Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-10-09

moment J9vef would He0ppeAr, ana VIII
. loud snort and tors of the head shak
of the water from his ears and eyes, an
then renew his struggle. At last b
made the shore, and without pausing
moment, dashed up the beach, his lon
tail and curling mane floating outwaIt
in the wind.-NeU London Telegram.
The Barley Crop.
1fsa ths kvsning Wiseonaln, Milwaukee
Early in The season our reports and
exchanges from the agricultural districts
contained notice after notice Of IS
Pef cent, % per cent, and - high -
W per can't. decreased area planted to
barley, due, - then stated, to unpro-
ductive prices realized for the past two
years; the uncertainty Of crop, and the
fack that ct seeding time tho wfnngle
over the treaty Of ST. Stefano was g0fng
on, and both ENGLAND and Russis had
seemingly assumed q stand from which
neither could back down without lo1
q honor, and not to do 70 WAS to dcluge
Europe with war, thus closing Russian
wheat portA and assuring for this
country high wheat prices In such case,
and farmers generally realizing this,
forsook barley and put their land into
wheat 1t i now generally admitted
that the spring wheat crop through the
west h almost . failure, having been
struck at its critical period BY excessive
heat, and this atmospheric cause had
also it, effect on barley, reducing the
yield on the largely decreased area sown
very materially, and to add to the mis-
fortune was, almost over the entire west,
followed BY great damage caused BY
drenching rains and wind storms lodging
the crop, thus again leasening the pro
duct Under these collection OF
misfortunes we would naturally
look for movement ct centres
like Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Louis OF . character in keeping with
the diminishing production, but are
surprised to find, more especially at
Chicago and Milwaukee, the crop re-
ceipk % far, instead Of being light are
really ahead of last year, the largest
bailey year We ever had. II II true that
the inspection reports Of both places show
the damage above commented upon, in
the shape OF light arrivals Of The market
grade No. 2, and this b shown By the
wide difference it commands ovsr The In
ferior kinds, but the question Il how to
account for the comparatively large 10
ceipts under the circumstances We
have spoken TO many we'll posted and
they tell us that barley isalweys market
cd early and that this year the incentive
to do 70 IL strong, for it il tho only
cereal tho farmers hold which brings
fair price, the loss of their spring wheat
being offset BY the increased production
of winter, or at all events, for the time
being by the large deliveries Of winter
wheat states. In looking over statistics
OF barley We find some interesting fig
ures which We give below and the
official authority from which tho same
are derived. We find BY tho Milwaukee
chamber of commerce report for
1873 that the average price of No. z
barley there for ten yeaT8 past II 1l .02,
or only three cents per bushel below the
current value now. The official New
York produce exchange circular com.
piled from the agricultural department
of the United States gives barley crops
for several years - follows: 1878, 81
044, ,481; 1874, 82,552, 500; 1875, 36.9O8.-
600; 1876, SO, 7lO, 600; there i no oiRcisl
estimats yet for 1877, but another
authority places it at $1,000, 900, the
deficiency on the year previous being
due to shortage in Pacific statea Our
great competitor in barley production h
the Dominion of Canada, but our tariff
laws tax her shipments fifteen cents per
bushel in gold; but even with this
obstacle she plays an important part In
our supply. The same causes which
gave us decreased area had The sazne
effect in Canada, - did also the atmoa-
pheric influences which hurt our crop.
The decrease in aria In Caneds = put
at SS to 40 per cent, and the Yield at
fve bushels Per aero below thst Of laet
year, to ny nothing Of amount rendered
unit for mating. Tho crop Of 1877
was estimated at 10000, 600 buahsls:
accepting the theory of dscssaasd assa.
the product would b for l67A aIi |
kinda $500, 900 buahsln, making 8 q
nciency tor the crop Of 3,60o, 900 buih-
Ella According to the department u |
agriculture, the caop through The statss
OF Iowa, ulinoiA Wiscon1n, Minnesota,
Nebzaska, Kanms and Nevada, was for |
the year 1877 equal 10 u, 800, 900 buah-
ek Assuming The decfeased aEea and
damage done b equal - 20 pr cont,
which d0es not soon an over estimate,
we have q de6ciency reprooentin9 0,oOO,. |
COO bushelA East Of IL FAciAc coasi,
the state Of New York ranks highest - |
. barley psoduesr. he agEi0altaxal
department. reports put The crop for
1876 at 6,6O0, 900 bushels; that at 1877 |
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