Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-09-10
RICHMOND WHIG.
From the Marx Lane Exprsss. Asy. %.
THE WHEAT QUESTION.

The onward progress Of the harvest slow though has
oeen on account OF the scarcity Of hands in many dis
trct beginning to foreshadow its probable influence
upon the markets OF the coming season. Az present
however, enough has not been d.yeloped of the con
ton oi the crops TO enable merchant and the miller
10 form sound Judgment OF the result At the same
time, the accounts from various district give ANYTHING
but favorable view of the yield Of the wheat crop m
some districts there Is an undoubtedly full average but
IN others premature rpeness has injured the quality
and reduced the quantity OF the grain This effect la.
been aggravated 10y the heavy storms which in v-ou.
parts oil the country have inflicted great damage upon
all the crops and injured both quality and Weld n l.
estimated by many good judges that the weight of the
wheat this season will average least from 3 To- H.
per bushel less than last year. which will make n I;a.,
ence In Fo'T OF from - to - lbs per qr Thi, wll
amount, in round numbers least two million s,.L.
oi Hour, taking the average produce Id million QUAR-
,e whci even II we get an average, will materially
duce the supply and give milers more work and les
profit On the other hand is universally acknowl.,
ed that the farmers throughout the country hold the lar
ges stock of old wheat they have had at ills sc,n, C
years that this will fully compensate for h.,
deficiency may be found in the weight OF flour p-.r a,
We have also large stock Of foreign wheat on hand
both in London and the ouports that " III still frth.
help to make up any requirements.
In France the Is different The crops in the sout,
have been housed, and reported to exhibit large
deficiency in the acreage Weld IL estimated that uno
the entire crop OF wheat In that there will h.
oneourth less than average that il Is not consd-
cred there viii be much TO spare for expectation n /.
probable however, that the French miller, will st sr,
Hour to England, when they do it profit ever.
with the chance OF having fetch it back again at an
advanced price aiterwards There il also in Franc, A.
here large stock of old wheat the hands of the farm
ers of Normandy and Brittany whilst supplies from L..
Black Sea be- readily obtained when the price and
tue slidng-scale will allow. At the commencement OF
the harvest there considerable advance ia price in
most of the French markets hut reaction has since
taken place although the trade still continues firm. and
IL s not likely that prices will rccede.
The crops OF spring in this country reported
better than expected with the exception of those on
the very light lands where the drought and heat hay,
prematnrely Iipened them. On the strong and mixed
coils the barley good, and the oats heavy cr, ON
the other hand in Ireland especially in the southern
parts, the less a failure r.In III. e1
cesSive drought which much more severe and list
ing than in England. In many fclds the oats ~ f,V
ear, are not more than four inches high The poa,oet
also have suffered severely and viii - verv small size
very large breadth, however planted, and there
will still he good supply In England the disease has
appeared ia many districts, ard fields have been
poughed up the crop not being otherwise worth raising
The winter beans are likely To turn we'll but the
spnng-sown will be nearly failure. The harvest has
been somewhat retarded by the rains that have fallen
but the damage has been confined 20 the SproutnE of
few fields of barley, aud this will have but little effect
upon The general yield.
The harvest in the United States does not turn out
quite so abundant expected Some SAMPLES of
new wheat that have been received from thence do not
display the usual high quality At any rate, Wharver
may be the produce of wheat, it !, likely that our
prices Will be low enough TO enable their merchants to
ship to this country at profit In Canada IVES; the
wheat crop larger and more productive than ever was
known and although the other cultivated soils the
Wee'i and midge fly have committed their customary
rsvages the new lands in the "r west yield an unusual
Hbundance-say from twenty-eeht TO thirtyve bushels
TO the 80 there will be considerable sl,rulus to
spare the price in Europe will allow Il be shipped TO
proht, which, however Is doubtful
In the north of Europe the crops not reported TO
be so good As usual especially rye, which Is advancing
in price there being on hand large orders from Holland
and Belgium for that grain. Th, wheat trade AZ Ham
burg heavy, taking the from Mark Lane but the
stocks OF old corn are not large.