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The harvest, it will be seen, was a tolerably good one for maize 
and a poor one, like that of 1888, for wheat and oats. 
Sweden. — To an official report on the crops for 1888 and 1889, 
for which I am indebted to the Central Statistical Bureau of Sweden, 
I have added the ten years' averages of production as below : — 
1888 1889 Ten years' average 
Wheat .... 3,698,476 bushels 3,593,650 bushels 3,560,738 bu.-hels 
Rye 19,339,925 „ 20,279,325 „ 20,426,311 „ 
Barley .... 13,102.925 „ 13,665,300 „ 15,471,469 „ 
Oats 60,863,275 „ 48,056,800 „ 55,826,961 
Mixed grain . . 7,937,875 „ 6,556,550 „ 6,810,284 
Peas ..... 1,227,875 „ 1,449,800 „ 1,677,530 „ 
Beans .... 260,700 „ 156,200 „ 268,995 „ 
Vetches .... 518,100 „ 656,975 „ 758,748 „ 
Potatoes. . . . 41,278,325 „ 68,554,200 „ 61,577,554 „ 
From these figures it appears that the wheat, oat, mixed grain, 
and bean crops of 1889 were inferior to those of 1888, the other 
crops being superior. Compared with the ten years' average, all the 
crops of last harvest except wheat and potatoes fell short; but, 
without knowing the areas, it cannot be told whether the yield per 
acre was above or below average. No statistics of area have been 
collected since 1837, when wheat covered 1,088,868 acres, other 
white-straw crops, 2,742,611 acres ; peas and beans, 141,560 acres ; 
and potatoes, 384,401 acres. 
Holland. — Unfortunately the official agricultural statistics of 
Holland for 1888 and 1889 give only estimates of the condition of 
the crops in relation to an average yield. The figures indicate crops 
of wheat, rye, barley, and oats in 1889 much superior to those of 
1888, but not equal (excepting barley) to those of 1887. They are 
almost exactly the same as the figures for 1885, for which year 
the acreage and produce are given in our Agricultural Returns as 
follows : — ■ 
Wheat 209,364 acres 6,138,544 bushels 
Rye 503,574 „ 11,216,485 „ 
Barley 122,512 „ 5,305,743 „ 
Oats 282,951 „ 12,635,697 „ 
As the area of the wheat crop varies but little in Holland, it is 
probable that the produce was about 6,000,000 bushels in 1889, and 
this estimate is close to one recently given by a French authority. 
Belgium. — A fairly good harvest was reaped in Belgium last year. 
The acreage appears to be published officially only at intervals, and 
the latest details given in our Agricultural Returns show 681,552 
acres of wheat, 616,230 acres of oats, 90,250 acres of barley, and 
685,771 acres of rye. No official estimate of the crops of 1889 
appears to have been issued at present ; but Beerbohm's List puts 
the wheat crop at 19,000,000 bushels, as compared with 15,000,000 
produced in 1888. 
Denmark. — There are no returns of acreage in Denmark later 
than those of 1881, when there were 137,818 acres of wheat, 
6C0,065 of rye, 781,408 of barley, and 991,394 of oats. The pro- 
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