Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-05-29
GRAIN AT THE WORLDS PAIR.
Facts from the Report Of One of the Conn
missioners 60 Paris.


The report upon agriculture by J. J.
| Woodman, Of Michigan, Assistant Com
missioner 10 the Paris Exposition, con-
tlins nm Interesting account of the exhibit
| OF grains. IL says the finest exhibit of
agricultural products from the United
| States was that of the Oregon State
| Commission. OF the other great aQri
cultural and cereal producing States Of
the Union, some were not represented Mt
! all and some only partially.
The report contains comparative
] statement of the present condition of
agricultural interests in the principal
countries of Europe, noting especially
! the points in which they differ from the
same industries in our own country. In
France the average size Of farms il six
teen and n half acres arabic or thirty
three and "A half acres Of productive land
making 3,B77, ,7sl farms. Ofthcsc, =, SEQ :
3ss, or sevcnty-onc per cent. are Guilt
waited by the owners; s3l .DI3, or only
twcnty-onc per cent, nre rented nj n
fixed price; and eight per cent. ARE
worked on shares. The free use of
fertilizers is mentioned rs the reason for
the heavy crops realized from small
areas. The advantage of rotation has
also been fully demonstrated in France.
In the English exhibit samples oi Molds'
new varieties Of wheat were shown i'm
the straw and attracted much attention.
1t was chained that this wheat could be
sown one month earlier and would re-
quirc only one half the quantity Of the
old varieties, and would produce IO5
grains from single stalk. and II2
bushels from n single acre. The report
shows that the average production o
England per acre is greater than in any
other country in Europe, If not in the
world. In Austria and Hungary. g25
per cent. Of the whole territory Is pro-
ductivc, and the soil is highly favorable
Tor agriculture. The farmers generally
own the soil they cultivate. The aver
age yield of wheat il fifteen bushels TO
the acre.
An elaborate and comprehensive table
giving the average amount of the cereal
production Of the European countries
which furnish surplus for commerce.
and also those which are Obliged 10 inn
port breadstuiis. shows that the average
annual production Of cereals in Europe
amounts Ia 3, li7. 796, 900 bushels. Of which
Russia produces 1865 .O2l 600 bushels.
or nearly onc-third; the whole Of Ger
many, 765. .OOO, 600 bushels: France. TO-
10000 bushels. and Hungary. 800, 800.
600. On the basis of an average Of
10 I--leO bushels of cereals for. each
person forhomc consumption. Roumnnia.
Denmark, Russia. Prussia, France. Hun
gary, Bavaria and Sweden alone raise
sufficient for home consumption. 4
comparison Of IN, production of cereals
per capita for the whole population Of
Europe with that for the United States
gives the former about seventeen bushels
and the latter about forty bushels.
The report says that many of the
countries of Europe, especially Great
Britain and France. are largely deficient
In meat products. and that they arr now
turning their attention 20 the United
States for supplies. Tho report saws that
English stock raisers. who have become
alarmed at the success which has at
tended the importation of American
beef have recently discovered that
American cattle can bc imported and
fed upon American grain ~ present
prices with considerable profit 10 the
English importer