The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-08-20
THE FO0D SUPPLY,
Prospective Want of Breadstuff in
EurGBe.
From the New York Tim'

From the New York Times
From Russia it is now announced that
the harvest for 1868 is bad in several
Provinces of the Empire. The Golos
i ( st Petersburg, informs us that the news
from the Baltic Provinces is not better
than from the Southern Provinces. In
Esthonla nothing but lamentations are
heard, and the communal reserves are
almost exhausted. In the south, in the
| Government of Pultosa, all the farmers
are IN despair; there Is nothing to gather
neither rye nor oats nor hay; every
| thing Is burned up not one drop of rain
/ has fallen since the beginning of May.
In Kief Podolia and Volhynia matters
are no better, and prices rise daily. ln
speaking of these uniavorabc circum-
stances, the Golos says that the revenues
Of the Treasury will inevitably be redu-
ced, not only because many farmers will
not be in a position to pay their direct
taxes, but further, because the general
misery will considerably restrict the pro-
portion of consumption of objects subject
| to Indirect taxation.
But the most striking feature of our
exports to the Liverpool market is hay
The steamer Colorado, which cleared on
the I'd of August took out S64 bales
The City of London, which sailed on the
Sth, the City of New York, the Erin and
the Louisiana all took out bay and we
learn that every steamer for fortnight
ahead is engaged to take it as far as
convenient, those Of one line being under
orders from their agents abroad to fill up
all the available space not employed by
shippers with this article for ships ac
count. The fact that steamers are en-
ployed IN this service, Notwithstanding G
the greater expense, than by sailing yes
sells shows that time isconsidered abroad
by those who send these orders, as an
essential element in the supply. 1t is
dlfiicult to form an accurate opinion as to
the quantity that will be wanted, but it is
universally conceded that this crop in
England had suffered most of any that
there was no aftermath, and that pastures
we're universally dried up. The number
OF sheep alone in Great Britain is estima-
ted at 80, 900, 900, which are fed twice
day In the winter season, when other food
canlo5 5c obtained, at the rate of about
twenty-five pounds OF hay to each score.
This alone would require $4,000 tons or
thereabouts, per day, but these animals
are being slaughtered in unusual quanti
ties on account of the impossibiIity of
feeding them, and, consequently, the
market affects the price of other food
commodities. There will doubtless be
great anxiety in England to carry over
to another season as many OF her sheep
as possible. The annual consumption of
wool is estimated at 335 900, 900 pounds
constituting the chief basis of the wollen
manufactures of Great Britain Fitzhu-
bert long ago told the English that sheep
is the most profitable cattle that a man
can have, remark which they have
treasured, as their renown fer sheep
husbandry Is tracted to this source,
Our h y crop in the United States is
placed by many, in money value on a
par with cotton, but as the English have
almost universally been favored with
large crops Of hay, sufficient for all their
animals, and as it constitutes an article
neither OF import nor export, no money
value has been placed upon it. The
telling effects Of the drought lii severe
dlminutlon Of this crop. and the destruc-
ton OF pastures, can scarcely be estima-
ted by them, so favored have they been
IN the annual and certain production of
hay. 1t will probably be found to be the
material feature of the drought, and
that the loss of the root crop in addition
will cause great suffering and injury. 1t
is probable that the cattle and horses of
the British Isles consume, each class, an
equal quantity with the sheep, which
will require daily consumption during
parts OF the season of, say 10000 tons
or estimting five bales, such as are form
ed here to the ton, $4,000 bales per day
W Whatever surplus we may have of hay
near to the coasts in the districts which
have their outlets at Philadelphia, Bos
ton and New York, will no doubt be re-
quired at remuneratiye prices That now
sent abroad is purchas ed without much
regard to quality for the want is urgent
At from 70 to Is cents per hundred, but
not much can be obtained at those 6gur-
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