The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27
The Worlds Wheat Crop.
r. F. Porter, of the census bureau, sums up
thn reanlka oR tl,a min sho1.ta no q folio1xa.

t1o results OF tne grain snOTtaSe as 1O!oWs:
nrs5' TxS careful % estimates have been male ; Of the
made '0'Si in Vienna ~ and i pub:ished fifth in tbs
Bankers MAGAZINE, puts the demand at about 23o,
produce exchange, at 2l9,ooo,Ooo: At present
information i'll regard to wants would Indicate that
250.HOO.OOO bushels are the figures within tho
tbs amount about SO oouoVo bSshsls viii be
needed from the United States. 1t was claimed by
some that Russia will be able to surpy, 100000
1t is almost impossible to estimate with
an approach to accuracy on Russian crops. In 1880
the harvest was an unusually boun;iful one, prob
wheat crop for this year cny reach our estimate Of
last :. there will be shortage of II o,OG0.GoO
bushels. thin 1O,00O,OOo bushels of our total:
bushels of that of 1880 The efrecs Of this short
age will not be felt until another crop ia fairly
growing, sao though tn attempts are nov be-
price We cannot always expec. such bonntiful
haryests as those Of the last two years, and one
years shortage does not mean famine. The
acreage Of wheat in the United States has nearly
doubled in the last decade, and the crop Of 1881 As
estimated BY Bradstreets. exceeds by 56.oGo,0o
bushels the average crops of the last
OF WHAT is Manly Suse
SOC. 500, 900 bushels have been exported from the
Atlantic ports since last July and nearly. 10000:
that there is still available for export the Pacific
coast \ transportation could be found for it, co.
100000 bushels This makes, with the visible
the surplus of last years crops, to say nothing of
tho uncounted millions of bushels in the cranaries
Of our thrifty farmers. The
SHORTAGE IN THE CORN CROP
is Tar moro serious than that of wheat:
b. but n. here aEsn the nnu,ga arvess
tent. mitigate the suffering. The census puts
the yield at l.772. .OOU, 900 bushels i'll 1879, and
last year it was estimated at about .ooo.Gou
with barely enough tor home consumption. In
1869 thu crop, say about 9uO,OOO.OOO bushels,
was all absorbed at homo. Since then the popula-
should the yield reach 200, 900, ,ooe bushels. il
will all be needed at home: that is. we slal! have
no SURPLUS to sell in bulk. and it will only abroad
export of corn for 1880 was less than 100 900 900
3 probably 6:,y seriously @ T.. interiors with tie
the manufactures Of ,hiehwines. The effect Of the
loss OF this t12,0Oo.U0o bushels OF wheat and
650.Oo0. 900 bushels Of corn upon the country =
difficult to portray. With tie loss in grain comes
partial failure OF tho potato crop art1 an advance
Of 50 per cent. in the most important article Of
food. Coal is much higher than last fall. and a
general advance Of % cent. nearly all kinds
Of groceries. The farmers win suffer, but not
more severely than tue laborers, mechanics aud
poorer classes in our large industrial centers
Tho farmers loss will in part be mado up by
higher price. but only in part There is an acturl
loss. estimating at plenty prices. OF S2G2 10000
equal to the aggregate Of all the State debts Of the
Union, to BE- distributed throughout tho country
1t means to the farmers q stricer economy at the
store, renewals Of notes to the manufacturers ana
postponements of payments on mori CAGES. For
tunatey, there are districts reportiug total
failure Of all crops, the loss will be widely dis
tributed Were it not for speculation this
wave Of misfortune would not be felt among the
masses of the poor people in our largo cities until
another and perhaps more bountiful harvest glad
dens the broad praries of the West. 1t is unforu-
nate that the popular mind is 30 ready to accept
the gloomest view Of the question: and still
more that many are willing to color mems minds
with despondent ideas We have en;1eavo.ed to
present the situation fairly. and while serious
enough for agricultural country. it does not in
dcate a famine. but merely q curtament OF the
surplus CROP.