Reports ox Foreign Crops. 



ioq 



and yields of the crops mentioned above in the Tcher- 

 nomorskaia government last year were as follows : — 



Acres. Qrs. 



Wheat - - 10,590 11,940 

 Rye - - 570 670 

 Barley - - 490 810 



Oats - - 870 1,760 



Tons. 



Potatoes - - 1,900 3,670 



For purposes of comparison it may be useful to reproduce 

 the estimates of the acreage and yields of these crops in the 

 Russian Empire in 1S97. These were returned by the Central 

 Statistical Committee as follows : — 



Acreage, 1897. 





Wheat. 



Rye. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Potatoes. 



| Governments. 



Acres. 



Acres. 



Acres, 



Acres. 



Acres. 



I 50 European Governments- 

 10 Polish Governments 



3 Caucasian Governments - 



4 Siberian Governments 

 4 Asiatic Governments 



35,6io,2-'8 

 1,210,559 

 5,589,394 

 3,121,392 

 1,206,270 



62,653,557 

 4,788,455 

 ^70,642 



2,358,353 

 9o,i37 



17,220,711 

 1,045,283 

 1,485,678 

 356,500 

 152,588 



36,210,478 

 2,506,345 



7i5,45t 

 2,394.5o6 



395.9 12 



6,328,257 

 1,916,625 

 166,169 

 151,189 

 17,480 



Total - 



46,738,393 



70,461,144 



20,260,760 



42,222,692 



8,579,720 



Production, 1897. 



Governments. 



Wheat. 



Rye. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Potatoes. 





Qrs. 



Qrs. 



Qrs. 



Qrs. 



Tons. 



50 European Governments- 

 10 Polish Governments 



3 Caucasian Governments - 



4 Siberian Governments 

 j 4 Asiatic Governments 



29,726,430 

 2,219,050 

 3,723,760 

 5,337,67o 

 1,381,580 



65,997,710 

 6,306,830 

 437. *4° 

 3 255,820 

 96,820 



24,327.360 

 1,910,020 

 1,330,310 

 732,010 

 248,930 



55,960,510 

 4,251,800 

 684,520 

 6,088,650 

 875,130 



I 5.694,5So 

 5,814.750 

 233.090 

 419,410 

 35,38o 



Total - 



42,388,490 



76.094.320 



28,548,680 



67,860,610 



22,197,210 



Crops in Germany. 



The latest official report on the crops in Germany states 

 that continuous cold, wet, and night frosts at the end of 

 April and the beginning of May had kept back vegetation 

 and hindered spring work, besides doing some harm ; some 

 good had, however, been done, as these conditions had 

 checked the field-mice, which this year appear to threaten 



