The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-10
Crops Of 1877 throughout the
World.

This country Is the greatest Of grain
merchants, and Il Is well, with the open
ips OF the new year, 70 take an account
Of stock. Let US sum up the results Of
the haryests Of 1877 both In our oWnland
and In European States.
As regards France, tho grain crop o.
the year shows an average return In
roiut OF quantity; bot q decline Is re-
marked In weight aud quality as COM
pared with the yield Of 1875. In the
case Of wheat, for instance, the deficiency
L. reckoned at from Ave 10 seven per cent,
and there Is no doubt that France will be
Obliged to supplement her native re-
sources, 10 some extent, BY. importatons
OF this staple.
Great Britain 10 less fortunate than
France. In England, the yield of wheat,
barley, and oats Is considerably behind
the average. The results are similar In
Scotland and ireland, and y further
source Of loss to the latter eountryi Is the
fact that potatoes suffered greatly, owing
10 the prevailing humidity Of The atmos.
phere. As regards Italy, very different
returns are offered by different localities.
Throughout the Southern provinces, ior-
merly comprised In the kingdom Of Na-
pies, the crops seem 10 have been excel.
lent in respect Of quality, although the
quantity Tell somewhat short 81 the ex.
pectations Of the spripg. In Tuscany
and the country Of Ancona, and through.
out the old States Of the Church, the
amount Of grain harvested Is thirty per
cont below the yield Of average yevrs.
With q or two exceptions the reports
from The countries which make up the
German Empire are decidedly unfayora'
bic. In the Rhine province wheat ex-
hibits a gain OF ten per cent over the nor.
NAL quantity, but elsewhere 10 Pfussia!
every species Of grain shows q decline Of
from six to seventeen per cent. We md
nearly equivalent results In Baden and
Wurtem6erg, but in saxony the crop oil
wheat 10 equal to the average, and In
parts Of Bavaria 1t rose some seventeen
per cent above the normal level. 10 the
latter country, moreover, the volume Of
barley harvested is at least q quarter
larger than the usual return. In the
German provinces Of Austria the amount
OF wheat Is between two and three mil.
lion q~uintals in excess Of the products oil
ordinary years.
In Hungary the amount Of wheat
garnered Is extremely satisfactory. AS
rule this country Is able to export from
three to four million quintals, hut the
products Of 1877 will more than double
that surplus. We may add that, in other
respects, the past year has been q profit.
able one to the Hungarian agricultural,
nearly all sorts Of grain giving returns
far above the ayersge. We come nov 70
Russia, the great rival Of the United
States, as u purveyor of gram, and here
we find q marked variance Of results nc.
cording to localities. In the plains Of the
Vistula, and generally within the limits
Of Russian Poland, tie yield Of wheat
shows q decline Of from ten TO fifteen per
cent below ordinary years. Throughout
central aud southern Russia, on the other
hand, the wheat crop Is excellent, and
presents over the returns OF 1876 an ex..
cess Of twenty-five per cent. A marked
falling of, however, Is observed In the
yield Of barley and oats.
Such Is the record Of 1877 for most Of
the grain.producing countries Of Europe.
Ia the United States the haryests Of the
year are on the whole eminently salts.
factory. Thus our yield Of wheat, which
in 1875 was 266.000,0O0, bushels, rose
last season TO S25,00O,0o0. The quantity
OF corn Ia computed att 800, goo, QUO bush
els, representing a gain Of about 10000
900 bushels. In view Of all the facts here
stated, there is no doubt that the foreign
demand for our productions will exhibit
q large increase during the next five OF
six months, and that the existing situa.
alton Is peculiarly favorable TO the
American agricultural.