406 REPORTS ON FOREIGN CROPS. 
afforded by a comparison with the estimated areas and yield 
of the five years 1895-9. 





Area Production. 
Crop. i— SE aaa eS aay, mT, 
| 1900. 1895-99. 1900. 1895-99. 
een co Acres. Acres. - | Bushels. Bushels. 
i Wheat { 3,927,300 3,780,700 54,717,900 | 50,521,900 
{1 Rye) ae ee 405,800 528,200 . 5,802, 300 | 7,342,200 
Barley | 1,086, 100 1,546,800 | 14,124,600 | 21,242,500 
Oats- | 629,400 719,600 |; 8,415,500 | 11,360,200 
Colza | 616, 100 116,500 7,467,1C0 I |278,600 
Linseed | 32,700 -- 251,800 


It will be seen from the above figures that the yield of 
wheat in the present year has exceeded the average by about 
4,190,000 bushels, whilst that of rye shows a diminution of 
1,540,000 bushels. Barley and oats have also yielded a crop 
inferior in point of quantity by 7,118,000 bushels in the case 
ot barley and 2,945,000 bushels in the case of oats. The 
return obtained from colza, or rape, exhibits a large augmen- 
tation in production, chiefly due to a great extension of tne 
area devoted to this crop in 1900. The remunerative price 
at which colza has been sold is said to have led to:some 
amelioration of the financial conditions caused by the failure 
of last year’s harvest. 

THE FRENCH HARVEST OF 
The official preliminary estimate of the yields of the 
[QOO. 
principal grain crops in France in 1900 have been recently 
published in the Yournal Oficicl, and the following table 
shows the figures in English equivalents together with the 
corresponding estimates for the previous year. 





. . Area. | Production. 
Crop. a Sa Se 
1899. | 1900. 1899. 1900. 
| aa — — 
Acres. Acres. Bushels. Bushels. 
Wheat (7,142, 300 16,642,800 353,152,000 299,821,400 
Mixed Corn 553,400 568, 100 10,866,600 10,265,200 
Rye - 3,677,600 3,647, 500 64,836,800 61,581,600 
Barley 1,991,500 2,070,800 43,905,900 42,264,600 
f Oats 9,7 30, 100 9,799,600 | 262,078,600 245,062,600 










