Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-15
YIELD OF ALL EARTH
Crop Reports From Foreign
Nations Received.
ARGENTINE CORN POOR
Europe's Winter Cereals Promising
Well-Damage to Fruit in
Many Countries.

Reports to the Department of Agricul-
ture from abroad show fourishing con-
dition of grain crops. This is always OF
importance to the United States. owing
to it's effect on the demand for grain for
expert.
During the past month agricultural
operations appropriate to the season have
been carried on in the principal foreign
grain-producing countries with custom
airy activity. Wheat seeding and corn
gathering have been in progress in Ar
gentina and Australia. and wheat harvest
In British India; while over the vast
AGRICULTURAL areas Of Europe and North
america energies have been centered
upon painting the spring crops
Bumper Crop in Argentine.
The Argentine corn harvest, a month
late because of wet weather, is spoken
of as yielding a bumper crop of not al
together satisfactory quality. In British
India wheat is reported to be giving good
yields from an increased area.
In Europe, with winter cereals month
nearer maturity, the fine prospects OF
month ago have, on the whole, been pref
ty well maintained. In early April freez-
ing temperatures of varying degrees or
severity prevailed over practically the en-
tire continent.
In several countries Of western and
central Europe-even in southern France
and in parts Of Spain and northern Italy
there were heavy falls of snow and hall.
Great damage to fruit prospects, es-
pecially the early Towering RE les, and
to spring vegetation was reported from
many countries. Winter cereals. however
seem in general to have suffered little
prejudice the effects of the unreasonable
weather having been simply to retard
their growth. If there be any deteriora-
ton in the cereal prospects of Europ It
is apparently limited to the west-to Eng
land, France and Spain.
In England the wheat plant in many
districts is spoken of aS snort or CROWN;
in France. although the outlook is de-
contradictory reports are af1oat as to
conditions in a few important cereal-pro-
ducng districts; in Spain the weather
reports of the past two months are sug-
gestive Of anything but ideal growing
conditions But throughout the countries
Of central and eastern Europe the fine
prospects of a month ago have been mod
flied only by the seasonable development
of vegetation.
Corn for Japan.
There has been quite q boom in corn
planting in Japan, according to the same
report According to a Japanese official
report the area under Indian corn in
Japan in 1903 was 12s.739 acres, yield
3,225S, 2S4 bushels. Cotton was produced
on an area Of 1887 acres, yielding o.
GAG, 1913 pounds of seed cotton. Tobacco
was grown on an area Of 1928 acres,
producing 90 10000 pounds.
A report on the rice yield of the Philip
pines shows an increase of from 56s .OOo.-
600 pounds-of hulled rice to 966.OOO,OO0
pounds. The governor general says in his
report that this Is in large measure due
to the greater fullness of the reports.
He says that the area has remained
about the same as in 1903. but that there
has been an increase in the yield per acre
of possibly % per cent.
Cuban Sugar Crops Shrink
Dry weather has hurt the Cuban sugar
crop, and while there was expectancy
ninety days ago that the yield would be
greater than in the previous year, it Is
doubted now whether the crop will be up
to more than the last years figures. How
ever, there was an export Of sugar last
year to the United States alone of STA
434 600 and there is fair reason to be-
lieve that it will this year reach $780,
Co., 600.
At New York city the receipt of eggs