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Reports on Foreign Crops. 



Winter wheat and barley are thus estimated to have yielded 

 better than in the two preceding years, while spring wheat, 

 rye, oats and millet, shewed a considerable decrease. 



In a later despatch Ei.M. Consul General transmits the 

 estimates of the Central Statistical Committee for 72 

 provinces of the Empire. The area and production of winter 



corn only are g'iven, 



as follows 









Governments. 



Winter Wheat. 



White 



j 



r Rye. 



Area. 



Production. 



_____ 



Area. 



Production. 





Acres. 



Quarters. 



Acres. 



Quarters. 



European Russia - 

 Poland - - - - 

 Cis-Caucasia - 

 Siberia (4 provinces) 

 Steppes (4 provinces) 



Z 



15,135,000 

 1,770,000 

 6,060,000 

 15,000 

 15,000 





78,562,500 

 5,835,000 

 907,500 

 1,117,500 

 7,500 



Total - 



13^39,795 



22,995,000 



72,016,576 



86,430,000 



Compared with the average of the preceding five years, 

 the proportion of rye to wheat has diminished. Taking the 

 two crops together, the total yield of winter wheat and rye is 

 about 750,000 quarters above the ten years' mean; so that the 

 production of winter corn in 1901 may be regarded as 

 average. 



The harvest appears to have been, on the whole, best in the 

 south-western Governments, and worst in the south-east. 

 The quality of the grain is reported to be about the same as 

 last year, but better in Cis-Caucasia. 



The hay crop is estimated, for the 72 provinces, at about 

 4?, 000,000 tons. 



Argentine Harvest Prospects. 



According to a report received through the Foreign Office, 

 the grain crops in the consular district of Rosario have been 

 seriously affected by the drought which has prevailed 

 throughout the season. 



It is stated that the w T heat and linseed crops have suffered 

 to so great an extent that their yields are expected to be con 



