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siderably under those of last year. In the northern parts of 

 the province of Santa Fe, and also in Cordoba, the losses to 

 these crops are estimated at fifty per cent., and, should the 

 drought continue, a still greater deficiency is considered 

 probable. 



The French Harvest of 1901. 



The official preliminary estimate of the yields of the prin- 

 cipal grain crops in France in 1 901 have been published in 

 the Journal Officiel, and the following table shows the figures 

 in English equivalents, together with the corresponding esti- 

 mates for the previous year. 



Crop. 



Area. 



Production. 



1901. 



1900. 



1901. 



1900. 



Wheat - 

 Mixed Corn 

 Rye - 

 Barley - 

 Oats 



Acres. 

 16,770, 100 

 487,500 

 3 442,700 

 1,948,700 

 9,549,300 



Acres. 

 16,642.800 

 568,100 

 3,647,500 

 2,070,800 

 9,799,600 



Bushels. 



294,808,300 

 8,615,400 

 60 438,100 

 37,682 200 



207,002,400 



Bushels. 



299,821,400 

 10,265,200 

 61,581,600 

 42,264,600 



245,062,600 



Crops in Belgium. 

 The Moniteur Beige of the 23rd November last publishes 

 the following data relating to the yield of the principal crops 

 in Belgium in 1 901, the quantities being given per acre: — 

 Wheat, 31-1 bushels; rye, 33"3 bushels; winter barley, 477 

 bushels; spring barley, 33-8 bushels; oats, 49-1 bushels; 

 flax, 4-3 cwts. of seed and 4-8 cwts. of fibre ; sugar beet, 

 13 tons; mangolds, 17*8 tons; potatoes, 7*8 tons; clover, 1.8 

 dons; meadow hay, 1*4 tons. 



