Reports on Foreign Crops. 



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It is said that the crops in Cordoba have been very poor, 

 in Santa Fe and Entre Rios indifferent, and in Buenos 

 Ayres very good. The total yield will, in all probability, 

 be an average one, the deficiency in the northern districts 

 being counterbalanced by the abundant harvest in Buenos 

 Ayres. The quality of the wheat is average, while that of 

 linseed is said to be unusually good. 



Crop Prospects in France. 



An official report on the conditio! of the autumn sown 

 cereal crops in France was published in the Journal OJficiel 

 of the 15th ultimo. 



The acreage under wheat, mixed corn, rye, barley, and oats 

 is given for each Department, and the following numerical 

 method is adopted to indicate the condition of the crops ; 

 the figure 100 denotes " very good " ; 80, " good " ; 60, " fairly 

 good " ; 50, " passable " ; 30, " mediocre " ; and 20, " bad 



The annexed table gives the number of Departments grouped 

 on the above scale according to the condition of the crop. 



Index No. 



Wheat. 



Mixed Corn. 



Rye. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



100 





2 



5 



2 



2 



99 to 80 



34 



44 



54 



34 



31 



79 to 60 



41 



19 



22 



17 



25 



59 to 5o 



9 



5 



4 



2 



6 



49 to 30 



2 





1 



1 





Mixed corn is not grown in seventeen Departments, rye 

 is not grown in one, winter barley in thirty-one, and winter 

 oats in twenty -three Departments. 



The Swedish Harvest of 1901. 

 The official estimates of last year's crops in Sweden 

 indicate that the harvest gave, on the whole, a yield below the 

 average, but that the quality was good. The following figures, 

 giving estimated results, issued by the Swedish Statistical 



