From The Statistical Journal.
AGRICULTURE IN RUSSIA.
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Among the various subjects demanding the con-
Isideraon of the Russian Government, the agri-
cultural interest has not failed to attract due
share OF attention. Russia, fertile throughout the


greatest portion of its immense extent, and gene
rally abundant In corn, was, nevertheless, doomed


to suffer, in 1884, the consequences OF some pre-
vious bad haryests, and was even forced to i'm


port foreign corn. The harvest Of 1895, though


sufficient for the consumption of the country,


could not be considered as most abundant har-
vest; but at last, in 1896, the harvest was excel
lent, and then terminated state Of things rather
rare in Russia. Comfort was re-estabished in all
parts of the empire, and the expectation of corn
resumed its accustomed activity. 1t was only in


some of the districts of the governments of Arch
angel and Oonetz, lying III very high latitude,


that the production did not fully correspond with
the hopes of the farmer, in consequence of the


injury produced by the premature frost in autumn.
1t has not yet been found possible to collect the
necessary materials for making out a table of the
quantity sown and cut in the year 1886. Never
theless, some idea of the actual state and i'm
portance of agriculture in Russia may be formed
from the quantity sown in 1885. From the ac-
counts of the local authorities, the accuracy Of
which may be depended upon, there were sown
in the autumn 2O,549,l49 chetverts Of winter


corn (wheat and rye) or l4,076,l26 English
quarters.


The quantity of March corn, barley, oats, &c.,


sown, amounted to O,39S, ,046 chetverts (2O $780,


$40 quarters) consequently, the amount sown
during 1885 was, in the whole, 5O,947, 1875 chet-
vers. Since that period fresh land has been
brought into cultivation in various provinces of
the empire; and therefore the quantity sown in


the year 1886 must have been still greater. Owing


10 the prosperous state of agriculture the reserve


magazines established throughout the provinces


for the purpose providing against the possibility


of famine, are continually receiving fresh sup


plies; and the funds placed at the disposal of the
governments Of the provinces, for the purpose Of


purchasing foreign corn IN the event Of an unfa-


vorable season, have experienced considerable


increase. The total quantity Of corn deposited in


the magazines offfty-three governmental districts.
the population of which consisted Of l9,254,254


male persons belonging to the class Of peasants,


amounted, the first of January, 1886, to
5,75O, $50 chetverts, and the reserve funds to
l5,420,l92 roubles, independently of a conside-
rable quantity Of corn and some sums of money


which still remain to be appropriated for that
object At the same period, l29,292 chetverts
Of corn were amassed in magazines established
in the towns; and the reserve funds belonging to


the municipalities amounted to 3,928, TAG roubles