The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-09-16
The Harvests of the World.

M. Etinne, the we'll known French author
ity ON the subject, has issued his estimates of
the harvests of the world for 1882 His re-
port is on the whole decidedly favorable, in
dicating no serious deficiency in the crops in
any quarter of the world, and general abun-
dance throughout Europe and America. In
summarizing the result the London Times says:
"Never during the time since these reports
were collected has the harvest in the northern
hemisphere been so good all round We
usually had to report deficiency, either in
Europe or America. This year there is abso
lutely none. The world has over an average
harvest, and the year is likely to be one of
cheap abundance"
1t is not certain that this rose -colored
statement of the French statistician is not
published in the interest of the grain spec
ulators of the world to keep prices at low
figure. 1t will be noted that his report is
only an estimate, which may approximate
the true state of the crops, or may not,
Private advices from Germany, as late as
the 28th of August, represent the crops
there as short. A letter received at this
office from Baden Baden, written by gen.
tleman who has recently visited several
parts of the continent, says: .1tr.le tv
II am glad to read of the good crops in
America. Here they are not so good, | am
sorry to say, as we have had so much rain and
high winds. / am sure it has rained every
day since / came here, now more than three
weeks ago. The season has been exceedingly
wet and cold.' ...r-... l.-4 ..i.t
This statement is corroborated by ad-
vices previously received from other parts
Of Europe, so that the harvests of the world
cannot be SO abundant as this report OF
M. Etinne represents. The wheat crop re-
port of the Department of Agriculture for
September, dated Washington, Sept. II,
says, lai
'sThe result of the spring wheat harvest is
in close accordance with the indications of the
August report. The quality is good and the
yield above an average. The general condi-
ton of winter and spring wheat when harvest
ed is represented by 100, an average rarely
attained Since the harvest in parts of the
winter-wheat region, especially in Michigan
and Indiana, some millions of bushels have
been lost by sproutlng IN the stack. mere
has also been some loss of spring wheat from
the same cause in Wisconsin and other States
The Ohio valley has nearly as large produc
as in 1879 Ohio, Indiana and Illinois hav,
apparently secured about 1852, OO0, 900 bushels
The South has increased both her acreage ant
yield per acre. The aggregate ofwinter wheat
as indicated by the September returns, j
about $50 ,OOO, 900 bushels, spring wheat abou
lac, 900, 900, or $40, 000,0 900 bushels in all. =
The cable message from our statistical agen
in London, dated September IL, isas follows
Reported improvement in European crops
confirmed. The wheat crop of Germany
better than was expected; of France a flu
average The price of wheat is constant
falling everywhere. The Vienna Congress
claims the world wheat supply above aver
age" The average condition of the potat
crop is 80, and the aggregate yield is estimate
at 100, O00, 600 bushels. IT, af