INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 November 1912, Page 6

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE

The August number of the "Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics," published, by the International Institute of Agriculture has just appeared. This bulletin contains four tables showing preliminary estimates of the production of -wheat, rye barley, and oats for all countries from which estimates had been received up to the time of publication. » The total of the estimates for wheat amount to 543,664,789 quintals as against 562,141,600 quintals in 1911 (96.7 per cent), the countries considered -being Prussia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, England, and Wales, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland, -Canada, United States, India, Japan, Egypt, and Tunis. Some of the principal variations as compared with last year's figures are : Spain, 30,595,000 quintals (40,414,000 in 1911). Mn Hungard, 49,968,000 and 51,737,000. Italy, 47,108,000 and 52,362,000. Canada, 51,145,000 and 58,746,000. U S.A., 185,069,000 and 169,100,000. India, 99,862,000 and 102,016..000. The production of rye amounts to 102.5 per cent of last year's production, estimated at 134,300,000 quintals, against 131,065,000. The countries included in the estimate are Prussia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denorark, Spam, HunCanada, United States and Algeria. The estimated production of barley :s 144 557,000 quintals, or 99.9 per cent, of last year's production (144,747,000) in Prussia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, England and Wales, Hungary, Italy. Luxemburg, Switzerland, Canada, United States, Japan, Egypt, and Tunis. The production'of oats is estimated at 333,038,000 quintals, as against 298,707,000 quintals," i.e., 111.5 per cent, of last year's production, in Prussia, Belgiuir. Bulgaria, Denmark,-Spain, England and Wales, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, Switzerland, .Canada, United States, Japan, Algeria and Tunis. Estimates are, however, still missing for a few important countries, among which Russia should be specially men tioned. The totals and percentages given above Jwiil therefore 'undergo further changes when estimates for these countries are received. In two tables which are given showing the area, and production in the United States is estimated for these two crops respectively at 714.022,000 quintals (111 per cent, of last year's production) and 4,695,000 quintals* (100.3 per cent), and in Egvpt at 19,418,000 quintals (112.6 per cent.) and 2,950,000 (76.9 per cent.) respectively. Short reports as to the progress of the crops in a numiber of countries follow the tables ; among these, that for Russia is of special interest, and states that although the weather has not been very favourable in European Russia an overaverage out-turn is anticipated for all the cereal crops. The bulletin also contains five other tables showing the area, crop condition find, for a few countries, a preliminary harvest estimate for flax, sugar beet, vineyards, tobacco and cotton. Among others, the production of linseed in the United States is given as 7.112,000 quintals, i.e., 144.6 per cent, of last year's production, and the production of cotton m Egypt as 3.828,702 quintals (.133 per cent.), ths .production of grapes in Spain as 24.134,551 quintals (89.5 per cent.), and the production of tobacco in the United States as 4,445,182 quintals (108.3 per cent.) A table relative to the silkwor-rr industry reproduces the data .published in the ■bulletin for July, with the addition of the figures showing the .production of summer cocoons in Japan, which amounts to 17,195,000 kilogrammes, or 86.9 per cent, of last year's production. The total production of cocoons in 1912 is given as 157.574,000 kilogrammes, as against 161.901,000 '" Austria, Bulgaria, Spain. Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Japan and j Algeria.