, 1883-10-06
yhe EngiisA Wbeaf Cnop-

An extended accom-. Of the various crop.
:, are Vri..d Kiocden Is Riven in The ASy'
La,s Erp4,ss. Of ,Aag. q. The fon0vins
camuri.e the estimates in relation TO wheat
T.kiny the returns q. publiahed last week
vs have Obtained the average which they
show for each county. ard IRON sae sam o.
the county averages We have obtained the
average for AL England. In the case OF th'
vbs.: crop, We hare taken special pains tc
obtain q resi- average of the yield Of the sew
.ral counties according to their normal acre
age taking the ssures OF last years ofiiciAI
.er,ealtural returns as giving far proper
tiona.e acreage. The mean average yield IN
an average season for e.ch county Is taken
from our own returns; this Is multiplied b'
the namter Of acres Of wheat grown IN each
county in 1882 to obtain the total quantity
And the total proiuce OF all the counties thus
ol,a:oe.i is divided by the total number OF
acres of wheat grown in al the counties IN
Tn. year named. The result is 2s-5 bushels
nor scre rs an ayersSe crop Of wheat in an
average season for ali England, not reckon
ing Wales and the rest OF the kingdom, our
r,turn, being TOO few for Wales, and not ln-
cluding Scotland and Ireland. 1t is curious
n notice inst the mean Of all the county aver
s-es fer wheat, without goipsanto the e!abor-
ate calculation as to acreage, is S.3 Tins
shows that, although Westmore!and. with
under |. coo acres Of wheat, should not ccudt
for a. much as Lincolnshire. with over IA.
900 lin lSSc,l in getting at the mean yield
for the whole country, yet the county aver
ages so correct each other as to work ou:
within small fraction the same as the real
average per acre for the whole country. The
average estimates for the present whea. crop
for the whole of England is 26 bushe!s per
arcs, and we are Of opinion that the actual
Weld will turn out less rather than more thsn
this-a view Of the case which is strengthened
by letters recently received trom several cor
respondents TO the effec: that the ears are
more defective than they supposed. Inc OIL
cal acricultura! returns tel Us that the area Q:
the wheat crop in Great Britain this year is
2.6la,l47 acres. At &c bushels per scre-
and as Scotland and Wales about balance
each other, the average yield of Crest Brit
ain may be taken to be the same as that for
England-the wheat supply froE. Great
Britain would be little under s. million
qrarters. The contribution Of Ireland and
the Channel islands is lcss than half MI.
hon quarters, and it is usual to deduct 6
million quarters for seed and wheat consum
ed by stock. According TO our estimates,
then, the home supply of wheat for hHuIsr
consumption will be Jude. eight million
quarters. As we believe thst the deficiency
in the wheat ears had not been sufficiently
noticed till the crop was actually cut, "I
ara disposed to pat the crop available io'
consumption at not over y million quarters
Supposirg twenty-five millions to be our sn
nual consumption OF wheat. We shat! thui
require III million quarters OF foreign whea'
to supplement the home supply. Not nearly
all this quantity viii have to be imported,
as the stock Of wheat IN the country Id very
heavy, p-obsbly heavier than it has egel
been before.