The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-11-24

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creasing. For the first FIVE years of the
above period the production was 12,942,-
600 quarters available for home consump-
ton, and the total consumption 81, 246,-
600 quarters per year, while for the last
six years the average has been 9,192,00O
quarters produced, and 23,595,000 quar-
tiers consumed.
We have received recently from Messrs.
Lawes g. Gilbert OF England, two pam
phlets published by them, viz. "The
Home Produce, Imports, Consumption,
and Price of Wheat and "Our Climate
and our Wheat Crops" which we pro-
pose to notice at more length hereafter,
and to give some account of their inter
esting experiments in wheat culture
They estimate the production in the
United Kingdom for the last twenty-seven
years as 27S bushels per acre, as compared
with 28l bushels (which we had previ-
ously assumed to represent the average
produce per acre of the country at large"
They adopt So bushels as the average
consumption per head of the population
per annum over the United Kingdom;
and say there has been an increase of
consumption per head, since the estab-
lishment of free trade in corn; that the
total consumption of wheat has increased
from an average of about l8 millions
quarters over the first eight years to near
ly "a millions quarters over the last three
years.
Bradstreet dispatch, November I'D
does not give so favorable a view of the
foreign demand After giving the sur
pluses of wheat for $780, (the United
States being credited with 190,00O,OO0
bushels), at 254, 100000, and the de-
fciences at 227, 100000, with the APP
parent surplus production of q, 100000,
it is remarked: 1.-The apparent surplus
Of wheat over the worlds need is so
small that, considering the probability of
ing rather than decreasing there is no
good reason to count on declining prices
The shortness of the Indian corn crop in
the United States will have some effect
in sustaining the price of wheat. Again,
it is not possible for prices to decline
materially without speedily increasing
the demand, which in turn will react in
the direction of higher prices. Having
regard to all the factors entering into
the present wheat situation, it is con-
Guided that a continuance of fair prices
for wheat is justified. The apparent sur
plus of q 100000 bushels in the world s
wheat product is not so large as to JUS
tify fears of very low prices. There is
little more, if any, than enough wheat
to supply present and prospective de-
ficlencles For this year, at least, the
wheat producers Of the United States
bid fair to receive fairly-remunerative
prices for their crops"
In this estimate Russia is credited
with a surplus of 100000, and the
Danube with 100000 bushels, but late
advices no not seem to bear out this ex-
pectation.
Removal of the office of the Commits
sioner of Agriculture.
This Office has been removed from
the Capitol, to the Cabinet of Minerals
on Capitol street, between Valentine
House and City Hall. The Commits
sioner invites the farmers to visit him
there-as also the citizens of Richmond,
and others interested in the minerals of
the State. He takes this occasion to re-
quest contributions of agricultural books
to the Farmers Library, and minerals
for the Mineral Cabinet, now forming
under his auspices.
Farm Implements
In our notice of what we saw at the
" Pennsylvania State Fair we did not
intend our mention of ploughs and other
? farm implements to be taken as adver-
tisements, and take this occasion to say
that in the matter of ploughs particular
ly, our farmers can get irst-class ploughs
of Virginia manufacture, and the differ
ence Of price in favor.of our ploughs will
make it to their interest to buy them
We have always advocated the purchase
Of home productions where it can be done
without decided loss, and have always
"practiced what we preach"
In our last we think we put down the
address.o @. W. Westbrook, nurserymar
, as Weldon, instead of Wilson, N. c. We
have obtained dozen of his Ever
Bearing English Mulberries" for hogs
and transplanted them Mr.. WestbrooL
writes us that he has shipped $4,000 o.
, these mulberries this fall. TIP.
The Great Interior.