The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-09-04 00:00:00

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THE WHEAT CROP, 01:1
,
14 ref
crop of
1875.
the Pietrehe. j
yi,,. erence to the yield of the grain
__.
fog'.,kr. James Cairo, a well-known authority,
""`ng to 2'he 2'imes :
thrashingand the yield
aotif._ __a
proceeds,
h below that of
Attati t that the wheat crap is roue
11-o Illilld rY bulk Crop begins to be proved, there c °I.
q'ialities f
nties are this
Year, and less than an average crop.. The best
year t, 0 wheat and the best wheat y
erehs flakes greater l to good wheat was
reade ''3 Most deficient.
.In one trialeOf a heavy crop
three ':s,r toe the Proportion
country, from
8041'. ace on the western side of the
d defective
rtlii treet to Ayrshire. The discoloured an
last year g The soundest
Kent to
a .al'ng the whole Eastern seaboard, from ,
i wheat
to Lothian, and include the principal
area of
4.155, and about five-sixths of the wheatlsis of the
. thgdorn. Such is the result of my analysis from prac-
Areful ret tio,af ~,,
,urns frorn each county, collect
neural Gazette,
ha _•-!1 oy the Editor of the Agricultural
personal inquiry
ki;:ci 4t tar as possible confirmed by per ,
The
a aervation.
for publics-
tieh returns of acreage are not yet ready .
,_
wait
f,._ ?.and it would certainly be more prudent
offering
01
fi".s.tie f.acta which they will disclose before
certainty
OTokarestimate of our requirements. But theaF
es m
k e so
fat aotl?e,ediog a larger supply from abroad
m That•they
will., iclpate the publication of the returns.
tent of
leet '4osv a considerable diminution on the. ex
season wn_Year I cannot doubt. The wheat-sowing
s rela--
ti;',° 0(.4 over favoura.ble and the much higherment
t) u,pricee of barley and .Ats offered every inducement
wi'l!,,e,..tie extension of the latter. The Irish
tier,
_rns tor 1875, just issued, show a diminution in
h the
ea:,.4_c_. al 14 per cent. from 1874, a proof the
Irish
hQr_Mentioned have largely influenced the
not
neari,': kid Will, to a certain eitent, though
--
ours. Under
the do:_;_',gre_at an extent, have influenced oti.
exteetu.?le Mfluence of deficient yield and diminished
in
ttetot,:ic Yl'll be prudent to reckon on a .
reduction
equivalent
to rtkp_3".leld of 2,000,000 quarters, which is
seclur 6f in-
at%l orsh2, g US dependent on the foreigner oAt th• ' 41. eihthal consumption.
home
land le time last year, with a large crop at
name
450. g!l_aeral abluidance abroad, I ventured to
year's
crop, ga..4913 probable average price of the
95 per
eeut, fnleh was a reduction of nearly -
The
eettial .orn v.._
average.
(Le previous four years'
been
445, sd.l4°age price realised for crop 1874 has
tibtnd zut the wheat harvest this. year is
ino i that
where
tlafb 441, and the best we can hope from t s s
kake 11)418 of last Year Western Europe may
„..°
Itith 11) tbe ear i 1
prevent competition.
114 Hupp y as to
he in tb
PlU'chase of foreign wheat. We shall
d use
tilt 10, PaY a higher • f the coming Year an •
tied ..'eat With Price or .
for the low PP°,
bo„olibtediy la
_greater econc!my ,
ed consumption;
the'neilin the
81144 e :fob largely
dm..cretas
he extensive use of
attiejee4Pel' qualities Ore
Wheatand
iniusubstitution for other
cattle food. In
ro 't4ed the v ood. nno other waY"
I 4traertea tot
5p 55t supplies poured in upon
us, as there
e gill,e:r to remain any excessive quantity in
A Qp)a,lide4. U Or granary.
now
arvest
','Petd. Psg the extent to which this country is n
°' foreLlib,aa forein eorn, the abundance or otherwise
25 us roes a .
pot,. 154 tla
b .
questiona
of the first im-
-40 .4nee t
go eco t . The home growth of wheat during the
'one a gradual eteet4 Yeara has Und 1
diminution, and,
latir''‘hader th • e
tt., s plies e influence of a considerably higher re-
_ oats, there
a 8 Compared with barley and
the
fblllitilte (iu probability that this will continue. At
e4)halinipt'o fpast year we may reckon,
toil erago
ell 1n o theiaas
.y f the PePular
lit, 4t 3 e PidY of each individual o
bushels, which is equal to nearly.
44 Per he
) ad Per da frotp-411 the p y.- But even
.Nyithin the last
_
4 r44l.°lttir °Wil trilpd"rt ton in which this is furnished
has undergone
allt‘ved 414 i.,_ a and from abroad .
Us to 1860 the
acreeNtbreadelPortant change. Previous
d 4 Ouo,ooo
terer,l'aell the 0 •
af our wheat land exceeded _ ,
The
acte,;'s? breadt,),P.Pulation -

„h- -.ion was barely 28,00010002 a .004.
