The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-10-25
The Harvest of 1867 Throue hout the
World.
From the BCs on Journ il,


From the Bcs. on Journ i.
We have before us a mass Of agricultural
statistics and reports, of more or less re-
liability, concerning the harvest of the
present year in Great Britain, Europe,
Canada and South America, which we have
collated and dicested with some care, in
order that we might give to our readers in
few words the result of many hours la
Dor. In our own country we all know that
the harvest has been plenteous, the wheat
crop being as large as it ever has been
since 1851, and the other grains and cere-
ais having yielded we'll This is the re-
suit when the entire country Is taken as
whole. In the British Isles the weather
this season has been unusually variable. =
There has been much more rain than has
fallen for many previous years. The Gov
ernment there makes no returns of the re-
suit of the harvest, but the London Times
has for years employed number of practi.
cal agricultural experts as its correspond
ents IN various parts of the Kingdom, and
these reports are generally found to be tol-
erably reliable. The reports of five Of
these correspondents are before u.s. and
the substance thereof is that the wheat
crop of England and Scotland together will
De DelOW the average.
In Scotland and the north Of England the
harvest Is fully three or four weeks later
than usual, and the weather as whole has
been decidedly unfavorablc for bringing
the crops to maturity The quantity Of
grain throughout the Kingdom, according
to these correspondents, will be smaller
than usual, and the quality Of it will be in
ierlor. There is great yield of straw,
but deficiency in grain. But the crops Of
oats and barley throughout England, Scot
land, Ireland and Wales, are very large
and very fine. The potato crop in the
Kingdom is said to be in a critical condi-
ton. The potato disease appeared early
IN the season in the south and west of
England, and more lately, owing to the
prevalence OF rain, it has made considera-
BILE progress in Scotland and the north of
England, 1t IS feared that the potato crop
as whole will not be more than one half
Its usual quantity, and this deficiency will
Increase the demands for wheat, barley and
oats.
The crop in France have not been at
all good The weather has been very unfa-
vorable, and there is serious deficiency in
grain and roots. The grain crop of Ger
many has been good, but the potato disease
has also prevailed there, and the crops
will be deficient from one-third to one half
The grain crops of Belgium, Portugal and
Spain are deficient Switzerland never
raises grain enough for her own consump-
ton, but this year the usual deficiency
seems to have been increased Italy, un-
like England, has suffered from long con,
tlnued drouth instead Of an excess of rains
and her grain crop is more than usually
short. Algeria, Tunis and Morocco arc in
the same condition. But on the other
hand, Russia, Turkey, Austria and the
panubian Principalities have excellent
wheat crops this year; the harvest in more
than half OF the South American States
has been good ; and Of Mexico, notwith
standing her troubles, it is reported that
she has raised grain enough to supply Ter
own population. To summarize the practi
cal bearing Of the above facts in the plain
est manner, it may be sufficient to say that
the countries which will be compelled to
buy breadstuffS between the present time
and next harvest. are Great Britain,
France, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Switz
erland, Italy, Algeria Tuns and Morocco;
while the countries which will have grain
to sell are the United States, Canada,
Chill and some Of the other South Ameri
can States, Russia, Turkey, and the Danu-
blan principalities.
The stocks of old wheat in Great Britain
and France have never been so low since
1854 as they are at the present time Large
purchases of wheat have been made for
some time past on French account in the
Eastern ports. The French Government
has lntimated to its citizens that large pur.
chases of breadstufs would be expedient.
For many years past the imports Of wheat
IN Great Britain have steadily increased
This has been owing to the increase of pop
ulaton, the improvement in the late of
wages, and the more liberal expenditure Of
the people, and to these causes is now add.
ed the necessity Of supplying the defcien-
cy caused by the partial failure of this
years crop The following are the amounts
OF wheat imported into Great Britain since
1915, taking periods OF five years togeth-
er: