376 



Russian Harvest of 1898. 



sown crops yielded 441,708,428 cwts.; spring-sowr), 602,890,393 

 cwts.; and potatoes, 471,427,554 cwts. 



After deducting the requirements for seed the net production 

 amounted to about 1,213,348,742 cwts., made up of 355,809,000 

 cwts. of winter-sown grain, 483,710,000 cwts. of spring-sown 

 grain, and 373,830,000 of potatoes. 



The total area under cultivation was smaller by 284,401 

 acres, oro'i per cent., than that of 1897, and greater by 

 8,404,833 acres, or by 4*2 per cent., than the average for the 

 quinquennial period ; at the same time the increase of the 

 area of the potato and the spring-sown crops over that of 

 winter- sown grain is observable from year to year. 



The harvest of 1898 in 72 provinces and regions is reported 

 by the Statistical Department to have yielded as under : — ■ 



Wheat, winter sown 

 „ spring ,. - 

 Rye, winter sown - 

 spring „ 



Oats 



Barley - 



Spelt wheat 



Buckwheat 



Millet - 



Maize 



Peas 



Lentils 



Beans • - - - 

 Potatoes - 



Area under Cultivation. 



Total Yield. 



i8c 7 . 



1808. 



1897. 



1898. 



Acres. 

 12,326,669 

 34,411,721 

 68,703,465 

 1,768,058 

 42,226,691 

 20,260,759 

 i ; 1 83 '987 

 6 309.117 

 7,424 981 

 2 596,565 

 3,131,303 

 946,730 

 202,154 

 8,579 ,699 



Acres. 

 12,422,216 

 34,601,528 

 68,267,264 

 1,814,859 

 41,657,649 

 20,607,250 

 1,178.347 

 5,ii3-372 

 7,535,605 

 2,787,177 

 2,882,798 

 966.548 

 192,291 

 8,846,236 



Cwts. 

 48,622, 500 

 1 33, 0 42, 500 

 317,077,000 

 9>o39,536 

 189.040,178 

 101,959,714 

 4-764,535 

 16,659,000 

 28,883,250 

 25,901,679 

 12,766,500 

 3-348-321 

 i,546,393 

 444,358,57* 



Cwts. 

 82,338,428 

 162,940,500 

 359,37o,32i 

 8,228,250 

 195,824,571 

 131,127,107 

 1.982,571 

 18,777,536 

 42,019,393 

 23,884,971 

 13,350,143 

 3,090,214 

 1,449,964 

 471,427,714 



The general yield of grain, though somewhat above the 

 average, was almost a complete failure in the Eastern Euro- 

 pean provinces, namely those of Viatka, Simbirsk, Ufa, 

 Samara, and Kazan. In these the yield of all the grain 

 crops was only two-fifths of the average yield of the years 

 1 893-9 7. The failure of the harvest in the above provinces 

 would have been seriously felt by their population even 

 had they been in a prosperous condition ; unfortunately, 

 the disaster in question affected the agricultural class 

 already in an impoverished condition. The failure of the 

 harvest, following, as it did, previous years of agricultural 

 distress, has plunged these provinces into a condition from 

 which they will not soon recover. 



