Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-17
CROPS OF THE WORLD
REPORTS TO THE AGRICULTURAL
DEPARTMENT.
Owing to the Remarkably Cool and
Wet Summer in Europe Har-
vesting Has Been Delayed.

The Department of Agricultures sum-
mary of the crops of the world shows that
owing to the remarkably cool and wet sum-
mer experienced throughout a considerable
part of Europe the harvest of 1902 is one
Of the latest on record. The promise of
ln abundant yield. therefore, has been only
partly fulfilled in Europe, allowing for
grain gathered in a damaged condition and
for that actually spoiled. In the case of
bread grains there will be demand among
millers in the countries suffering for
good. dry grain to mix with the home
product.
The semi-official Russian estimate makes
the wheat, rye. barley and oats crop OF
that country not only larger than in 1901,
but exceeding the average for the nve
years-1Sg6-19O. The estimate puts the
winter wheat crop at 1S6.5S2'S1 bushels OF
sixty pounds each; spring wheat 3n,95.',-
R23 bushels of sixty pounds: rye. S54, 49,. 40
bushels of ffty-six pounds each; barley,
2S2, 130,62J bushels of forty-eight pounds
each; oats, s46,391 SI5 bushels of thirty-two
pounds each.
German Harvests Delayed.
Throughout about four-ffihs of the Ger
man empire harvesting was delayed by
frequent rains. and there was still much
grain in the fields in the middle of Sept I'M
Der. The Austrian official figures for Sep
TEMPER IL says lna1 wheat anu
good, average crops, while rye is only mo-
dunn to good medium. The quality of the
grain, far as the harvest was secured
under anything like favorable conditions, is
mostly satisfactory.
From Hungary the official report for Sep
TENDER Is. received at the department here,
shows that maize has suffered from
drought, in some districts the plants pro-
Gucing no ears and in others the grain
ripened before the ears attained a normal
development. The Roumanian wheat crop
Is officially estimated as the best in many
years. For 1902 the production is estimated
at rs. 220. 29S. Rye is estimat ted at 6.95S. 466;
barley. "a GIL .0i0 bushels. and oats, p .Wo.-
205. The Bulgarian cereal crops are fairly
satisfactory. The wheat is particularly
good in yield, though a little deficient in
quality.
The French ministry of agriculture has
Issued a preliminary report. giving the
wheat production Of France as 352,0OoO00
bushels, an increase of over 13 per cent over
1901.
The crops in Belgium are stated to be
comparatively satisfactory.
In Great Britain the area under wheat
cultivation is 25.50S acres greater than in
1901. The recent weather through Great
Britain has greatly helped it's farmers in
completing their belated harvests.
Harvesting in Denmark.
Harvesting is progressing favorably in
Denmark. Wheat and rye are of normal
yield and good quality. The wheat crop of
Italy, according to present Indications will
be approximately $780, 200 bushels. The
recent rains in Argentine entirely saved
the crops. and 1t is estimated that the
yields will exceed last year by over 40 per
cent. Wheat areas in Australia have been
helped by heavy rains. Generally favor
able reports of coming crops have been re-
ceived from all provinces of India. The
rice crop of Japan. hurt by the wet sum-
mer, probably will be below the average
The official estimate of Spain is that that
country will have the largest wheat crop
for many years. and will have a consid-
cradle surplus for expectation.
The Nile flood this year is the lowest IN
the last twenty-five years. although the
scarcity of water will partly be compen-
gated by the new works executed by the
BritiSh government Whatever wafer is
available in Egypt will be principally ap-
piled to the cotton crop, leaving beans
maize, lentfls. etc, to bear the chief effect
of the scarcity.