The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-02
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lied state of the weather. Hay. stacking /
and rye cutting are most materially in
terfered WITH and. wheat harvesting is
delayed in many parts ofsthe country.
PARIS, July s10.--Violent thunder
storms have this week occurred in sew
eral parts Of our territory, causing in
their passage rather considerable dam
age, and the downpour has been 80 ex-
cessiye in some districts that further ser-J
ious inundations are.apprehended. Harr
vest operations which were in active |
progress in the South have Iibeen susr
pended, consequent upon :, the. continued
inc1emency Of the, weather. In Dauphir |
nv and Lower Burgundy. harvesting is
equally procrastipated.as In the central |
great hesitation is shown to
commence harvest. work, i being de-
ferred from day to day, ip the .expecta,,
ton that the sun will reappear, but all
in vain. :. Rust" is doing much damage,
and the number of blackened ears is
very great. Halt Of the grain fields are
beaten down. In our Immediate dis
'tricts, although not 50 seriously affected,
the present humid atmosphere could not
much longer be injurioasly prolonged,
Rust. is even, now making tperceptible
progress. and q quantity Of the ears.
are immature. Harvest operations
cannot be undertaken for another week.
+ In the West the intermittent rains have
been very pernicious to the healthy for
nation of the grain, and, the quality
Unjust prove defective. In Normandy
the prospect Of good cereal crop enter
tanned a few day 5 ago has now vanished,
and in some localities only medium
yield is expected y A very large extent
Of land has been subjected to the disas-
trous effects Of hail In the Northern
Departments, however, conditions still
continue satisfactory, and, save any adj
verse circumstances supervening. the
harvest result will be good. In the
Eastern provinces prospects are almost
equally synonymous, a few instances ex-
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| HAvERE, July 1O.LThe weather is
still very unsettled throughout the coun-
try, and fears are entertained respecting
the wheat CROP Should the rain con.
tinue few days'more considerable dam.
age would ensue. Ali our markets are
tending upwards for both wheat ano
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(" 90 -..:n- GERMANY.Nt 41.tes,-
HAMBURG, July 10..-Owing to scanty
supplies and Eliminating reports from 9th
| er markets. prices Of wheat have ad
yanced about Is. Cd per quarter. Tht
|prospects Tor the. new crop in genera
are not considered so favorable as las
q year, and as stocks Of old wheat art
much reduced, there is reason Tor lex
I pecting a further gradual advance 0
prices. Beans are very scarcenra Th'
} growing cereals have been, much dam
aged by hail storms and inpndatiops, il
consequence OF which some districts vii
! only have, poor crops, .u,,... .s..sn
Y RosTocK, July, a.-The, weather i
brilliant for the growing. crops in tn
.. two Mecklenburgs; ln fact. with. vel.
few exceptions, the weather is quite ge
!. nial all over Germany, Stocks and sup
plies are light, and this alone keeps u
prices. Some small ,cargoes Of Rostocl
: and Stralsund wheats have been take
for Scotland at about our quotations, an
we hear that about $4,000 ,qrs Of 61-6
10 fed Stettin have been taken for tn
Firth at44s sd per 5o4 p e,fl&i.,gs e
y u soErH RUssIA.,,ii nj. Is
: ODESSA, June 16-2S.-Our corn maj
ket continues to present very animate
e appearance, and transactions in tn
: course Of the past fortnight have exceet
J ed 100000 Chef (144 900 qrs.) Th
y amount, however, only comprises tn
:. purchases of cereal products III ware
| hat a. tkxx r
Q lighter. The rainfall that has lately tai
: en- place here has greatly improved tn
G aspect OF the crops. Rain has likewis
J, fallen in Poland and Bessarabia, but
= is doubtful whether the injury done I
! cereal crops in those provinces can no
= be efficaciously remedied BY the recel
u moisture. = 5.'' .''''--' 80
l. The Austria Agricultural Departme
i published the following crop report Fl
June: >...,,,, ~ . .c.-,f
= In Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia, a
q crops except rye have pretty well, reco
i cred. Grass and clover promise WEI
: Rapeseed. will yield an average Gro
- Rye gives in Bohemia an average cro]
- in Moravia and SiIesia good avera,
4 crop. Wheat viii yield govd ayeral
.. crop. Barley promises, except in Yves
IL ern Bohemia, where it is q failure,
n good average crop. In Gallicia and 4
70 bukowina the prospects have becon
III bad in consequence OF the drought. @
e. " maize and potatoes have stood IT,
no timely rain can, however, do much goo
,e In the other parts Of Austria, rye pro-
to ises a good average crop; wheat prom
n es a good crop. Barley, oats and poi
f. toes promise well. Maize Jocks We
he well. In Southern Tyrol and the Kar
ic- the rye and wheat crops may be call
. good everywhere. In German Tyr