Reports on Foreign Crops. 



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Crops in Italy. 



According to the reports for July and August published in 

 the Rtvista Meteorico-Agraria by the Ministry of Agriculture, 

 the condition of the wheat, forage, and rice crops was 

 generally satisfactory, and maize and hemp were particularly 

 promising, although in some districts rain was badly wanted. 



Vines and olives were doing well. 



Crops in Nova Scotia. 



In the crop report issued by the Nova Scotian Agricultural 

 Department in July last, the general outlook for the present 

 season was stated to be of the most encouraging character. 

 A larger acreage of land is under cultivation this year than 

 usual ; the potato crop and all root crops promised an 

 abundant yield ; and the hay, as well as oats and grain crops are 

 also expected to be fully up to, if not above, the average. 

 The fruit crop in the Annapolis and Cornwallis valleys was 

 expected to be a good one, but in other sections of the 

 province the apple crop was regarded as a little below the 

 average. 



Crops in Manitoba. 



The bulletin published by the Manitoban Board of Agri- 

 culture in June last gave the estimated acreage under the 

 principal crops in the present year.* The area under wheat 

 was put at 1,629,995 acres, as compared with 1,488,232 acres 

 in 1898, and 1,290,882 acres in the preceding year. Oats, 

 barley, and flax also showed an increased acreage, which 

 was stated to be largely due to the increased number of 

 farmers now in the province, there being about 2,500 more 

 than at the same time last year. In all parts of Manitoba 



* According to a later bulletin the estimated yield of the cereal crops is as follows : — ■ 

 Wheat, 33,504,766 bushels ; oats, 23,003,126 bushels ; barley, 3,532,972 bushels; 

 and rye, 65,626 bushels. 



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