. 



The average yield of barley is estimated at 247 bushels, 

 or 1 -3 bushels above the normal. The acreage of this crop 

 amounted to 2,860,000 acres, so that the total production 

 would be about 71,000,000 bushels, thus showing an 

 increase of 12,000,000 bushels on last year's crop. 



The rye crop is also reported to be somewhat above the 

 average this season, the estimated average yield per acre 



