Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-01
1ur Wheat Product.

A correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean, writing from Fargo, D. T., and
Ginning to have especial facilities for
properly computing the wheat product OF
the United States, for the present year, es-
Inmates that it will be AIS 900 bushels,
against AIS, 755, 11S bushels last year. AS
to winter wheat, ne calculates thst the
area was about Is per cent. greater than
in 1879, WITH an increase in yield OF about
1875 per cent The acreage IN spring
wheat, it is thought, is about equal to IL at
of last year, though newspaper reports
have generally estimated q considerable
increase. In the New England and Mid.
die States and Ohio there has been a tall
ing off of about per cent. Of the great
spring wheat States, Wisconsin and Iowa
fell off IL and Illinois per cent. Ga the
other hand, the Agricultural De- artment
at Washington places the increase of CAL
ifornia at IL, Nebraska 8, Michigan 3,
and Minnesota l per cent. The increased
acreage in the Territories put into spring
VACaL w III SO0nlII tlAS NSNAOaSS IL
the older portions of the country. IN
GLIDING spring and winter wheat, the il.
crease in acreage throughout the United
States amounts to per cent AS whole,
the condition Of the wheat crop is above
that of last year, both in winter and spring
wheat, and it is safe to calculate, the
writer thinks, that the yield for the pres
ent year will be about one twelfth better
than that of its predecessor.
Estimating the home consumption at
3l5,000.000 bushels, there would be left
for expectation on demand, 160,000.000
bushels, which is some 100000 bushels
less than was exported last year. In con.
sidering what the probable foreign de-
mand on our wheat crop will be, the IN
ter-Ocean writer calls attention to the fact
that the European granaries are almost
bare, and IN their replenishment will
want more than is needed for mere con,
sumption. Farmers in the United King
dom, discouraged by succession of bad
harvests, planted $4,000 acres less of
wheat than was put in last year, which
means decrease in yield of about
100000 bushels il Great Britain alone.
1t is estimated that Great Britain's deficit
will amount to about 50, 600 bushels,
that of France 100000, and that of
Germany-in some parts of which there
has been total failure-15, 100000; in
all, 150,000,00e.
This deficit must be supplied from
either Russia or America. But the latest
Geographic advices from Russia indicate
that the harvest in that country Will be q
practical failure, and that the loss will be
about one-eighth Of the crop, or SO 100000
bushels. Estimating the home consump-
ton of Russia at 40S 100000 bushels, il
is clear that if the cable reports
correctly, the crop will fall little short
of supplying the home market; but in the
last few days, little sunshine has struck
the wheat fields Of Southern Russia. and
there may have been an increase over the
estimate But Russia can hardly expect,
under the most favorable turn of the
weather, now, to export over 20 600. 600
bushels OF her present crop. Here, then,
Is q d, felt in the European market of
0G03 600 bushels, which our $4,000 900
surplus will be called on to supply; the
remaining 20,000,0 900 could be absorbed
in stock by the granaries of the two hem
isphe-es without materially affecting
prices Or causing any depression in the
wheat market.