The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-06-17
Crops at Homo and Abroad.

Lancaster Esos,er. The REPORTS of the Dc
partment OF Agriculture for Ma. and June
snow that LIE crops of TIE year are large and
thus far generally III good condition Winter
wheat has not suffered AZ it did last wear. and
on the lst inst, Spring wheat was i'm better
condition than it was on the corresnondtn,.
date in 1885. Since the June reporl was ,,ra
pared it was in some danger, owing to very. dry
weather in the Northwest bat iacent and
timely rains nave brought relief, The crop of
oats is in better condition than last years crop
was at the corresponding date. and the acreage
has been increased. A marked improvement
in the barley crop is noted The net increase
in the cotton area is about 250,OOO acres, but the
condition of the crop is much lower than it
was i'll 1885.
The May report contained an elaborate exhi-
bition of statistics concerning the world S sup
ply of wheat. 1t appears that the average an
nual production of wheat in Europe (Russia
with its surplus, included) for the years lS74-Si
was III 100000 bushels. The average annual
consumption was 1.Sl2. 1900 bushels so that
an. average annual supply OF l6S,000,0 D0 bushels
from other continents were required In that
period were several years of unusually low
yield in Western Europe, and the large deficit
caused large expectations from America and
elsewhere as we'll as an increase of acreage In
the exporting countries.
The average annual production in Europe
for the five years ISIS was 12lS 900 900 bushels
or an increase of about 7i,Oo0.0O9, but the con-
sumption increased, being 1,372.OOO 900 in 1885.
so that the annual deficiency was not so great
as in the preceding eight years. In 1885 it was
15l, 100000 bushels. Their was however. an
| increase of about IS, 10000 bushels in the pro-
duction of Canada, Mexico, India, South
A A ri y
was available for export. This explains ;" re-
ports the Department, ''why our exports have
averaged l6,00O,OO0 bushels for the last five
/ years. when for the three years preceding the
average was l74,OcO,0OO bushels
The crop of 1885 in Europe was, in round mum
bers, l,2lS,OO0OO0 leaving a deficiency of about
| Isl 100000, as has already been shown There
was available for use in supplying this def
cheney surplus of Is, 00O 900 in North America,
100000 in South America, 100000 in India.
100000 in Australia, and 100000 in Africa
and West Asia-in all l2O,0O0,O00 bushels. The
| remaining "a 100000 appear to have been sup
piled from the surplus of the preceding years
crop remaining unused.
Inc prospects were good, the department re-
ported on May l, for u product in Europe this
year equal to that of asst year, or about 2lS.-
| 100000 bushels With regard to the manner in
which the deficiency is to be supplied, the con-
dltlons have undergone some change There
mas been q large reduction of acreage in India
ana the crop is said to have fallen from ISL
ooo,oO0 last year 265,O00,000 Consumption heine
estimated at 2I0,000,000. the surplus for export
is reduced from 100000 to 25,0OO,OOO The Ans
trallan crop Will not exceed 22,000GOO so that
the surplus for export from that country has
fallen from 100000 to 100000 In South
America the surplus is, the other hand
larger by about 100000, so that the entire
quantity available for export III those coun-
tries is smaller by So Co., 900 bushels than il was
last year. But in Norrh America the surplus
for export Will be largely increased because the
crop in this country is so much larger tban
1t was in 1855. The department. was of The onjn-
ion on May that with a continuance of the
conditions then prevailing the crop in North
America would exceed that of last wear Inv
los, 200 bushels.
Our surplus for export is to be so largely in
creased, it is fortunate for our wheat growers
that the surplus in India and Australia has
been reduced by 100000 bushels, or nearly 90
per cent.