The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-18
YEAR OF PLENTY.
The Earth's Bouniy-Good Crops All
Over the World.

From the Cincinnati Price Current.
The promise now is that. this is to be q
year of bountiful production of nearly
everything in this country and IN
Europe, but when We consider that unfa-
vorable weather at the moment of harvest
may cause great damage, we are disposed
to be cautious in assertion. In Cslifor-
MIA, however, the crops Of barley and
wheat are made and generally harvested.
The wheat harvest proves to be all that
was anticipated. After deducting an am
pie supply for home consumption there
will remain the enormous amount of 70O,-
600 tons available for exports, which is
equivalent to nearly 23,500,0O0 bushels.
The yield Of barley Is also very prolific,
and there will be 100000 tons, or nearly
100000 bushels available for export.
The good fortune of California is shared
by Texas, where the cereal crops are fine,
and have been harvested in good condi-
ton, but the great staple of the state Is
cotton, and the reports regarding it are
unusually favorable, there being scarcely
enough which are otherwise TO "prove
the rule" The cotton crop IN that state
is nearly month in advance of the more
northern cotton growing section where 1t
has passed into an adsge that "July makes
the cotton CROP" and therefore we may
safely say that the cotton crop of Texas
is assured The first bale of new cotton
arrived at Galveston last Sunday, which
is an indication, although not a certain
one. that the crop is rapidly maturing.
In other sections of the south the reports
are somewhat conflicting regarding the
present condition of cotton, but perhaps
not more so than usual even in good
Welding seasons, and the favorable re-
turns Tar outweighed the croaking.
Coming now to the west and north
west, we find IN the winter wheat grow
ing section that the harvest is far ad-
vanccd and in many places entirely over,
and the yield proves to be much larger
than anticipated, for where only one.
fourth to one-balf an average crop was
expected it has proved to be seldom less
than one.hslf, and from that up to full
average.
The spring wheat growing states have
given us some discouraging reports, but
they have in many if not IN all instances
proved to be exaggarations, and it is not
ihprovsble that full crop will be harv.
ested. Fall barley has been harvested,
and turn out we'll. Spring barley in the
northwest gives fair promise OF a full
crop. Rye and oats are abundant every
where. Corn Is growing rapidly, and
continues the fair promise of the largest
yield in the history of the country.
Turning now to Europe, we find that
as the harvest approaches the croaking
becomes silent-the damage caused by
the storms and unfavorable weather ear
lier in the season, especially in France
and Holland, have not proved to be per.
mancnt, and the cereal crops at the latest
mail dates were in a more promising con.
dition. In the south Of Russia the wheat
harvest had already commenced. The
only really unfavorable reports come from
Hungary, and even in that country there
had been chance for the better.
From the San Francisco Post.
The labor of harvesting is going on all
over the state, and the yield generally is
good, but in localities not equal to eXpec-
tstions, owing to shrinkage OF the heads
in consequence of the lack of late rains.
Rust is reported as slightly affecting the
wheat of some OF the coast counties, but
the total yield can hardly fall short OF
1000, 900 tons. which will permit an cx-
port of 100000 tons. The price cannot
fall below !! cents, which would give
22,5C0OOO as the value of the shipment.
AS yet the prospect OF war in Europe has
not had any spprecisble effect on the
market, the large crops all over the world
having a tendency to depress prices.
There Is a large amount of tonnage in
port under engagement, and much more
10 arrive. By holding grain for higher
prices farmers can put the spectators to
expense 70. delay Of cargoes. 1t is not
probable, however, that the gram ring
can be seriously affected, as many farm
ers are in debt, and compelled to sell.
Some of the banks are losning 70 farmers
20 per cent. ofthe value of grain in store,
but such loans are not desirable and high
rates are charged. The savings banks OF
the state have $4,000, 900 of the people $
money ON deposit but little of it is avail
able for moving the crop, as it is mostly
loaned out on mortgage, at longer terms
than are required for transferring gram