32,,,z letii,i 2',
_deiiring the last eight
I,:fiii;ooe
r 5 h 35
the population_
__hyasearisncrfeasfoerdeignta.-
4,sol),sotß'ee4-nfoProduce of 3,0 0,0.00 acres o
hz
hoieue-n cycoannstusuaebdef9rnre
eaelBh7o3,,earthaeftioniaroeof ,
',et Us look at the principal sources o
1 The cr,„
to;ilrigiaP-ttilreltii7l3ati.--r;n of wheat in the United Kingdom
114140417e0Orowtei7t;:-,;Ytbbeefosutaotwedlnginorroduerndo numbers at
tttet"4, 5.8 ; 4e°rurara;tilJ37,ll4itcled; States
2a n.
2d. i Canada, nas
France,l id
3,P ‘ 'III' :5-1 -:;•
subject to
la side,abie is, 4'7 ; total, 100. Tim. 18 srising to
ti) lt2'et 414. 4tectilation, Russia sometimes
1872 falling
J.l4it , tut 'oaa Anaerica so recently
thee,
litd irl,iStates _ ',ne average of the last
e sleixadyienegraplac
I)44',,rised 01: !econd. War seems to havuepoenxewrchisieodh Petd°l4 to , u,, on the two countries,
the, 4t. de°_iu we were in the next degree de-
Praill'kr with nY for five years Prceevitu 3wainttd:
14b 4 hearb. ptnce, gave us over 7 per e
el raLge-roi*Pey cent. In the last five years,
text L'lni 4 aiatill,lces, Germany could spare us
kttq "u Pr'stee ance only 2 per cent. Chili _ears, and
rither” ritlantiti in the
in of recent years, suoliintteles
or i from
/ otist,4,,,_ est arrive in varying Pr:PI
tije,Ft,`lthatti:,7!. raying a period of the astGlesrmyeanarys:
betalteeaorilirtitries of Western Europe—Germany,
export,
t,(lllctit hitqn a gre„.,' and SPain—show.a declining
L 4441-.. 041. -,,, home consumption or lessened panrod-
Mainstay are the United States
tieh 4WI the }a •
tiDkh-laci ntie , lack Sea ports of Russia,
Ds ' poNi c..ualiated lands, with a comparatively
awt_ihv_elle_ye
tiittltrl.theil. . aotion, will we may hope, find for na""Y
/Mr'
11l theuir.,Bt. Profitable outlet for an abundant
tilted Kingdom.
:41714''''kjerlIpt.lacte bo Prpared to pay morebfroorugithtthaann
14 104 fret, -I,' A rise of 10a. a quarter
and again
by , il, Th -',,,lialina of 50 per cent, in 1867,
~
811,:,'" IY-113etus to production in America 4t4 -'eßsive yeara of good prices was not abatedf.the
„ctc,Wcrit
01 °f. 25 Per cent, during last year,
4141,
cettAillrileorvi
ecadtto ne
vt:nrinasltesato:liison to the
ti 't4rtltie Dortr:liwaYa
means
liti. kispett , °oMPeting for freights, afforded given
from the West
vvggraesattoreaddumc.tiitonof
otfhepreircoep.
ap, oi laat, crop of the present year is not equalvatsot .
quite large enough to spare u
ti,`44,,ecA 417, C.z,,,11 afford to pay for it.
tt,„"arge ~" rtrissia there is good reasoAnntdosbbeae_lti.hev.ine
"L'llnstzw''"rea of last year's corn will be opened ID) a
price,
gAti h venefit to th
i 4.1„..i country ii 4rpeat e consumers n.s cou of ar _
Lzaz ik44 t':
lei i ;II
Itieelicif
ofteo
iciciteater:huh;:tiolti
oofr
oarLfwi
il
31enbsat?n :atlt iwi
Past
ins
a, ihyt
itessi
tl,l yn
ahei
seesoettnatahbl tyweue dui,:
uldlbula
abundance
outlet. The
the
of all
ceaurket,
t4be tWOla4rteigt corn of every kind imported during
,ililiß ih ,tillfrvest years has varied extremely
_ll- t_trizt
144 re%ketre,nurnberit 4,500,000 tone and 4,601)8,°?...
sill, ?las itterJ. 17. The cost of this in ]8734 w. "
1h347 of thrg, and in 1874-5, 45 millions; the iamrgner.
'404,1'4'3 thajttst Year thus costing about nine
pre.
liiiliit Year. T e 89mewhat smaller import of VI
tefozi&htblspozvitogthg:tltlliffinertehnecerimuaunsttitbye added , cons-
and price of
hiritlg in thet°ee s iMported. When we add to that the
187, t° the b '3.'' of the home supply of eorn4 P . of
= es4,4ott)ritulh consumer from the fineharvfs.
4148._1,11 ksa than 2CLBIAWPIAAttIrIing. .
144411.18 LE -------
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ACCIDENT TO 14tN
4t t;XCIIRSION TRAIN.
tw
Ittttti anty.hy .
qidia 4, ei b e Minutes past eleven o'clock
the
LI te_tld Itai4t a terrible collision occurred._
44forci 1._43', at iCildwick Station, 16 mileesnnorth
i
totilellrtioll'i'et:ween the fast train from Scotlandn(l
r, 4, ra'in returning from Morecambe to Brad.
