Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-05-22
CROP AND MARKET REPORTS.

Everything, so far, indicates that the peach
crop on the Maryland and Delaware peninsula
will be unprecedented this year both AS TO
quantity. In all parts of the peach-growing
district the most GAitering prOspc cts exist,
and information from every point is favora.
ble' The railroads are making preparations
TO carry 10 market at least one-third moro
baskets than ever before. Grhe crop in
Wester New York will be less than last year,
it is expected, and so also will bs that Of
Michigan and Ohio,
10 view of the prospect OF another largo
wheat crop this year, IL is we'll 80 look at tho
probable foreign demand for our surplus.
The summary OF stocks In the English grain
ports April l5th, showss4 considerable reduc-
uJn, according 10 the London Miller, 'from
the total held on the first OF January while
the bulk OF wheat In six ports, only 663.700
ars,, Ia but a little more than half the quanti-
~ In hand year ago at this date. This ro-
saVil wSs sKp3ntat, tg90sAnarv keepera have
lately much complained Of their empty floors.
1t is also explained-by the last eight months
wheat importstlarge as they have appeare1)
being about 900 00) ore. below the reeeipta
in the same period last seaeon, AS set-off,
English deliveries at market have been ,000,-
900 qrs. In excess, and these home supplies
have in reality ruled the market" There ia
probably no doubt that Great Britain will
need 100, 1000, 600 bushels mora than che raises
during the year, nearly half of which will be
American-grown wheat. France will, during
she wear ending July 3lst, have imported
over 70 000, 900 bushels, and in addition there
ia prospect Of light crop this year. A.
Paris journal--La France--reports the sub
stance of recent sdvices Of all the agricultur-
tural societies in the north Of France, and
comes to o very discouraging conclusion.
1t says that Russia and North America have
so developed the production of cereal that
France cannot compete with them, even in
home markets, and that Ameriol, (which
already clothes the old world with its cotton,
and lights 1t with petroleum, is going TO
furnish it slso with its grain, as 1t seeks 20
supply il with its meats. From the i'm
mense automatic grsnaries or elevators of
Chicago ard Miiwsukee-each one having
storage room for nearly 2 100000 bushels;
and capable OF receiving and discharging
so, 600 bushels in ten hours--the grain of
North America is poured out upon the en-
tire world. Liverpool, GLASGOW, London.
Antwerp. Amsterdam, Hamburg. Hsvre.
Bordeaux, Nantes, nunkirk, and Rouen re-
ceive and appreciate the American cereals.
Marseilles herself, which until recently has
bought only the wheat of the Mediterranean
aud Black Seas, now admits that OF Wiscon-
sin aud California; and the grades Of NIL
YANKEE and San francisco are there quoted
as among the best" The paper then advised
French farmers to turn their attention to in-
crease the production of sugar and tobacco,
as to ''levy an Import duty on 70 reign bread
stuffs would advance the price of bread, an
evil greater than the present one OF low
prices Tor homegrown wheat. II then the
feeling 10 France among farmers is that they
had better buy American wheat than to raisa
their own, the effect Will be TO increase the
demand for foreign breadstuffs as long as
prices and freights are as low as they are at
present.
The United States, from present appear.
snces. can continue to supply Europe with
all the breadsluHs she may need. For the
calender year 1878 our exports OF wheat
amounted to 100, ,7S6,6l6 bushels, valued at
Sl65, ,574 557. The exports exceed the total
wheat crop of the country In lS49, which
according to the census OF 1850 amounted to
only 100 4S5, ,044 bushels. For the six months
ending December 81, 1879, the foreign ex-
ports of and whole previous year in the his
tory OF the country, aud were more thar
double those for the corresponding six
months in 1877. The exports for January,
February. March and April this year were
about ~ 900 600 bushels, and they will prob
ably be IL, 900, 900 bushels during May and
June, which will make the total for the
fiscal year ending June 30. 10000 600 bushels.
II to this we add the exports will amount to
about 100000 900 bushels Of wheat, which
is only $1,000 900 bushels less than our total
production of wheat in 1859 ss reported by
the census retnrns OF 1860. More than half
these exports went to the Continent of
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