Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-05
The General Outlook of BreadstuffS.


and the spring wheat three-eighths. The WIN
ter wheat crop in the Eastern, Middle and
Western States was deficient. Thare was an
increase IN the wheat product Of the Southern
States; mainly in Texas Tennessee and North
Carolina, Of about 9, OO0, eco bushels, bit the
crop in those States was damaged by heavy
rains during the harvest. The Middle States
and Maryland were short IS, 600 600 bushels.
The winter wheat IN Ohio and Michigan was
also considerably deficient, estimated at about
Is per cent; The increase in the Southern
States Il not he available for auy deficiency
in the States that are deficient, rs the trans
portation facilities are not favorable for mar
keting it outside of the localities where grown.
The deficiency in the winter wheat crop Of the
Eastern, Middle and Western States must
from necessity be made good by the use of
spring Wheat
The wheat crop POT California and Oregon Is
reported to be IS per cent. increase on the for
mer, and 5 per cent. On the latter. The ship
ments to Europe from California and Oregon
from July to January 2 has been 1874, 853
bushels, and including shipments from South
American ports, the aggregate sent to Europe
was on the 1st Of January, 1878, 10,400, 900
bushels. The amount of wheat IN transit fOt
Great Britain from the Pacific coast was, on
the 9th ult., 1904 900 bushels. There will
probably be at least 10 0OQ 600 bushels more
surplus to go forward to Europe from the
Pacific coast from January u to August 81
1873.
The requirements Of the United Kingdom
to be supplied by f6fei On wheat were early III
December last placed at twelve million QUAR-
tiers or ninetv-siX million bushels There we're
continuous heavy rains throughout the United
Kingdom during the entire month of Deem
Der last, preventing the sowing of wheat Mr.
Thomas O. Scott; I'D a letter to the Mark Lane
Express. Under date Of December q. 1872
estimates the loss to the growers of wheat in
the United Kingdom at t3 per acre on the g.
llyc 70
ney value Of IL Il millions sterling. The home
crop has been drawn upon since September =
1872; to the extent OF about 3 TAO, 009 quarters
The imports of foreign cereals from Septem-
Der | to Dec. q inclusive, less the exports tor
the same period, have been equal in wheat and
flour to 4, 533, 1923 Quarters or So 266 5S4 bushs
els. There were on the 9th of December,
1872, 452 cargoes of wheat on the passage for
the United Kingdom, including 1853 cargoes
from the Pacific coast, averaging about As, 600
bushels each, making an aggregate of s, 064,-
600 bushels, and 284 cargoes Of wheat from all
other parts OF the world, averaging about "a =
900 bushels each, making an aggregate of
6,S16,000 bushels, or grand aggregate i'll
transit OF IA $50, 0t0 bushels, which; added to
the imports from Sept. / to Dec u, of sc, 1885,
504 bushels, makes 81, lac, 584 bushels are Idv
provided for during the first four months OF
the harvest year. to end on the 31st of August,
1873. The requirements may be even larger
OF foreign wheat, than the estimate OF ninety
SIX millions OF bushels but if they are it will
be in The harvest year 1874.
The harvest in France in 1870 and 1871 was
largely deficient, followed by full average
crop IN 1872. The breadth Of land under
wheat was increased for the crop of 1872. Rye
was the poorest crop of the season.
Ia Holland, about the usual breadth of land
was sown with wheat; yield, per cent. below
an average quality. Checkered-Sorle dis
tricts suffered from ram during the harvest
NVac in, I
quality.
Betgtun-5 to 10 per cent larger breadth OF
land sown to wheat. Yield above an average:
quality various. Some localities suffered from
wet during harvest time. Rye good and bar
ley poor crop.
Steuze1ldnd-Crops suffered in some few
districts IN August from storms, foundations,
and hale, but, on the whole not unsatisfac-
tory.
GeTmany--Wheat, i'll quantity about an
average but deficient in quality, owing to
smut Rye, not an average in quantity OF
quality. Central Germany-Wheat, moder-
ate, average yield; quality, on the whole, toll
erably good. Rye, short crop, largely plowed
up, aud barley put in its place. Berlin Dis
trict-Wheat, pretty good crop, but rye not
! SO good, irregular i'll yield. Other cereals
| satisfactory. Tilsit and Memil Districts
Crops in general satisfactory. Koenigsberg
Districts-Wheat, excellent Yield in quantity.
