Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-03-20
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Trade Nates-Crop Reports.

EXPORTS OF Observation-Disclosures is a
compilation made from the reports of the Bu-
reau of Statistics at Washington, furnished the
Staunton Chamber of Commerce. of the ex-
ports of breadstufs from the United States for
the month of February. 1889. and for the eigh7
months ending 2Sth of February, 1880. compar-
ed with the same dates of 1888.
For February, lSS9........ ,..S 8 2S3 Ibo
Same in 1885,. III l6O sSS
Excess of loeS 800, LA
For ten months ending 28th OF Feb'y
1SS9............ Observation-Disclosures. .SS2 luS,io'
For same ending 18th of Feb'y. 1885,. 9!7i4,324
Excess of 1883. ........... ............ lo,6Joto
The classification embraces barley, corn,
corn-meal, oats, oat meal, rye, wheat. aid
wheat flour. Eaca was in excess in quantity
as well as value in 1888 over 1889 except b2rleyf
corn, and corn meal.
The corn and corn meal for the eight months
specified to 1889 were .929 bushels, valued
at Sl9. Oh. 003 and q excess of value over same
time of 1883. $40 Isl 66l. For the eight months
specified to 1889 there were 80, 705970 bushels o
wheat valued at $50, 7S3 .55l and less in qusntity
by l9, 0S7. 227 and of value l445S $780, The flour
for the same time ended 2Sth of Feb'y. 1889
was 6 297 466 barrels valued at SS0.lS0 $50
against .27s757 barrels same time in 1898 and
\
1917.
WESTERN GRAIN FIELDs,-Though 1t is
mucn too soon to form @ correct opinion of the
yield of the growing whsat-crop in any section
of the United States, nevertheless continuous
reports containing Information Of them are
valuable This important public service, SO
highly appreciated, is rendered by the New
York Journal of Commerce through Its crop
correspondent at Chicago. Annexed is his
last report, reproduced from that paper of the
18Th instant:-
There have been no storms either of snow
or rain In any OF the great nplus grain-grow-
ing areas of the northwest or the south west
| since the date of my last dispatch. In fact we
have bad remarkably fine weather for the first
so mild that vegetation has been unnaturaIIy
| forcei. but degree of temperature gradually
| to take the frost out of the ground and dry off
| the fields ana put them in condition for seed
| ing. The wires have informed YOU of few
spots in the Dakota States where wheat has
| been sown. These cases. however, are excep-
| lions, but there is no reason, however, with q
| continuance of the present surroundings. why
| seeding should not be very general wit in the
| next ten days. The fact of the case Is that
there is SO little frost n the ground and SO lit
| tie reserve of moisture that the spring is open
| ing already very dry. Everything seems to
point to very full acreage of spring wheat.
| aud this question of good seed, taken in con-
nection with the lack OF moisture, are the two
vi al points upon which in very great meas
| ure the success of the spring wheat-crop of the
| north west depends. When we get down into
the winter wheat belt thel is still q very gen.
| eral absence of reports of wheat having been
| winter killed. All this argues well. The
weather has been such that north of the Ohio
River the wheat has yet made but little growth.
1 find in Texas Tennessee and Kentucky the
| wheat making rapid growth at the present
| time. also in southern Illinois, Ohio and In.
| diana. In the central and northern portions
| of the wheat belt the conditions have not yet
developed any growth in the wheat. The pres
4 over eight or ten days of weather like the pres
| ent before we shall have reports from the
wheat belt that the crop is not only greening
| up but started to grow My advices yet fIom
the Pacific slope. and California part cularly,
all indicate that the rain fall has not yet been
sufficient to insure the crop. There seems to
i be very general unanimity in all the reports
| and Investigations which have recently been
made in regard to the reserves of winter wheat,
and they all go to show that the stock in farm
| ers hands is much lower this spring than for
| several seasons, In fact. from now until har-
vest we must depend entirely upon the re-
| serves of the cop grown In 1885,
The milling situation at the present time is
| dull, the recent break in the price of wheat
had caused sn unsettled feeling among millers,
and they are only buying wheat to grind from
| hand to month. The winter movement of
| corn Is about over. The stocks in farmers
hands are excessive. There seem to be quanti-
ties of oats still in the country but as the seed
| ing season is now just about to commence, and
| as vast quantities will be consumed ia that
| way, and as the barns will be put upon full
| I. ed. the consumption and decrease IN stocx
ought to show very decided increase during
the next thirty TO sixty days.