The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-03-26
THE STORMS AND CROPS
Alarming Prospects Regarding ihs western
hznsti

A writer ia Monday Ncp York .Ss.a. con
mentins on iho s,sadinezs Of ghs stock z,AE
kel ia the lace q the most distressing &C
csunts u the Western snoS s,ssms aa1 ia,
coaseguen, alarming prospects 81 the fa,ur'
Z crops Aad tyaf6e, sAys
According % lhc best information THAI car
+ Be- gathered from. the Western an,l Nosihwcsi
ern regions, even the richest farmers sill mo-
. o. able 70 m4ks The iWo ends NEE, at hzrvrs
time this year. IN lSstl the zinlcs uhesal vas
iau cuoagh 20 Waye, while abe spring shra
was 81 planted Ih,s year there IS an aver
age q threc feet % SNOW aad ice on dead
+ sese ali over ihe West, and another furious
sn0w storm aas raging day before yesterday
There Is q miscoacepllou gu the popular miaa
thar heavy laycts Of snoS Keep the gf0npd
WaTul aad moist. and ia SO fsF foster ibs is
terRs, of The farmer.
This Is true enough il she ~ihtsr i aiid and
be had ZINE TO Ploush up his ground IN the
autumn. Ba; i Is all wrong WHEN BE ha.
been caught by an early Water before be has
beeH sh.e % aticud 10 the plouzaiag. and
Ehes the suoW has thick crust % slice; unlei
il. snd the grQuRd Is frozen 70 the depth Of
three OF fuGT feet Shoald tie geathey no;
change 81 once, aud the farmer not be enabled
% 70 lulo ,bs Geld before .Iha Isl uf April,
thousands apou thousands VI ReFss 10 ghe
Northwest wont have any crop at ali. and
the country Sill lose-ace0rdiag to the opin.
ion Of man who has devoted BIS whole iir
TO agricultural s'udies-fHlly one year pro.
dgcs.
Nebraska lister, pab,isaei 10 Tuesday s
n. u HeFaid SAYS All over that saIt rad ~
in Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming
sud Montana the grass IS under snow and
slcei so deep that no bovine eau reach il.
II .4aE- q
on a Thousand kilis o. his Is shorn Of his
earthly possessions. The plains asd the ga
mons are rich in the bodies Of the slain
This IS only local description Of the gen.
grsl state OF affairs prevailing ali over the i'm
mepsa county comprised between LAKE Mich
igan on the east, the borders OF Oregon Oh tie
vest, and those Of New Mexico 90 ibe soalh.
Ony q very wealthy farmer or rancher
could have built sheds for the protection OF
the cattle, and have fed them through the
winter npon his stock OF grain, which other
wise ha would have sold 10 the spriUg with a
profit TO himself and 10 ths railroads carrying
Il 10 the seaboard In the eyes of the leading
financial and commercial men ia London and
New York the situation Is so critical that
abog. Q dozen men have been sent cut West
10 study the condition OF the crops and OF the
railroad traffic. The English traders in grain
and provisions have sent out special agents TO
Dakota, Wyoming Territory, Minnesota and
Nebraska. The crop prospects in Europe
arc more favorable this year than they have
been for quarter of a century past, aud If
we have anything 70 5sil ney, autumn we will
probably find but very pqoF na.kat for or
produce.
docs not ali this Point to high prospects
In grain and provisions?' a leading specuia-
tor o. the Produce Exchange was asked the
other day,
"No, was his answer. Everything seeIa
TO eouspire against US this year, California
had magnificent crop, and SO did Oregon.
They have about 400, 900 tons of grain TO spare
for our own or European use, but that stock
Won. be moved by rail, and the trunk lines
won't make & espt out off
That under such circumstances the market
should remain as steady as it IS, is pu@.ls e
the oldest and most experienced operators id
Wall street