Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1903 — FOREIGN CROPS. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN CROPS.

Condition and Prospects Reported Above Medium. The foreign crop report of the Department of Agriculture, just out, based on advices received by the foreign statistical agent of the department at London as late as July 1, io in brief as follows: In Itussit meteorological condition* have been in the highest degree favorable for the development of cereal crops in most parts of European Russia and harvest prospects are considerably improved, even in regions where conditions at the beginning of spring were unfavorable. In Germany a great improvement in all the winter cereals, particularly in winter rye, has been shown the last month. The condition of every crop in the middle of June is officially reported above medium, though winter wheat, potatoes and lucern were considerably nearer to good than medium, and all the others are graded about midway between the two conditions. Only an approximately good medium harvest of the spring crops in Austria is to be counted on at Sest. Maize promises well there. In Hungary, unless there is some improvement before harvest, which is hardly expected, this year’s outturn of cereal* will fall considerably below that of-4902, the deficiency in the case of wheat being about 15% per cent. Most of the Bulgarian crops are reported in very good condition. Storms and floods have caused extensive damage to crops and vineyards in Italy. In France the estimated area of winter wheat is 081,724 acres leas than in 1002. A marked improvement in wlieat and other crop* occurred there during June and the crops now are doing well. Generally favorable reports come from Denmark. In Great Britain the wheat crop is everywhere somewhat late and hardly can come up to an average yield. Advices to the department from the government of India estimate die total wheat crop harvested there in the spring of 1903 at 299,261,104 bushels, ngainßt a yield of 226,370,890 bushels in the previous year. The final estimates of the department on the tobacco crop of 1902 in the United States are announced as follows: Acreage, 1,030,734; production, 821,823,963 pounds; value, $57,563,510.