Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-10-17
THE HARVEST OF 1867 TBROUGH-
OUT THE WORLD. EUl

From the Boston Journal AEu
We have before US a mass Of agricultu-
raj statistics and reports, Of more or less
reliability, concerning the harvest OF the
present year in Great Britain, Europe
Canada and South America, which we
have collated and digested with some
care. in order tkat we might give to our
readers in q few words, the result OF many
hours iabOr. In our own country we all
know that ths harvest has been plentee--
Gus; the wheat crop being as large as IL
has ever, been, the corn crop largeT tns an
| il has been since 1851 and the osaer
grains and cereals have yielded We'll.
| This is the result when the entiTe coun'
| try IL taken as a whole. In the British
| Isles the weather this season has been
unusually vsrlabieA There hiss been
much more rain than has fallen Tor many
previous wears. The Governments there
makes no returns OF the result Of the
| harvest; but the London lines has Tor
many years employed a number OF prac-
teal agricultural experts as us cores
pondents In various parts Of the klngdom'
| and their reports are generally found 10 .
4 tOlerably reliable. The repofts OF nNe o.
| these correspondents are before ~ aiin
| the substance thereof II, that the Wheat
| crop Of England and Scotland togetneE
! wfiilb below the average. In ScotlaId d
and the north Of England the harvest ls
| fully three or four weeks later than usual
and the weather, as a whole, has been
decidedly unfavurable for bringing the
| crop TO nnahnity. The quantity Of gram
lthroughout the kingdom, according 10
| these correspondents, Will be smaller
/ than usual, and the quality VIII be lDIe-
riOr. There is a great yield Of straw, out
q deficiency OF grain; but the crops o.
\ oats and barley throughout Engiand,
/ Scotland, Ireland and Wales are very
4 large and very fine. The potato crop N
/ the kingdom is said 10 be N critical
condition. The potato disease appeared
] early iu the season ia the south aud Wesi
! OF England, and more lately, owing 10
! the prevalence Of rain, it has made con-
| siderable progress in Scotland and the
north of Englsnd Il is feared that the
| potato crop, as a whole, will not be more
7 than ons-haIf Of Its usual quautityi and
! this deficiency will increase the demand
for wheat, barley and oats.
4 The crops in France haue not been az
4 all good. The weather has been una
vorsble, and there is a serious deficiency
in grain and roots. The grain crop o.
! Germany has been good, but the potstc
disease has also prevailed there, ana the
crops will be deficient from one third tC
one half. The grain crops Of Belgium
Portugal, and Spain are deficient. SWlt
zerland never raises grain enough Tor hel
own cousumpfioD, but this year the nsua
deficiency seems to have been increased
Italy, unlike England, has suffered from
I long continued drouth, instead Of an eX
cess Of rains, and her grain crop is mor'
than usually short. Algeria, Tunis, andMo
rocco are in the same conditions. but
ON the other hand Russis, Turkey, Aus
iris. and the DanubiEn Principailtie'
! have excellent whest crops this year
/ fhe harvest in more than half the sous
american States has been goOdi aut
\ OF Mexico, notwithstanding her troubles
lit ia reuorted that she has raised gTalI
an0ugh to supply her Own plantation
/ To summarize the practical bearing o
the above facts, iD the plainest manner
II NAV be sufficient to say that the coun
tries which will be compelled to bul
breadstuffs between the present time an'
I the next harvest are Great BrlIail
France. Belgium, Portugal, SPAIN . VII
zerland, Italy, Algeria, Iuuisr and Mo
rocco: while the cUuRtries which VII
will have grain to sell are tue Unlte'
States. Canada, Chilli, and some Of 10
other South American states Hissls
Turkey, and the Danubian Principal
tiles. o..
The stocks Of old wheat in Great Brit
ain and France have not been so Low
fsince 1854 as they are at this time Lsrg
purchases Of wheat have been FOR som
time past made on French account II
the Eastern ports. The French Govern
lment has intimated TO It's citizens tEa
Iarge. purchases Of breadstuffs would b
expediant For maBy years past tn
! imports of wheat into Great Britain hav
steadily increased. This has been OWN
| to the Increase Of the population the im
movement in the rate of wages, snd Tn
4 more liberal expenditure Of supplyilin
the deficiency caused by the pertis
failure of this years crop. The follow
ing are the amounts OF wheat importe'
into great Britain since 1873, takini
: periods of five years together:
From 1876 70 lsj7-......--...-l9 rs %! quarter