Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-11-10
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saturday M.r.sas,. ..Nevc.nbrr 10. 1888.
Seeding Wheat The prospect for Prices in Sc


has interfered seriously with the closing opera
tons of seeding wheat in this section of Virginia
Afavorabe season. however. during the mex
week or two. will enable the farmer, though i
be late, TO finish his seeding with a good promise
of a satisfactory yield. In oil the counties Eas
of the Blue Ridge excellent wheat has often beer
made, after mild winter and spring from seed
ing rs late as the middle of December. and We
would urgently advise our farmers, all who have
notfully completed their operations,to commence
again the weather clears off, and con
tinue to SOW, if necessary. certainly during the
present month. Early sewing has been injured
materially in many places, we are Informed, by
the chinch bug, from the ravages Of which wheat
sown after this time would undoubtedly be ex-
empt during the present season.
The prospect which invites the farmer TO con-
tinued operations In preparing for large harvest
next year scarcely ever more inviting In
fact. that high and renuDerating prices will then
prevail, is almost beyond contingency; yet we
do no. believe from information received, that an
ased breadth of land Mt all commensurate
with the prospective demand for, aud price of
breadstufs has been put to seed in this portion
look to this thing before it is too late. They
have yet short time in which 10 prepare for IN
increase of the golden harvest which may be
reaped next season. and we would urge them not
to let the time pass by upproftably. The invest
ment required in labor and material 10 SOW an
additional breadth of land compared with
the prospective profit is very small even
should the season prove unfavorable and the in
vestment a.co consequent failure. On the other
hand, prolific harvest will not only bring mag
nifcent returns 10 them individually but will add
materially TO the general wealth and comfort of
our people.
The ground of our conclusion respecting the
continued high price Of breadstutfs during the
next season is not based on the fact of the
cent rise On the contrary that advance we re-
gard as solely speculative, because there neither
nor is an actual scarcity of bread any where
at this timenor can there he scarcity for many
months to come But we base conclusions
on the facts which have given rise TO this spec
ulation--fac.s which, recently deyeopednnd con-
fessed every where, leave doubt that there will
be, before another harvest season comes round,
an urgen. and pressing demand in Europe for
Atlantic. The lowest estimates we have seen from
French sources puts the deficiency in tho late
harvest in France ut two and half million quar-
ters,or twenty million bushels; whilst in Eng land
the estimated deficiency varies from thirty two
snillion to fifty million bushels Taking tho low
est possible supply then according to these com
putatons, and we have an aggregate deficiency
IN France aud England Of more than fifty two
million bushels to be supplied from other coun-
tries before the next harvest.
And from whence arc the supplies to
Gomez Let US see. The following remarks on
this subject we find credited to an English cor
respondent of the Mark Lane Express. They
speak for themselves, and present we, believe, the
prospect of supply rs respects England in its
most favorable light. After announcing de-
fciency in the English stocks of not less than
5000 600 or 6.00O,0 900 quarters--equal to forty
or forty eight million bushels, the writer says:
From year to year we have been looking to
America for supply of wheat in our extremity,
and we ought 10 be thankful that we have been
able to obtain much from thence But let me
once for all endeavor to correct the exaggerated
notions of the exporting power Of that country so
prevalent with us. and which have originated
in the boastful estimates and pretensions of
the Yankees themselves On looking the
Board of Trade returns, which are now before me,
] find that we have imported from the States in
fourteen years from $40 TO 1853 inclusive) g.
6l4,324 quarters in wheat, and -four as wheat; he
ing an average of 6l5, BOB quarters per annun.--
But five take the last eight years of the series,
it amounts to 81 .442 quarters, or 976 $50 quar-
tiers per annum. The two heaviest years were
1S47 (the year of the famine in Ireland )and 1853
when our own crop was defcient) In both these
instances, however.the export was strained to the
utmost,so that in 1913 we only imported 296, %
quarters and last year less than thut-the
crop in the States having been partial failure.
But so completely was the country drained OF
wheat by the export of 1883 that they had none
10 fall back upon when their own deficiency
arose; and their prices, in consequence were be-
yond ours almost throughout the season, taking
freight and expenses into the account.
America therefore, as well as ourselves, began
this cereal year with An exhausted stock; whilst,
on the other hand, the population of the States
increases even faster than our own, any Euro
pean State; so that consumption keeps pace with
production up to the present time, whatever it
may do hereafter. They have, however. had this
year an excellent crop, and large increase of
land under wheat. and will probably be able to
export much, if not more than in 1877. The
question therefore is what proportion of this shall
we.obtain?
1t is now aseertained. to demon stration that
the crops of wheat and rye throughout the whole
of Northern Europe are Numerically deficient, and
this is especially the case in the Baltic provinces,
and from thence into the interior Of Germany,
where -four is at this moment at 70s per sack
1t will be useless for us to expect any adequate
supply from thence this season; for they will rath-
or he competitors with us in those markets where
a surplus EXISTS. The same is the case with
France, for which country purchases are almos,
daily made in own markets, ar which has fore
stalled Us In TINT of Anne rina we Lnyn stateG