Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-23
THE KusopEAs HAnvEsrs.

lnf0rmatlOn LOucnlnS Iue COnuiIion
of the English haryests. The last
commercial circulars from Liverpool
generally concur in the statement
that though the cereal crops are
very unequal, they will probably
not fall sufficiently below the aver.
eye to make much difference in the
current prices of bread and -four.
It's rather too early, however, to
pronounce definite judgment. On
the contrary, the London Shipping
Gazette, in a review of the English
harvest, concludes that the wheat |
crop is under the average, both in
yield per acre and the quality OF |
the produce itself, although the va
riability on both points is very
great. Nevertheless, it is of opin
on that the general character of the
wheat is better than most persons
had dared to hore for, after the
very ungenial season it had to CON-
tend with. With the labor market
and manufacturing industries In
an unsatisfactory condition, our
London contemporary warns En-
glish factors that, if they part with
their produce at low rates, they
will place themselves under the
penalty of having to purchase
at much higher price at the
close of the season. 1t does
not, however, apprehend either a
scarcity of food or famine prices,
since the corrective afforded by the
extension of the Geographic system
is at hand, through which liberal
supplies can at all times be had
within a brief period, from countries
which have an abundance to spare.
1t says: "The amount of wheat
afoat for the United Kingdom is
about the same as at the correspond
ing period last year, and this will
probably be added to considerably,
as the fact of q deficient harvest,
which is now a matter of certainty,
will be sure to attract additional
quantities" AS an offset to a de-
fcient wheat harvest, the yield of
the coarser cereals and root crops
in England appears to have been
satisfactory, which, it is fair to pre-
sumo, will have the effect to limit
the importation of coarse stuffs for
stock purposes.
The reports from Continental
Europe create the impression that
the wheat harvest is no where more
than an average, while in many i'm
portant sources it is below. The
New York Shipping and CONNER
cial List collates the following: In
B elgium, in Switzerland, in Ger
many, in Hungary, in Southern
Russia, along the Danube, on the
shores of the Black Sea, and in
Turkey, the production of wheat
is far from being so considerable as
has been expected. Spain is also
stated TO present wheat as well as
a financial deficit, and Italy is not
very certain that she will have all
that she requires for her cOnsump-
ton. At Marseilles the demand for
wheat for local consumption has of
late shown itself very active,
while spectators have made impor-
tant purchases. A rather decided
advance in wheat has been The re-
suit at the great Mediterranean
centre. 1t is worthy of note that
firmness in plice has become as de.
cided at Bordeaux and Nantes as at
Marseilles, Notwithstanding the
hopes formed in the west of France
as to the wheat crop Of this year
in that district. The question
whether France will require to
make large grain imports in 1869
40 is beginning to be discussed, and
although public opinion rather far
vors a negative conclusion, it is a
fact Of some significance that wheat
and flour have risen in tworthirds
of the French departments to a
greater or lesser extent. The
Chamber Of Commerce of Marseilles
has drawn attention 10 the fact that,
though the wheat harvest of 1868
was Of an average, the import of
grain into France was greater than
in 1867, when the harvest was bad.
In 1868 it was 15,91S,50 hectoli-
tres in 1867 only II, $4,000. This
may be accounted for, perhaps, by
more liberal stocks at the CONS
mencement of 1868, and by the de~
crease of supplies drawn from
France by Great Britain during that
year. ....
The inference to be deduced
from the foregoing summary is,
that the United States will be
largely drawn upon for wheat to
make good European deficiencies.
During the past crop year, ending
with August, we exported from the
United States, including -four, about
$4,000, 900 bushels of wheat-an in
crease of some fifty three per cent.
over the preceding year. The fol-
lowing table will show the com
parative exports of breadstuffs to
Great Britain and Ireland for a
number of years:
FLOUR. WHEAT. CORN.
Bbls. Bush. Bush
1869 .............. 775,046 l9445,751 3,2i9E7l
1868 ............... 4S9 535 ll,SO,l74 S9U4,0O2 |
1867 ......-...-..... l56,9SS 5.l9l.36l lO.44SF |
1856 l4l2Ol l,4262l3 1851, l72
1865 ............-.. l5S19G 2,SlL25D l,I96,5l
1864 .................1 257,&77 l6492943 $50 69l
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