Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-06
WORLD CROP CONDITIONS
ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT

| The seeding of winter grains is
now practically completed through
out the northern hemisphere, ac-
cording to reports received by the
bureau of markets and crop esti-
mates, United States department of
agriculture. The seeding Of all Win
| ter cereals has been hindered by
drought throughout western Europe
and Great Britain, and irregular
stands and growth reported. The
moisture supply has been plentiful
throughout central Europe, and the
present outlook for all winter grains
is good. The drought in north At
RIGA still prevails, according to lat
est reports, and rain is greatly need
led to facilitate seeding and germi-
nation. The seeding of winter wheat
| is progressing under favorable con-
ditions in British India, and the
crop is terminating well. A good
acreage is expected.
Weather and soil conditions have
generally been favorable for the
seeding and termination of wheat
! in Canada. and the crop should en-
| ter the winter in good condition.
The condition Of fall wheat is favor
able in the United States, except in
the lower plains region, where the
crop has been injured by drought
and some late seedlings have failed
to terminate. Conditions in the far
western states have been improved
by recent rains.
The condition Of wheat in Argen-
tina continues to improve, due to the
civ |
which have broken the long drought.
AS conditions were very unfaVor-
able during the normal seeding pc
Rod, much of the grain has been
sown unusually late, and the pros
poets of grain sown as late as this
are generally poor. If present favor
able conditions continue, however,
normal crop or better may be eX-
pected. The acreage as given by the
Argentina government for the year
1922 is 13,927,00 acres, compared
with 14,957,00 in 1920-21.
Plentiful rain continues to be re-
ported from the various grain-groW-
ing districts of Australia, and the
crop outlook is quite favorable and
equal to that of last year. A pre-
liminary estimate places the Aus
tralian wheat crop for 1922 at
Lac, 6O6 900 bushels, compared with
$4,000 bushels in 1920.21. Good
rains have been reported in South
Africa, especially from those sec
tions Of the cape where the bulk or
the wheat is grown.
Final thrashing returns of the &C.
real crops of the northern hemis-
phere confirm previous reports Of
the yield, and the outstanding fea-
ture is the decided increase Of wheat
and rye in nearly every European
country, compared with the yield OF
1920. Excluding Russia and the
Serb Croat- Slovene states and few
minor producing countries for which
estimates have not been received by
the department, the production OF
wheat in Europe shows an increase
Of 81 per cent over last year, and
that of rye an increase of 80 per
cent.
The rice area Of India for 1922
as reported by that government
first regular forecast, shows an area
of 74,132, 900 acres, or per cent in
crease over last year. The first
forecast usually covers all but rel
atively small part of the total rice
area, The final report will prob
ably cover an acreage somewhat
larger than that quoted above. The
condition Of the crop is good. The
Indian government has made, as
vet. no official forecast Of produc-
| ton. but unofficial estimates by rice
| dealers place the probable crop at
| II, $50 100000 pounds, or a 10 per
cent increase over last year.
The prospects for a normal rice
crop in Japan are reported to be
very good. According to unofficial
reports, the prospects are for large
rice crop in Siam, and the surplus
| for export this year is estimated
at about 2,912,000,000 pounds. The
average yearly exports during 1914
1917 were 1884 900 pounds, but
| in 1920 they were SOC, $4,000, la
1919, 98S,000,000, and in 1918 1894
l.O00,0 900 pounds.
The prospects for the growing cot
| ton crop in India ranges from nor
NAL to excellent. The E92l crop OF
| cotton in Egypt, according to es-
| Inmates just received, will amount
| to 326,700,000 pounds, compared with
| 597, 76O, 900 pounds in 1920. AS the
| crop in the United States is also
much less than last year, the world
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| reduction compared with 1920.
| The first sugar cane forecast for
India for 1922, and which covers
about 80 per cent of the total area
under sugar cane in British, India,
| gives the area as 2,371,00O acres,
compared with 100000 acres in
| 1920-21, showing a decrease of &c.,
600 acres. The present condition of
the crop is on the whole fair. The
federal department of agriculture OF
Brazil has estimated the sugar crop
of Brazil for 1922 at $4,000 short
tons, compared with $4,000 short
tons in 1920-21
| The returns OF the potato and
sugar beet crops are still incomplete,
but preliminary estimates show a
decrease in production in many large
producing countries compared with
1920, due mainly to the hot, dry
summer.
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