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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 



United States Harvest of 1899. 



The final report of the Statistician of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, issued in January last, gives the 

 following particulars respecting the acreage and production 

 of the principal crops in that country in 1899 :— 



Crop. 





Production. 



Area. 



• Total. 



Per Acre. 





Acres. 



Winchester Bushels. 



Winchester 

 Bushels. 



Wheat - 



Maize 



Oats 



Rye 



Barley 



Buckwheat 



Potatoes - - 



82,108,587 



26,341, 3 8 ° 

 1,659,308 

 2.878,229 

 670, 148 

 2,581,353 



547,303,846 

 2,078,143,933 



796,177,713 

 23,961,741 



73,381,563 

 11,094,473 

 228,783.232 



Tons. 



25-3 

 30-2 



14-4 



25"5 

 16-6 



88-6 



Tons. 



Hay 



41.328,462 



1 



56,655,756 



1 '35 



As compared with 1898, the area under wheat has in- 

 creased by 537,23$ acres, but owing to the diminished yield 

 (1 2*3 instead of 15*3 bushels per acre the total produce was 

 reduced below that of 1898 by 127,844,859 bushels. 

 Maize shows an increase in-area of 4,386,806 acres, and in 

 production of 153,959,273 bushels. Oats and rye show a small 

 increase in area, but the produce of the latter was less ; while 

 a rise of nearly 300,000 acres under barley is accompanied by 

 an augmented production of over 17J million bushels. 

 Potatoes on almost the same area as in 1898 gave 36 million 

 bushels more ; but the production of hay, from an area 



