Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-10-18
EUROPE'S GRAIN CROPS.
A Deficiency in Nearly Every
Country on the Continent.
The Losses Will Have to be Made
Up by the United States.

The United States hopes to reap some
benefit from the misfortune of Europe in
the failure of her grain crops. Mr.. James
H. Smith, the Commercial Agent Of the State
Department at Mayence, says in a recent
report that this country will have to be
looked to to supply the European deficiency.
The average wheat crop of Europe annually
from 1881 to 1856 is put st 1,2ll, O72, 1872
bushels: in 1888 the crop amounted to .240-
80, 925 bushels. Thj~ year it is estimated to
be about Is per cent. less. The grain har-
vests of Austria-H Hungary are said TO be the
worst Of the last decennarv The conse-
quence is that Hungary has deficit of about
II, 900, 600 hectoliters $4,000, 900 bushels in
wheat, and Austria about 9, 600 900 hectOli-
ters, making a total of ~, 600 900 bushels
for the Austro-Hungarian Empire; 81
$40, 600 bushels of rye less "a, 080, 900 bushels
of barley less and 81 240 900 bushels less of
oats than in 1888. Austria-Hungary Is one
Of the countries to which those countries of
Europe which do not produce grain enough
for their own needs look for their supplies
but Austria-Hungary will have no wheat to
export this year, or at the most very little
which may be made possible by an abundant
potato crop, leading the people to use pota-
toes much in the place of bread. In rye and
oats there will be no capacity to export.
In Prussia the harvest did not come up to
original expectations. Rye turned out to be
wheat, barley and oats the yield was not up
to that of the preceding year. Wheat gave
81 per cent. of an average harvest; rye, 81
barley, 81, and oats, SIS. In Silesia more
wheat was cultivated than BEFORE but the
yield was only IS per cent. of an average
harvest Rye is officially put at IS per cent.
IN the estimates but that figure is thought to
be too high. Silesia requires great deal of
rye, and will be compelled to import con-
siderable quantity. Barley did very poorly,
4Ioo4 e
the year before. For fine yield of potatoes
The prospects iii Silesia are good The Saxon
wheat crOpiS estimated to be so per cent. of
an average harvest the rye crop 70 per cent.
Barley and oats are reported to be SatiSfac-
tory. Germany never produces grain enough
or its own consumption, and has always to
LOok abroad for large supply-to Austria
Hungary, Russia ROumania, the United States
and India. This year Austria Hungary will
not be able to supply her, and Russia and
, ROumanla have experience unfavOrablc har-
vests, the Russian wheat crop being about
one-half as much as they harvested last year.
Potatoes, fortunately, promise we'll, and wher
bread becomes dear poor people turn to them
For their SuStenance.
The Russian crops have been on the whole
poor, and it is remarkable that those districts
which showed the best results last make the
worst showing this year. BeSsarabia has
| harvested but one-third of crop this year,
while last year the yield was 1875 pei cent.
Likewise unfavOrable are the reports from
the Charkow, Poltava, Kursk and Kew dis
tricts, which had good harvests last year.
The quality of the grain, however, is fine.
In northern districts the wheat crops have
been better, but an average crop was not
reached in any one of them. The rye and
barley crops were little better than the
wheat crops, but not much.
| The wheat yield of the different countries
in percentages the average crop being taken
as 100 per cent. shows the following COMPARE
son between this year and last: