New-York tribune., 1882-08-14
THE ENGLISH WHEAT CROP 4 FAILURE.

From me London Times August Il
AT the close OF july 1t Is possible TO form
some estimate OF he prQepeJb,s b oL Tue b.t % %
We the point boy Ond which we cannot expect ta
it Will 20. How far IL VIII iall short oil s We nave no
OF determining The weather IA Auist "ludtclge
the natter and cannot predict what 1he weather III
August to be- Bu., under the most favorable weather
conditions prOs ecs Tor the coming crops are 10y no
means universally good We publish THIS morning iull
and careful report the present state o The crops IN
spects By terribly disappointing others The wheat har-
ves orIcspOndeut says viii be once more DelO" nc
average In many places IL VIII be NeI} co"Suol"OS t
below the avCr8-c. The general report aDOu wheat II
that good soils thc straw VIII Dc GOOD; thtt on poor
soils IL Will be bad; and that on bO,h gOOd SOILS ana
poor soils The yield Oi grain viii be no better man IL S
been during the last I'VE years or ia Otnef "Oids' INA
IL WIZ hOt uc'Iy .nouht lod i'i a'Cl"5' - W 80
Is Dad indeed but when We nave gwen 1t we lave
gwen he worst On no OtheI crop our CORES ponu'
rePort qui.e as uli"' ;tDe as . 10 Oh m vi
ley IN some parts OF The country Is lOOhlhS ~ol'
la Dorsotehre correspondent mas seen some hhe'
Ilch crops pehiihS ia ZIP moss aiu El'tnS "io, & 90
tam promise OF good mailing gram. FROM E'seN ue
crops reported as good In The MdlanIs they are
lcss promising In barey as Ia wheat lhe straw 5eS,
likely, whole, 10 be the best part o the crop Inc
yield OF gram VIII Dc rather less imam the average
possibly II "4H NOS pe equal 10 ias' u's !leu' We
Coe ha&t and beans, and To far prSucr pros
pecis tnU,e are concerned oats, our corse-
spOndent says viii exc ed III DOth quantity dlu quau'
the average the last seven years lncy Will Dc SOou
ana III grain. npoatOes ne las observed
40 disee as YET, but the real TIE OI tItI ts scIcei9
yet come. August Is dangerous month Tor potatoes,
and IN Ireland, and Ia SOM parts OI Jhs cOunf inc
potato disease has begun TO SHOW tscll Tue hay mar
happily a bad certainty. Never has the grass been
more plentiful, and has the weather been mole
unaYOTaDle 20 the process OI turning IL INTO nay.
Whatever wheat may turn out 10 De, ana IN What-
ever degree IL may fall snort Oi our Currea pOndOnt
gloomy estimate suppl, OI food is III no danger We
THIS iIOui 81 wide an area Judt We can AWAY
reckon with confidence upon obtaining 10 at ucuahd III
tue harvest Is bad III one part Oi the world, IS not Dal
In all parts, and we get our wheat accordnSly without
much regard The Oi the matter Is
that England seems just now 10 be the particular part OI
world 10 which bad harvest Is pOst certain 10 COME
Inc price Oi Is not RAISED, Du The farmer oulers'
and country suffers with nn. We are nOt stafN c
and IN danger O being starved. Dut our nome
Trade Is crippled. Tue money when ought 10 Dc Ia 'o
lOekes OF Tue I'm sh fIrmcris Transferred 10 inc Aoil
farmer Ia spl.e OF free trace, Dad hatNest az
home uead loss the country, ana tu7 IL VIII
always be. Ine report Oi large harvest III Alhc lcL
will Dc good news 10 everybody esc. Du IL VIII hot DC
good news " Iainer IL Win mean lOI
hiln thai his wheat, winch WIll De- small la amount,
VIII command lOw price. and tha even tlc paiIlal
Improvement wnicl he Lately secured VIII not ast
yuud Tie near GATE when American corn ships VIII
begin and VIII OAce asan HOOD our htrAets
the golden sin uOm MlhncsOtA ana inc lar west
The case IL nald out Il not exceptional FROM Ouc
cause or auOtAer ialnCls seem always 10 Dc under
pressure. The tllng h4Oh MOuu certainly Dilhg
Ihcn relief would be Doun4iul haN est III tis country
general lal ure elsewhere. but this OF late mas
been precisely what they obtained. The best
remaining chance Tor nem l. to 90 more toward adapt
ng their methods O1 CutNdtIUu 10 tnC cumalc cOhul
tluus WAlcu they may expect In,y have begun 10
move ana seemingly IN the right direction Cannot thcy
quicker their pace II LIglsu Farmers are 10 thrive
there change somewhere. Elmer they must
change OF Eng gI,n WtatuCr must chauSc Al 5 Vhig On
on the other condition tAat thty en- nope 10
repeated losses whlcn nave gone ho"I