San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-26
Crops of 1877 Throughout III,
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ing of the new year, to take an .ccour !
of stock. Let us sum up the results q,
the harvests of 1877 both in our ov,
land and in European States.
As regards France, the grain crop O,
the year shows an average return |,
point of quantity, but a decline is n.
marked in weight and quality as com.
pared with the yield of 1876. In III.
case of wheat, for instance, the deficieO.
cy is reckoned at from five to seven No,
cent, and there is no doubt that Franc
will be obliged to supplement her nati.
resources, to some extent, by impors.
tons of this staple. ..,..,
Great Britain is less fortunate than
France In England, the yield Of
wheat, barley and oats is considerably
below the average. The results are
similar in Scotland and Ireland, and
further source of loss to the latter coun.
try is the fact that potatoes suffered
greatly, owing to the prevailing humid.
ity Of the atmosphere. As regards Italy,
very different returns are offered by dit.
ferent localities, Throughout the South.
ern provinces, formerly comprised in the
kingdom of Naples, the crops seem
to have been excellent in respect Of
quality, although the quantity fell some.
what short of the, expectations of the
spring. In Tuscany and the countryd
Ancona, and throughout the old States
of the Church, the amount of grain
harvestedyis thirty per- cent. below the
yield OF average years. 'r".. ..ia4
With one or two exceptions the re.
ports from the countries which make up
the German Empire are decidedly un.
favorable. In the Rhine provinces
wheat exhibits a gain of ten per cent.
over the normal quantity, but elsewhere
in Prussia every species of grain shows
decline of from six to seventeen per
cent. We, find nearly, equivalent re-
suits in Baden and Wurtembprg, but in
Saxony the crop of wheat is equal to
the average, and in parts of Bavaria it
rose some seventeen per cent. above the
normal, level. In the latter country,
moreover, the volume of barley har-
vested is at least quarter larger than
the usual return. In the German prov
inces of Austria the amount of wheat is
between two and three million quintals
in excess of the products of ordinary
years. n."r l~r mr'" ro1 90 t...
In Hungary the amount of wheat gar
nered is extremely satisfactory. AS a
rule this country is able to export from
three to four million quintals, but the
products of 1877 will more than double
that surplus. We may add that, in 9th.
er respects, the past year has been a
profitable one to the Hungarian agricul-
turist, nearly all sorts Of grain giving
returns far above the average. We
come now to, Russia, the great rival OF
the United States, as a purveyor OF
grain, and here we find a marked vari-
ance of results according to localities.
In the plains of the Vistula, and gener-
ally within the limits of Russian Poland,
the yield of wheat shows decline OF
from ten to fifteen per cent. below Or
binary years. Throughout Central and
Southern Russia, on the other hand, the
wheat crop is excellent, and presents
over the returns of 1876 an excess OF
twenty-five per cent. "A marked falling
off, however, is observed in the yield OF
barley and oats. -, -.a.I ..t..'...
Such is the record of 1877 for most OF
the grain-producing countries OF Eu-
rope. In the United States the harvests
Of the year are on the whole eminently
satisfactory. b Thus our yield of wheat,
which in 1876 was 900, 100000 bushels,
rose last season to 1926, 100000 The
quantity of corn is computed at 1,30O,-
DOC, 900 bushels, representing gain OF
about 40, 100000 bushels. In view OF
all the facts here stated, there is no
loubt that the foreign demand for our
productions will exhibit a large increase
during the next five or six months, and
hat the existing situation is peculiarly
adorable to the American agriculturist'
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