Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-06
ENGLISH GRAIN.

Growing Crops Slightly Improved by Fair
Weather-This, and Large Arrivals from
the United States and Other Points Re-
suits in a Decline of Prices.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-The Mark Lane Express in
its weekly review says a few days of fine
weather have slightly Drowned the more for
ward wheat plants. Its growth the past ten
Jays has been considerable on high lying and
we'll drained land and on chalky and gravelly
soil the progress made by crops is remarkable.
1t is feared the crops were much damaged by
the storm of Saturday night on heavier lands.
Northwest of the line from Lyme Regis to
Great Goimsley expectations are little inn
proved. Wheat is thin and poor, hopelessly
weakened by rain and ears noticeabIy small.
Barley is immature in some parts of Lincoln
shire and will not pay the cost of harvesting.
In the southern, western and midland counties
the barley crop is very disappointing. In
the north of England the growth is healthier
but the ears are thin. In oats
many districts are short in stem, and very
irregular, but are expected to reach more
nearly to an average yield than the other oe-
reals.
In Scotland neither wheat or barley will give
a full YIELD but oats, with fine weather during
August, would be an average crop. In Ireland
wheat has developed small ears, but in Leices-
ter Munster and Connaught the crop promises
to be fair. Reports from Ulster are less fav-
orable. Finer weather will considerably in
fuence the markets.
Millers have been reserved in their purchases.
The price of English wheat has ceased TO ad-
vance, and has now and then slightly declined
Thursday last the weather was showery and
buyers and sellers were in suspense.
The price of foreign wheat has been difficult
to maintain owing to the heavy shipments from
the Uuited States. The quantity of California
CHILEAN, Russian and Austrian wheat on pas
sage to the United Kingdom is very consider
able, and with the addition of half million
quarters of American red, makes total of
over one million five hundred thousand quar-
ters against six hundred thousand for the same
period last year.
markets have witnessed concessions of two
shillings per quarter on white and one shilling
on red, and the amount of port exchanges at
previous full rates were not realized. None of
the markets have advanced. Flour was Ian
guild. There were no material deliveries of
English barley at country markets while i'm
portation was moderate and inquiry slack, but
the general scarcity enables holders to realize
spence to shilling per quarter advance on
previous rates.
There was fair inquiry for oats and prices
would have further improved if Swedish and
Russian arrivals had not been heavy. Maize
advanced six pence at most of the markets and
at some of them the advance was shilling.
The general scarity Of English wheat alone pre-
vented decline.
The weather in France recently has been fine
and it appears to be tolerobly certain the
Southern provinces will have fair crop. The
East will probably show better results than
last year. In the central provinces the wheat
harvest has commenced. Oats in some parts
of France will be over an avesage. Barley
promises we'll in some of the central provinces
but the general crop will be inferior.