The rustler., 1891-10-02
TIE GRAIN SHORTAGE.

A Leading AErieulsur-a Jsurnai Gives
sems Iassr~stlaE FiTurs. Eursp~ IN
Desperate stralt.-Dsmand Fes Amsri-
can nr~adstan..
NEw YoEK. sept ai.-An exhaustivs
STUDY Of the worlds food supply, In the
forthcoming number Of the Americas
ARriculturist declares that the half has
not yet been told about the European
shortage in brcadsiuffS. which not even
= bountiiul crop this year would have
relieved.
Continental powers. especially In
Russia. suppress the facts as far as pos
sible. In many Russian provinces the
scarcity Of food became pronounced as
. far back as February last In the
I Konstantinovla district many families
have not cooked a meal since Easter.
but subsistcd on bread, soaked rye,
grain, etc, bestowed In charity.
The prohibition Of rye ex-
ports Is followed by n uxase forbid
ding the shipment Of bran and other
cereal cattle foods The astounding
shortage In Russias yield Of rye, an
nounced n month since by the ministry
Of finance, proves even greater than the
most extravagant estimates and effect
ually obliterates all possibility of Rus
sia exporting any of her seant wheat
crop.
That eastern Germany Is In practic-
ally the same plight admits OF no doubt
The European reserves that have
heretofore elked out insufficient harv-
ests are everywhere exhausted. The
parade made by Russia OF the existence
of stores in the Baltic provinces Is done
for effect--to convey the impression
that military stores are abundant
Such reserves are OF small Importance.
! Indeed, the danger of famine is des-
tined To spare Europe the horrors OF
war for fully a twelve month hence.
Accepting the largest estimates OF
) production, both home and abroad, and
{ even assuming that the United States
, and Canada export 225, 600, 600 bushels
r there Is n deficit In the worlds food
: supply of at least 200, 600, 900 bushels oi
l wheat and rye, with possibility Of the
: shortage being twice as great
, Added to this is the almost total fail
t ire Of the potato crop in Ireland and 1
serious curtailment in the yield of po
2 tatoes in the continent, Even with th'
utmost economy Of distribution and al
r unheard OF consumption of American
n maize, grave distress is before tn,
{ masses of Europe.
Il The enormous exports OF wheat AM
n -four from the United States in Angus
d prove that Europe regards the situation
d as worse than it has yet been painted
Otherwise why should she buy In
l single month close upon the harves
). nearly half ms much wheat as she tool
] from the United States during the en-
o tire first eight months of the year fol
Il lowing one of the largest wheat crop
n and u period of bed rock prices hu
d gust wheat exports were almost trebl
d those of the same month of last year
e and over four times as much as tn
Y average exports at this season las
: year.
n For the first time in years wheat
bran and middlings are being exporte
TO Europe thus early in the season
These circumstances are accepted O
the strongest possible reason for b'
,r lieving that prices of wheat are III
p naturally low. 1t looks for shar
advance in all cereals as soon as th
Ie demand realizes the limited extent {
st the worlds actual supply. Ever
d. bushel OF high grade wheat Is wort
le fully 81 on the farm where it grew.
" One of the most marked features {
n the prosperity that is already upo
nt American agriculture, noted by u
4, same magazine, is the extent to whiC
Of farmers are planning to unite in C
st operative buying and selling.