The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1913. THE WORLD’S CROPS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 44, 20 February 1913, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1913. THE WORLD’S CROPS.

The Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics, issued recently by the International Institute of Agriculture, deal® with the world’s crops, and anticipates some remarkable increases. Referring to the next ctreal harvests in the countries of the southern hemisphere, it is estimated that the production of wheat in Australia will be 42,352,000 cwt., against 38,490,000 cwt. produced in 1911-12, an increase of 10 per cent. The Bulletin also gives the statistical tables concerning the crops of 1912 in the countries of the northern hemisphere. The total production of wheat in 1912 in the following countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, .Norway, Netherlands, Eoumania, Russia in Europe, Switzerland, Canada, United States, India, Japan, Russia in Asia, Algeria, Egypt, and Tunis, is estimated at 1,804,928,000 cwt., against 1.688.642.000 cwt. in 1911, showing an increase of 6.9 per cent; that of rye (same countries except Great Britain, India, Japan, Egypt, and Tunis) .at 932.078.000 cwt., against 773,709,000, an increase of 20.5 per cent; barley (same countries as for wheat, except India) at 621,822,000 cwt., against 586,015,000, an increase of 6.1 per cent; and oats (same countries as for wheat, except India and Egypt) at 1.292.011.000 cwt, against 1,072,999,000 in 1911, an increase of 20.4 per cent. The total production of maize in the following countries; Austria, Bulgaria, Spain, Kingdom of Hungary, Italy, Ronmania, Russia in Europe, Switzerland, Canada, I nited States, Japan, Russia in Asia, Algeria, Egypt, Tunis, for 1912, is estimated at 1,917,116,000 cwt., against 1.574.222.000 cwt. in 1911. That is to say, the production in 1912 shows an increase of 21.8 per cent. The most important modifications in regard to rice made in the figures published last month concern the production of Spain, which is estimated at 4.806.000 cwt. in 1912, against 1,264,000 in 1911, and that of Japan, which

is calculated at 138,815,000 cwt. in 1011!, against 141,963,000 in 1911. The total production of sugar beet in 1912 in the following countries Prussia, Belgaim, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, Franco, Croatia-Slavonia, Italy, Ronmania, Russia in Europe, Sweden, Canada is estimated at 778.989,000 cwt,

against 573,300,000 in 5911, showing an increase of 35.9 per cent. As regards wine, the total production in 1912 in the following countries:— Spain, France, Italy, Luxemburg,Roumania, Switzerland, Algeria, Tunis, is estimated at 2,781,985,000 gallons, against 2,498,322,000 in 1911, an increase of 11.4 per cent. The production of cotton in the United States in 1912 is estimated at 59,022,000 cwt., against 67,002,000 in 1911, and that of India at 15,460,000 cwt., against 11,019,000 in 1911. Teh total production in the following countries: United States, India, Japan, Egypt, in 1912, is estimated at 81,378,000 cwt., against 84,583,000 in 1911, showing a decrease of 3.8 per cent.