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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



Crops in the United States. 



The official returns of the 1899 harvest show that the yield 

 of maize is estimated at about 25*2 Winchester bushels per 

 acre, as compared with a ten years' average of 24*3 bushels. 

 A preliminary estimate of the area under this crop had been 

 previously given as 3,835,000 acres more than last year, i.e.^ 

 about 81,557,000 acres, which would indicate a total yield of 

 some 2,055,000,000 bushels 



The yield of oats was returned as 307 bushels, the ten 

 year average being 25*8 bushels. On an area of about 

 25,500,000 acres this would amount to a total of some 

 783,000,000 bushels. 



The yield of barley is given as 27 bushels per acre, as 

 compared with an average of 23 bushels ; the preliminary 

 estimates of area amount to about 2,663,000 acres, giving a 

 total production of about 72,000,000 bushels. 



Of other crops, the area under potatoes appears to be 

 about 2,583,000 acres ; the yield is given as 88*7 bushels per 

 acre, the total being thus nearly 230,000,000 bushels. The 

 yield of hay is estimated at 1*35 tons per acre. 



A telegram in 7 he Times of the 16th December states that 

 the official estimate of the wheat crop this year is 544,300,000 

 bushels, or 12*3 bushels per acre. 



Russian Harvest of 1899. 



According to a statement published in the Russian Trade 

 and Industries Gazette of November 2nd, the Ministry of 

 Agriculture at St Petersburg has issued a preliminary 

 estimate of the results of this year's harvest in Russia. 



