, 1874-08-19
WHEAT.
The Worlds Product for 1874,
Interview with the Leading Wheat
Grower Of Minnesota.
The Prospects In Regard to
Prices,


believing that iniorns stion Il yon by Intelligent
and BucceBs fnl farmora affords Tho best intlica-
tion Of tho extont not onIy OF tho wheat CROP OF
minnesota. but OF its ayeraEo erailo also, d re-
porter Of tie Press has taken psinB to consult
the bosi authorities unon tho nointe involved.
and the result Of lila innuirioH IL anlhodioi in tbo
btntemeut hofaunto anpenucd. The INFLAMMATION
roquosl cd in regard to tic product OF thls State
for tho wear 1874 e to refereucco to tho yield In
the rroat wheas.nroauoinr rorjnns Of tho world
which will nrnye Of spociaf yaiuo toifarners. And
In short. to ali other casseY of cltizeus,
TuE onop or MINNESOTA.
Happening yealorslsy to moet Oliver Dalrym-
fhis Rtatc, II not Of tho Northvest, the rnnnrtcr
called his attention to tho estimates Of tho IIou.
Pannock Pusoy in regard to tue ewhcst-prospocts.
~ published in tho P,.est conplo of vneks nso
md openod tie conversation with tbe following
tucstton:
lscp,-Mr Dalryuple II bog to call yo,tr st-
tontiou to The following estimate or statomonts
Of Alr. pusey, aud will ask your impressions Of
lis accuracy (then roferriur to tha followinu
raracraph)i NIn the immodiato vicinity oi
1T. Paul, tho nroapoot for bip cropa wore
better this season than last, up to
The advent OF the intensely hot wosthor
bio to say how much thnt proapock haa been inl-
paircd and tho nyorara nf lie wbnle gtatc. tudg-
ing from present appearances, ia molo liable TO
full under is busheia OF wheat per aero than
together. Tle aatimntea horein given hayo
heon based m tclcpronhin reports. staten1euts Of
farmete PERSONAL obeeryatIons, and the few
complete official roturns from counties sub
IN tho area devoted to wheat is from 10 to Is nor
cent creator than In 1878. but. IA the average
crop "a oxnoctod to be- as nor cent below TINT ot
1873, t1e total rhoat weld must be considerably
numbors at 2s, ,00o, 900 bushels" -
5 AIR Dnlrrmnln-I remembor thu mobilization
distinctly. and beleyo that 1t would be impos-
stb!e to obtain au estimate Of greater accuracy,
or course, when that appeared, it was trille
grade OF tho wheat Of Minnesota; but Of tho
total product, MIR. puBoy'B estimates. L think.
nro "a reliable as they con be, and will not differ
materially from tho facts, but the yield is better
than was expected at tllut time, and Tie grade IL
excellent, II not t1nexcsllcG ''
DIscovER1Es ABOUT HOME. 80
Rep-Mr, Dalrymple, what arc yonr oonolu-
Bions in regard to the amount aud quality Of tho
wheat. drawn from actual observations. and
compared with Mr. Pusey's estimates7
Mr.. DIN regard to that am yet unable 10
speak generally, and my statemonta will bo con-
fined to tho harvesting operations on my, own
promises. For tho past two days fous threshers
have been at work. and they arc turning out tbs
grain at tho rate Of 800 bushels per day. The
quality Of tho wheat HurpAesoa that OF any har-
vest In which I have ever been engaged, the
bnr.y being plump well filed and ayerv way
sunGrb Ti.ero in not Hproutol or damn kornnl
to bA encouutered and tho ye]d ia conRiHorahv
Lettor than was expected up to as late day as
enI n.s & y, aass na4 % snun saI'
Gnasoo Gpon - un1noaa ~, not1, put alncofGi,
tSresbint,- -rnsch;roa thst tha vinsa u "a -, 10
bmahels nor acra 20 tnr A. nv do'da sTe con, 10
ta ;ucroa ~" avs nsg ~ ao1, o a a, 'as @
snsn & ,t, ovoi sna s'eiu puf
tsna at.t @ suor XXI pto1ty ussr "" e-
sopal , obs,aryattons. I M ' eAA''o' '0os' 11on p0t'
IL u, Moitiu M tiE.n ANn tAusf1oiasA n fA!uEs.
,1;unoaoe, a'ona an haine o,sad ss, ta ~;
1a.1rs. nma pioasou WY ~ ~
Graxa ~ o ,,n,s s.s"s ~,
nea 81 d t 10 tne MnSat "a etSp IN at9er
1unA1So aau s9 rA~ee !iaue t W ~ ootAu9 W ~
w ploqnct o. ao.a, aoa LUG saphtSneo a OF ~;
5wp'o ic0pone' "a s''en' No Aono""' osio
~ tn roa,rd IN ira arm =, 1874 and y. ,r,oo,
Wll say olIens tnes; from ail the Information
and tho prices cannot but range some lower than
Tor tno lass tnree Yoals, anq ttn opnioh 10 pased
upon apparent 1acts Whleh WI take the liberty
70 mention. H. estimated that tho Atlantic,
western, anu NoItn"eateln @ otatea Wlil navo
q .,!l ,surpius for export appros'matlns thohgurea
IN thls table:
-,., Bs.sAt!s.
The States named. 81 coy coz
aasa a.,, 10 ng ~
H,paarv and aastria n E00SSS
France. 20 900
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Making total lao, 900 900
So far Us can DO aacertained by consultation
with the beat authorities there will bo deficiency
Of about 60,000.000 bushels in Great Britain,
hut thia deficit in That country leavea a surplus
or 80 OOD 600 from the total crop OF 1874, which
must evidently be held in store sold al unsat-
isfactory prices; but II the crop prospects Of
next spring aud summer aro unfavorablo, an ad-
vance il values would then take place, but that
is 40 much in the future That It viii hardly do to
base present estimates thereon.
nep.-Haye yon observed any other published
estimates in regard to tho general crop, OF that
Of this State alone7
= Mr. D.-YeB; hnye noticed that tho New
York Tribune (lsunlly good authority in such
mattora) estimates tho crop Of America at an
e1csss Of TO- 900 600 or 20 900 900 Of bushels over
Inst year,-ulaiming TINT the AREA devoted ex-
clusively to wintor wheat ylolda moro than
enough surplus to overcome tho deficiency ia
the Bpring wheat countries. YhuB, whi}o Mime
sofa has q deficiency Of 100000 or 5000, 600
bl1aLela, and Wisconsin 100000, 1t is clnimed
that Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Kausae,
and Nebraska haTe, like the Pacific slope