, 1879-04-22

liz scIoOls atIl suffering hundreds OF children to
knock ut the doors Of schoolhouscs without be- I
luz nble to gain adIn!ttancc. q. II. II.
FRENCH AGRICULTURE.
How Il II Being t,nmneet by 1mportatinns
from An,crtcu-IEoposcd Abandonment uf
t3rnin. Culture, Rn1 Substitution OF Iscct-
tsnUt Rnl Tntncco.
1r""''0'<a T i,,; n, n.sSns Sa1.s f5' 5 ia ""e'"
A general reunion Of !" aEricultutlsts of Tic
North twas held at Lille, March q. Inquiries
had been addressed 10 all tile agricultural bodies
Rayc statement Ut The answers rucc,ych.
Tho most striking feature to US, fit the ab-
stract OF all these notes, ts Tint the production
Of wheat, St the psscnt ptlce Of th!a article,
makes a loss 10 The French cultirator. Everything
has risen In France lor several years,-lases,
rents, labor and the price Of everything. 1t re-
suits from this that tic cost OF producing wheat
With uA Is dcayrr, while Il has chcapened conshl.
crnbls in n,hrs countries. Some Of these eoun.
trlcs-such as RuAsfa and, above MI, North
Amertca-i.aye developed the cultivation Of
cereals in Formidable proportions. Tie
crops of the United States tho past
ycar arc tho most abundant ever
seen, willis those Of France aro t1cow IN aver
age. by consulting American stntIatcs we see
that thu Inst crop Of corn In thr United States
Is estimated at 1900, COZ, 900 bushels, and Of
wieat 40O 0Co 900 bushels quote that three BUSH
els about equal ono htctUlttrc) We read, Morc-
over, In The New York papers, that, up 10 tic
3lst Of August, 1873, tho Atlantic ports Of the
United States had received PSI, 600 ,000 bushels
of grain, or 10 per cent more that, In 1915.
During The frat week OF Septcmbcr alona there
was shtppcd from the United States to Europe
more tl,an co., Zoo bushels In wcat, flour, and
lnaizr. against scarcely 2,oou, ooo in the same
pcrioi In ISL. Since then the shipnlenta hnvo
kcpt IN, ntui still continue. Thus, America,
wIiirf, arenJv clothes the Old World with Its
c,tton md lights It With t.a petroleum, III going
to furnish Il aIso with Its grain, rs u setks to
From ,llr tmmcuee automatic grauartcs or
"ctnyutorsN Of Chicago anil MItwaiikcc,-eacl,
one having stornrc.room Tor ncur,y a,uUo, ,U0O
bushels, n,p, cnpable Of receiving ntnl llsct're-
i,,y TO- coo bushels In ten hol1rs,-thc eran of
NSrtil America is poured out upon t,u entire
worI. j.ivernoni. tI]a.row. Iu,,tl0n, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, Hamburg, Aagrc, Bordeaux,
Nantes, DurkyI, and Roucn receive and apprc-
rintc liz American cereals. Ainrsoillcs hcIsrii,
Of thr Mediterranean and Black seas, nou att-
n1lts TINT uf Wisconsin aud California; mn.l tic
grades Of Milwaukee and Eau Francisco arc
it,sru alotri az among tic best. This most
ht ,e, ,Is r,,. In uv sScn
~ u;a.i. i ins,a''.,r. +hS,. hn hasn
,, IT, u'i. NV .,.n,,s ~ ~ ,shat ~ "a Uo~
.'a'4s ~, ,m,.,.,o tThts rnr,on. nhcno,nsun1 1
On uuasme. 'aS ~ e"tns nns ,,an ae''pn.'1p ~, w
nas Mevm '%.s M u '"hk w t1 ,cms,haE ny has
.t,e',m." .hn;n ,,es a,,",, seot,.ti,t9sa
sIat "ns o. et anoss hatgs nnr., -, ill., .',
a ,r',. had olrc.sv ,,o;nae% T. ot t ia IN
ne - au HIM.. u,nnrts,"na :" ~
ln'4. ~ ~ sesG ,' eo1u"s ~,
Amersean %leat wnen p.essht htose 'a. H'u A note ~
our oM" "Sa. ne X .o tra a. ,rh p,"S ,n;,,,', @ ,, ~
easc o. taa esot ~ nY.e "eas ln,Smi son., ~
penaafs ior meaere 1assest ~, mna. H., e"a wf
aos Is @ a1 ssus st"rxo sv uo1s ,,Gsa ho.
toto1en eefeas! ~ ~ Miae - sthl's 'Fauco oo'
eaMse A,ncliea mas sMI!sh a,. o. 'a, logot s,Jo
Ine FtouMS ~ 9Sseu's ~ WI a er tnssenso \,
| IN fie uHlted STATES los tile larry pioneer ~
eonstan1!Y npenns neM teE.Aory, .1 WHICH u
quickly feaenea pY !altIns' 1,., ln.s eon1'nuea
development OF MY terrliort IL serloas melt
arc TO OUT Wleat.!elus nna il!er9 IS no Ieasoh 70
nope tnat tte c1tsls alsehuS np clGhsS !nuiea'eu
To ns Will su9n sefht'natc.' IL ", t!en very 1ee
essafy ior French aeflciiltnre that We shoula
look OUT lor !lc latt!te. ANU now rut lux
On ihrel.n wheat' VINO WouHl tlrehhl OF II nc
sdeS ,s interested , eat1Sator, ,, VIZ , eahot aes