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derably below the average, as a large portion of the sowings 

 gave such poor prospects of a harvest that they were ulti- 

 mately re- sown with spring grain. 



The oat crop also proved bad in those parts of the country 

 where rye was likewise a comparative failure. 



The yield of barley was, as regards general results, satis- 

 factory only in the provinces of Bessarabia, Ekaterinoslav, 

 Livonia, Courland, St. Petersburg, Olonetsk, and in the 

 north ; elsewhere the crop was either an unsatisfactory or 

 a bad one, as it suffered from drought in summer and frost in 

 August. 



The crops of other spring sown cereals were, as those 

 of oats and barley, partly unsatisfactory and partly bad. 



The following are the estimated yields of the various 

 cereals this year in European Russia, exclusive of Poland 

 and the North Caucasus : — 





Cwts. 



Rye 



273,612,000 



Wheat- 





Autumn sown ------- 



27,706,000 



Spring sown -------- 



95 5 379,ooo 



Oats - - - - - - - 



i47,35 6 > 000 



Barley 



79,279,000 ; 



Buckwheat -------- 



13,588,000 



Millet 



22,086 000 



Peas ---------- 



9,809,000 



Maize --------- 



14.451.oco i 



The principal cereals are thus short of the average in 

 Russia proper by 66,773,000 cwts. in the case of rye, 

 33,582,000 cwts. in the case of wheat (autumn and spring), 

 37,454,000 cwts. in the case of oats, and 9,496,000 in the case 

 of barley. Maize alone yielded above the average, 2,275 cwts. 

 The total shortage of all cereals together is estimated at 

 about 1 30,000,000 cwts. 



In the old Polish or Cis-Vistula Provinces autumn and 

 spring sown wheat, oats, millet and peas yielded average 

 crops. The yield of grain there was as follows : — Wheat, 

 autumn sown, 7,621,000, cwts.; spring wheat, 79,000; rye, 

 24,112,000; oats, 13,402,000; millet, 591,000; and peas, 

 2,604,000 cwts. 



