Reports on Foreign Crops. 



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Hops were generally below the average, and in some 

 provinces much below. 



The official estimate of the produce of the principal crops 

 in Austria in 1896 were published in August last. From 

 these it appears that the produce of wheat was 41,667,000 

 bushels, of rye 68,719,000 bushels, of barley 53,979,000 

 bushels, of oats 90,201,000 bushels, and of maize 16,438,000 

 bushels. 



Crops in Hungary. 



In the Wiener Landwirthschaftliche Zeitung of August 2 1 st 

 last it was stated that the reports received by the Ministry of 

 Agriculture at Buda-Pesth showed that the grain and root crops 

 in Hungary had been seriously injured by the floods in many 

 districts, while the great heat and heavy rains had also 

 tended to darken the propects of a good harvest. Wheat was 

 expected to yield 89,723,000 bushels from an area of 7,285,000 

 acres, or about 12*3 bushels per acre. In 1896 the wheat 

 harvest yielded 141,883,000 bushels. The quality of this 

 year's crop is, for the most part, indifferent. Rye was estimated 

 to produce 32,743,000 bushels, as compared with 48,247,000 

 bushels last year. Barley was reported to be of average 

 quality, and a yield of 39,600,000 bushels was looked for ; in 

 1896 this crop produced 53,370,000 bushels. 



Oats were, for the most part, of good quality, and the yield 

 this year was calculated to amount to 47,949,000 bushels. 

 Maize was an average crop ; hemp and flax were satisfactory; 

 roots promised an average yield ; and potatoes were expected 

 to prove up to the average. 



Crops in Denmark. 



According to reports published in the Ugeskrift fur 

 Landmaend, the heavy rains in the first fortnight of August 

 interfered with harvesting operations in Denmark, but 



