Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-07-16
~ th- Great wheat Fteids.

N.5r les times Of seasons are n,.re rsg4Iir
has thai si the ~he.t harvest " ther ,h.
weather ~ Gf KIND 20 make the fofr part Il
summer wh,t IN. farmers c4i. "~trt, 90 or
late. tie hr,i H~rk "A I..v. in ,E- near
4-GEhh-rhooi Of rriI.l-. rhit s~~. tie ah-ar
- IL for he reaper, and n most in.tsac"s the
arrest J. in h-rr - The TIME the hrsr eight
lays NJ the nnGtb are closed ~ write
,h~ &c 4en hrlt- iurul-g tui~sI 10 a rich
1rouZe. vIsIu'r n all Llrr-tt.ns and in
many places the htrse.I-rs src a. work T.
ne suIths lId ui Is The crop : been gathered
t times rtngrnI fgon lew d-vs .gp IN Deit
"AFr g iorinighi ago IN 'hr C,fo,uAs. r
noah ago 20 A3tstus zai G-orgJA 10 *
~rrss heisr~ - T-K,s rGi Ih- sbr.t h-rVrsi-
- Nij CoHtiuus suaonk oar Nor'heru uvis n
togs :or more Than i mon'h 20 cone
II MI be sct-unsUlr, Ihef-to's 10 'eks /.
lance ~ th- a neat crops @ In { ujt~.i States
az! o. h urls, - a. - at a nu3ien 1T III Ir
magnitude aud mesHlng. Frs. Il, US rot. our
osn G. sp, AS l. H. eLt~n. All what becomes Of
IL We should not lake The crop OF 1855. for
mat was much less ihsa the average. that oae
having BEEN in round numbers ISL 900 600
bushels against SIS 900, $50 bushels 10 $50
We should take, rather, average of the last
I'VE years. including say 1881 tolss5 This
shows the average annual production TO De
i35, 6s5, 52i bushes, the proportion OF this
used al hom. fer food being 251, gag 962 bush
els; the annual expectation, ll6, l6l, 494 bush
els, The quantity retained as seed for the next
crop 80, So C3+, thus leaving as annual ave-
rage remainder Of 5, 39l, es5 bushels unaccoun,.
ed 3ur
From that showing il will be observed that
the wheat crop grown 10 the United Safe. a.
sounts 10 between seven aud eights bushels u
head for every man, ~omaa aud shiId tn t
the proportion actually consumed here as food
amounts to between four and FIVE bushels for
every person in oar population, old and Young:
that the proportion exported 10 foreign eoun-
tries is something (but not great deall more
than one busae out Of four or about quarter
Of the whole crop; aad that about one bushel
out Of every eight bushels grows has TO be re-
tanned AS seed TO plant foI the next years crop
These facts are important as well as extreme
J interesting; and, while We have given the
precise hgures as TO the millions of bushels il
the aggregate and ia the several divisions Of the
distribution, We have given short round figures
easy 10 remember as 10 the bushels grown per
head Of population. the bushels per h-ad con
sumed, and The proportion Of bushels kept for
seed.
Most Of our peopl. know, or think they
know, that our country is the greatest wheat
growing country in the world. They are right
about that, but if asked TO name hat country
is the next greatest wheat grower, many even
among the most intelligent would be DO thered
to furnish an answer. Some well informed
persons would Say Russia, othsrs quite well
posted up with late markets would say India,
but il would only be scattering man or wo-
man here and there who would say France
But such as named France would be right, for
that country in 1885 came With her 3l3, GEO, 900
of bushels neIt after the United States India
(whose figures for 1885 We have not) next, and
Russia next With 200 600 900 bNshpls
Although the United States is the greatest
wheat producer, il is not the greatest wheat
consumer per capita OF population. As already
stated the wheat consumed for food in our
country averages betaeen four and live bush
els for each person, old and young; but in
France the consumption is estimated to reach
nine bushels year for every man, woman and
child. This look, to be enormous, averaging,
AS il would, from u pound to a pound and a
half of wheaton bread a day for every person OF
every age. We may he excused for doubling
the accuracy Of the estimate. The Preach. il
is true, are great bread eaters, and have no
such variety and abundance OF other fariHs-
ceeus and animal food as we have, yet still we
take large pinch of salt to average of
pound and half OF wheat bread every day for
the French babies as well as the adult workers
in the field, the shop and the mine.
Exclusive Of the crops of Asiatie Russia and
Chlna the world wheat prouuct Ior 1909 -
set down at about 10, 600, 900, OF which our
country supplies about one-fttn. Continental
Europe grows as much as is needed for con
sumption there, with an average surplus for
shipment, though not large. Great Britain
consumes far more than she grows, aud it is to
supply the shortage there that in most years
the United States, India, Russia, South Amer
lea and other regions contend in the Liverpool
market There is and has been great glut
there, and that's what's the matter with the
price of wheat here aud thsre.-Phi!a. Ledger.