/
| in yield and quality. Suffered from rust.
Dapzig District-Wheat, good yield; quality.
weight, and color satisfactory, except some
few localities were rust and smut are preya,
| lent. PIussian Poland Djstricts-Wheat, detici-
ent "a per cant, and rye At per cent deficient
Silesian Wheat fair yield, but quail
1ty not satisfactory; damaged by mildew. Up.
! pen Pomeranian Districts-Wheat short Of an
| average; quality various; much shIiveed
grain in consequence of blight and rust
MecklenbuIg Distrlcts-Wheat suffered Sc
| rlOusly from blight and rust. Lubbock Districts
Wheat suffered in June from rust; quantity
ful average; quality and color satisfactory
| Rye not an average in quantity or quality
Hamburg Districts Wheat, On the whole above
an average yield; quality and condition seldom
better. Holsteln and Sch!eswig Districts
| Wheat, satisfactory WELD; quality various
Bremen and Oldengurg-Wh full average
| S to 10 per cent. greater than 1871 crop.
| SPAN aud POrt1tg0j-Full average crop o.
! good quality OF wheat.
| HGLy-North IN Department deficient, and
| requires considerable imports.
| H,angdr?J-Wheat deficient, and will REQUIRE
| 10 import rather than export.
| RUsSi0-Both North and South had a de.
! hcient wheat harvest, and Baltic and Azoy
| ports were 10000, GOO bU short during the
! navigation season of 1872 Exp0rts and
| stocks small at Odessa Taganrog, and Rgs-
| toff.
| E0ypt-Will have only moderate surplus fol
export.
AusbdLiG-Is expected to have considerable
| surplus wheat for export.
| Denn2d1b-Full average wheat crop; quality
good though IN some localities there was
damage by rust. Weight SO and GO lbs; color
| good.
| austria and her PrOUinces-- The Upper and
Lower Provinces had only middling crops.
damaged by drought and mildew. but wheat
was the best among the cereal crops. In Gal
licia and Buckewina wheat was very deficient.
Rye mnch worse; both damaged by rust and
blight. Gallacia will require to import rye
from Moravla, SiIesia, and Stettin. In Be-
hernia and M0Iayia wheat was about al aver
age. In Hungary, only per cept. good, 50
per cent. middling, SO per cent. bad, out Of
,032 reports OF the condition f the crop. Rive
deficient but very much better than wheat.
In Moldayia and Wallachie wheat suffered
more less from drought, which set in in Nav
and lasted over blooming time In MOldavia
sixteen districts produced 232, S02 $40 itres of
wheat of which lis, CTS, sos iters eau be export
ed Wallachla produced 294, 0O0,0 600 litres of
wheat, of which $1,000 600 can be exported
The crop in Algeria was better than in 1871
in quantity and quality.
France has imported at Marseles since
Aug. l, 1872, 1,217, 600 metrical quintals of
wheat Of 2201a lbs each, against 2, 627. $50 me-
Irical quintals of wheat for the corresponding
time in 1871. The exports from France since
bus; and, retaining prudent normal stocks,
abiding the result of the harvest of 1878, may
have Il, Zoo, 900 bus of wheat for export, to be
divided between Belgium, Holland, Swtzer-
land, and the United Kingdom. Belgium us
ually imports from twelve to fifteen million
bus of wheat.
The foregoing gives cursory view Of the
condition Of the wheat crop throughout the
wheat producing countries of the world.
The following will show from what countries
the United Kingdom procured her supplies,
from Jan. to Aug. 81, for The three years
1870. 1871. 1872.
Jan. to Jan. to Jan. to
Aug. 81. Aug. 81. Aug. 81
Wheat from CWts. CWts. CWtS.
Russia. ..... $3.50, 703 9,O68, 521 IL ,468, 76e
Denmark. 80. 263, S25 81 1893 12S, 832
Germany. 1884, 178 1,972,927 2,172, 093
France ... 20,798 74,003 1873. 1913
Austrian Ter. 1897 227,704 Al 962
Turkey, etc.. 309,970 1898, O94 661, 264
Egypt ....... 99,Q50 257, 1868 1852, 352
u s. America. 5000, 1865 8,257,5G3 4,372!168
Chill. ........ 355,o27 29l ,361 LOCO, 454
B. N. America 1,392,874 1,610,514 456O19