°Otid.,'44'l"'l'Nferatithat a half-day excursion train left 11or_ei
hs, t'-)radford at
With ab 8.50 p oi_ 2,m., consisting f
-01 liSiogrwded
or.t a thousand
north
%At tilltilViatclita,793leY Station, a mile and a half
observed
at 0 4b t,o, 1 'MI% in charge of the station
They
th, 11,es tiq 4reps of th, train had gone out. • 0
passengers.
kild'tais-: e,i;ralihed to Kildwick to stop and examina.
tit, b“le excursion was not timed to. stop t
,11,,,tibY means of signals the driver war!
141(1—t„rttra s'„'• 4° just outside the station. One 4:::
bi,k‘ft orhacw.Lwent to meet the train to. examine it
0,41. 'rota eo ..3 Wrong, in accordance with the
Itlel2e2-
4,,111(1 at tli:IlleY Te train approached a •
as
v.' th " Barna moment another telegram w .
th, %ley Ett tt the
thq 4t4tiet '1.22.
kit li, ~ W4B at 0 distance signal,.
800 yards from
TShcoeth express train had passed
hob Stoll 1... nee Put on to atop it:
Kild wick
-s4t , and -1,,, Was slowly drawing into
Vitt,4*a4 o,lta Dorter 1,,,i i
Plat discovered that the tail
Meanwhile
•4114tot4td an a`n - WaB relight)) it when the express
.atif rnriii Preaching Thelligne at this point is on a
t'11214: trot,'
the there. is bridge over it about 200
o',.l4l4:i_iikiZt ii_tation, ago
.tt the driver of the
iti'l 4144 tiro,' i'ee the tram
.g.m.i fro.n.kt.
anTdheeouelxd-
R tO 'f6te is'-' t° stop at
..._..i.dwic
ccord-
'ltilb thou' 7_ gging at full speed, but a 1
th t,ti ic- It'uo witneeeed the
into the
1
brhit c' et.?;iftly ~
vrt
~,titi
be
last
in!ndThdeaaghueadrd!s
van 'Ll'' ..rllOO tr'a•
much
nearest the
tt
two carriages the one nwe.as
v:lritii:4,4l4,l°Tnpoisite and th ' other A third class,
tvanthe rear of
I,l).4,aver;ll.:ais' 41roost_to is,•
not Lk'
thh,fv,
ver, Ilarriso.,
posts;
tram
e. andof the he r
express occupants
the fir.e.
thenathyuT rht e a twe
ffoer theirset
occupants of the two
on the.
rest of the tram
.wFr
. however, wasedxrceeapdot
--,i of them receiving
head
ies torf the carria.gesd and
ie waaai.n.renßdoenrefidreteowantehrdee
aadies of the
~
tlio.-r'lite- i
tit .144,.;,,
8,1) by , .to TicheeigBhtiftetylOknil-vlin.eiathster;
.id, and the .
e shrieks
14110--„trlz's.,,t-kimilaltebZtirlsidence was about half assistantsaitu.le
in, , c'i Ittrt 1421 d the crash and th
Willing
spee'dily on the spot.
, cona w -13 the sufferers were
tc.444:tetodicacietB(l‘
4(it,a2‘,4:::;kti0,11.: jinyat:whacenaardwrbieedenin.
ktoi..,:tteewfaoluitr
other led 4411:4;41 ika,latt 'ivaa then founa
Pe" 144 was • when she was
Seven
eighttthri
c,.. sore, qttt.f.ly after.
•-•,,niart,,, ,to and Av.zolJe t, tl ',,,2411y, attended to they _
thEl'4,:l. Njured. After the injured
e
aci.tvilv°i:WabeirelitZtnl34ll;,`,,:iStrAtttli Some to
et
,h e Bradfor.doln.:
of Otley r ad
l'iotel, eite re Y zr)ittrea'kanover-square, Bradford,n.
°I thoß,,a!;lortd`P?ve theth- tlim •t was considered 1.1 n
atiftc,„-- wzio , '4l:lCe f --'-'l, 1 left at the Junction.
h.,,lng fro were to_ rott) t,skre
~,n
About thirty
he'Tnteheir _rn a„,re're ht' t,tii
injured, many of them
tra,,l, Iclii dlep (144 ah!' face and held
yeas., .dow4 'ed itt theubtation and proceeded
he en
were dispatched
line
‘vaa
usdAtt- 'lle work of clearing
the
had
work
With. No great damage
hole I",ent wayL and the only,
, yebris. In a couple 0.
:lA, 800
'llred and by eight o'clock
,f,41...
e:
the for the resumption of traffic.
Brauforsi
' accident reached
-.Awls
'eat. Almost the whole
ftit I hours.e
Who
~ciain
tb..etord people,. and when the
.r.e :lost p?.inful anxiety
rage
ei3t4;l4 'thin isll-aft23l4agt:ln•MCireea

oqba
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eor,i,
1 alk
debist.a.

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3 %;11isio,n_pwurred on tu,
glairsiiirmiles north I
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