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The World's Crops

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Day
22
Month
May
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Washington, May 19. - The foreign stat'stics gathered by the agrleultural department show, the erop condltlons throughout the year. The summary follows: Great Britain - The erop ou: look every where is good and pxoinlEes a h.rvest about two reeks earller th.iu usual. This would dlminish the imports for the remaimler of the current cereal year by about 5,000,000 bus France- Wlth aorma] intll harvest the wheat crop wlll more suffiee for home requ Jus for export is eonfldently predi ited ty Frenen agrleultural Journals and statisticians, some expecting that it wlll amount to 40,000,000 bushels. This quantlty would affecl prices, especially ■ If the French government should pav -l bounty on exports. Austrla-Hungary 1 be weather has boon favorable and thc crops promlse well. Roumanla- Cold weather n April retarded the crops, but the outlook is íly promising. Kussia- Excellent prospeets of a crop ahove the average in quantlty n:ni quallty aro generalty reported. The unfavorable March weather In the souí h is found to liavo dono no serlous áamage. Spring sowings have boon oompleíed under good condltUns.

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Ann Arbor Democrat