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Reports on Foreign Crops. 



The Russian Harvest of 1901. 

 The Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of the 

 Interior has recently issued the following estimates of the 

 production of the chief cereals and potatoes, in 1901, in the 

 Russian Empire. 



Production in 1901. 



Governments. 



Wheat. 



Rye. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Potatoes. 







qrs. 



qrs. 



qrs. 







qrs. 



qrs. 



50 



Governments in Europe 



39.874,000 



79, T IO.OOO 



22,661,000 



53 945.ooo 



75,690 OOO 



TO 



„ ., Poland - 



1,795,000 



5,906,000 



2 469,000 



5,741,000 



38,413 OOO 



4 



„ ,, Caucasus - 



8,378,000 



923.OOO 



3 073,000 



1,220,000 



1,448,000 



4 



„ ,, Siberia 



2 057.000 



I 817.OOO 



240,000 



2,205 000 



1.757,000 



4 



„ Steppes 



1,205 000 



44,000 



258 000 



702 OOO 



143,000 





Total 72 Governments 



53.309.000 



87,800 OOO 



28.701,000 



63,873,000 



117.451,000 



The yield of the other minor crops is also given as 

 follows: — Spelt, 544,000 quarters; buckwmeat, 3,593,000 

 quarters; millet, 7,624,000 quarters; maize, .7,955,000 quar- 

 ters ; lentils, 682,000 quarters ; beans, 304,000 quarters ; and 

 peas, 2,232,000 quarters. 



Crops in Argentina. 

 The Board have received through the Foreign Office a 

 copy of a report drawn up by H.M. Consul at Buenos Ayres, 

 giving the estimate of the Ministry of Agriculture concern- 

 ing the production of wheat and linseed in the Argentine 

 Republic in 1901-02. The figures are as follow ; — 



Province. 



Wheat. 



Linseed. 





Tuns. 



Tons. 



Buenos Ayres - - - - - - 



1, 150,000 



154,000 



Santa Fe ------ - 



500,000 



122,000 



Entre Rios ------ 



133,000 



42,000 



Cordoba 



70,000 



9,500 



Remainder of Republic - 



70,000 





Total - - - - - 



1.923,000 



327,500 



