The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-12-20
THE CROPS.
Statistics as to the Crops of This Country and
the United Kingdom.

! REPORTS dated Dec. are received at the of.
flee Of the National Crop Reporter, at Jack
solvile, Ill., correcting and verifying previ-
Gus estimates for the corn crop of 1873 in
comparison of that of 1872, as follows: In
the States of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Ohio, Tennessee, Kansas and Missouri
which produce in the aggregate over one-hali
of the entire crop of the United States, there
is total loss of 29s5 per cent. The heavies
loss is in Kansas, 45 per cent, and the light
est in Wisconsin, II per cent. The Illinois
is nearly 80 per cent, Iowa over 20 per cent,
Ohio nearly % per cent, and Missouri 3213
per cent.
Returns relative to the total quantity of
pork fattened for market, as compared with
the last, indicate, in the states above men
toned and in Georgia and Arkansas, a total
falling off of ten per cent. OF this, Illinois
looses 40 per cent; Iowa, 4 40 per cent. ;
Ohio, 8 per cent; Missouri, 7 $40 per cent.
and Wisconsin, ~ per cent.
Correspondents state that in order to sup
ply the demand from packers the reserve of
stock hogs has been drawn upon quite extern
sively, and that as a rule the supply of hogs
fit for the market is nearly or quite exhaust
ed at points of production.
Partial returns from Illinois, Missouri and
Georgia, as to the average of winter wheat
sown this season, indicate an average in these
States of 8 $40 per cent. over the average
sown in the fall of 1872. The condition and
prospects in nearly all localities is very much
more favorable than in December, 1872.
OF the potato crop of the United Kingdom
Mr. Il. G. Scott, in letter to the Wark LIME
| ErpreSS, states that the crop is now known to
exceed that Of any since the great crop OF
| 1854 Immediately preceding the Irish fam
inc of 1916. He estimates the product of
| nt D0O DDD ar I z The
per head per day throughout the year for
population of 100000 of people. The
ipr0duct Of 1,555,870 acres of potatoes in 1872
was 100000 TONS and 100000 tons were i'm
ported at cost Of G2,15S093. He estimates
! that the potato product of 1873 in the United
Kingdom will be 100000 tons more than
the total consumption of 1872, including the
llmportatiOns. The foundation has this fall
been laid for n good wheat crop in the United
Kingdom.
Large quantities of potatoes from Holland,
Belgium, France and Germany are being i'm
ported every week into London. The plenti-
full supply of potatoes, with foundations laid
for good wheat crop, will probably prevent
very extreme prices for brcadstutls. The
foreign food imported into the United King
dom in 1928 to Aug. 80, was valued at
E1400O0000 sterling or $700,000000.
The wheat crop of the United Kingdom
was in 1872 about ten million quarters, and
IRON all accounts SO far received the crop of
1873 will not be larger than the crop of 1872
With approximately ten million quarters
crop the home supply has been already drawn
upon by the farmers deliveries TO the extent
OF 2,Gj2, jl0 qrs., leaving in the hands of the
growers, Nov 18th, 1873, 2,341 400 qrs With
an annual consumption of 100000 Qrs, and
1O,OO0OOO, home crop, foreign imports vii,
be required, from Sep. /, 1873, to Aug. 3ll
1874, to the extent Of 100000, or $4,000,
900 bush. The imports, less exports, from
Sept Isl, 1873, to Nov. 18TH 1913, have been
equal, in wheat and flour to 2,2l6,7l1 qrs. of
wheat, or 1875, 1876 bush, which, added TO
the l2213,2l6 bush. in transit, will make 30
006,952 bush. of the nincty-SiX millions re-
quired) already provided for, leaving still
66,OOO,OOO bush to be provided for besides
what there was in transit Nov 18th, 1913.
from that date to Aug 31st, 1874 The crop
may be a million quarters more than est.
mated and high prices may diminish the
consumption q million quarters below the
maximum, thus taking oil sixteen millions of
the sixty-six million bushels, and even then
there will be required titty million bushels
more to be provided for by foreign imports,
Fresh BLOWN Flowers IN WINTER The
change: Choose some of the most powerful
buds of the flowers you would prcscrve-Such
as the latest in blowing and ready to open:
cut them off with par of scissors, leaving
toeach. if possible. y piece of the stem three
inches long Cover the stem Immediately
with sealing WAY; and when the buds are
little shrunk and wrinked, wrap each of
them up separately IN piece at paper, per
tcctly clean and dry, and PIT Them in dry
box or drawer, and they will keep without
corrupting. In winter or any other time
when you would have the flowers bloom, take
the buds at night and cut off the end 0t the
stem scaled with wax, and put them into
water in which a little nItrc Of sal, ha, been
ditfused, and the next day YOU will huyc The
pleasure of seeing the buds open and expand
themselves and the flowers display their most
lovely Culor> and breathe their Agreeable
odurS