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REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 
CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
The preliminary figures published in the Crop Reporter for 
November, by the United States Department of Agriculture, 
relating to the yield per acre of some of the principal crops 
in 1900, taken in conjunction with the preliminary figures 
of acreage, issued earlierin the year, enable an approximate 
estimate to be made of the total production of maize, oats, 
and barley, in that country. 
The yield of maize is estimated at 25°3 bushels, which onan 
area of about 83,309,000 acres would indicate a total produc- 
tion of 2,108,000,000 bushels, as compared with 2,078,000,000 
bushels in 1899. 
The yield of oats is put at 29°6 bushels per acre, against 
26°'2 bushels for the previous ten years, which, calculated for 
an area of 27,369,000 acres, represents a production of about 
810,009,000 bushels. In 1899 the production amounted to 
796,000,000 bushels. 
Barley is estimated to have vielded only 20°4 bushels, the 
lowest figure with one exception since 1837, the average for 
the past ten years having been 23°3 bushels. The area under 
this cereal was reported to be 2,895,000 acres, which should 
produce about 59,000,000 bushels, as compared with over 
73,000,000 bushels in 1899. 
The area under winter wheat was reported to be 24,908,000 
‘acres, and of spring wheat 18,668,000, or a total of 43,576,000 
acres, which is rather over a million acres less than in 1899. 
The expectation of a very exceptional apple crop has not 
been fully realized, though nine out of the 14 States having 
