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MEP Omis ON HOmIGN “CROPS. 
UNITED STATES HARVEST OF 1900. 
The Crop Reporter, published by the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture in January last, gives the following 
particulars respecting the acreage and production of the 
principal crops in that country in 1900 :— 

Production. 




Crop. Area. oa Ra rae OEE WEEE, Cea 
| 
| Total. | RereAcre: 
ear Spee 
Acres. Winchester Bushels. | PETES: 
| Bushels. 
neste | 42,495,385 522,220,505 12°29 
Maize . . - 83,320,872 2,105,102, 516 BOR 
Oe a= a 275045705 809,125,989 | 29 6 
yes = - - - 1,591, 362 23,995,927 cert 
Barley - - - 2,894,282 | 58,925,833 20°4 
Buckwheat - - - 637,930 9,566,966 150 
Potatoes” - - - 2,611,054 210,926,897 | 80'S 
Tons. Tons. 
Hay - Saag - 39,132,890 50, 110,906 1°28 

As compared with 1899, the area under wheat was sraaller 
by 2,097,000: acres and the total produce by 25,074,000 
bushels, but there was practically no change in the average 
yield per acre, viz., 12°29) bushels as against 12°3 bushels. 
In the case of maize, also, the average yield per acre was 
the same as in 1899; but the area. was larger by 1,212,000 
acres, this increase being accompanied by a proportionate 
increase in production. Oats and rye show little change from 
the previous year. The yieldof barley decreased by about 
five bushels per:acre, which, with an increase of only 16,000 
acres in area, accounted for a decline in the total production of 
