Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20
THAT CEREAL AND Rye Both
.~.s..saH.>a... SHORT.

The United states, with Her Bounteous
Crops, Must Step Into the Breach-The
Most Reliable Estimates Obtain~DAe
show 2sI ,0OO, 900 Bushels short.
Br1dstreet's says: 1t Is too early 10
give anything better than rough esti-
mate OF the wheat production OF Euro
pean countries for the current year,
only few official comparisons OF the
probable difference between this years
and last years yield having appeared.
With respect TO Russia the most contra
dictory reports have been issued, but
there is no doubt that the wheat crops
q bad failure In many parts OF the en-
pire, and II seems within the mark TO
assess it at Is per cent. less than last
years crop, which was officially put 81
| 1876, 500, BOO bushels, reducing the guam
tity TO little over l67.0O0.O0O bushels
| Allowing l3, 600. 900 bushels Tor roland,
| as compared with Is, 100000 busneis iof
| 1920. we have $50, 900, 600 bushels In
round numbers as the indicated crop OF
| European Russia, including Po.and.
Seeing that the consumption under or
dipary circumstances would be At least
| l4O. 600, 600 bushels, and that the failure
| of the rye harvest Will increase the con-
.umption of wheat, while stocks OF OLD
wheat are unusually small, 1t seems
liberal allowance to reckon on an ex-
port surplus Of 40, 00o, ,OOo bushels MOTH
ing is substracted on account OF the
shortness OF the rye crop IN order 10
avoid exaggeration Of the sitGation IN
Russia
There Ne . good crop in Roumania,
but not quite equal 70 that OF last year,
which was unoticially estimated at 64,-
600, 600 bushels. An even $4,000, DOC
may be allowed as maximum. kou-
mania exported about $4,000 600 bushels
in 1890 and $4,000, 600 may be put down
for The current year.
Bulgaria and Servis are reported tc
have good crops, but there Is no trust
worthy information about these coun
tries at present. Last year their tota
produce was estimated at about $4,000,
900 bushels and $4,000 600 bushels MAJ
be allowed as O rough estimate Tor tn'
current yeSr end ID 600. 600 hnAhais n
: the export
; What the actual deficiency OF thu
French wheat crop will be II Is impossi
3 BILE to say, and estimates OF authoritie
9 in that country have varied WITH ever
change of weather. Last years yiel
, was officially estimated at $4,000, 90
bushels Decreases ranging up " TO,
r 900 Goa bushels have been predicted, bu
p later accounts have been less pessimistlC
e The requirements from foreign Sonrce
o NAV be put at about 100, 000, 900 bushels
In Germany the acreage Is muc
G smaller than IL was last year. in Prui
sia alone the Minister OF Agriculture n
n ports the plowing up OF over 400, on
acres. while the yield is put at Is pt
II cent less than that Of 1890. IL we 81
u the recent improvement In crop pro-
|. meets against the deficient area, and d'
q duct Is per cent from last year's crop
'r about o., 600, 600 bushels, not includiI
a spelt, the present crop comes out at 7s
" 2Oc, 900 bushels A years consnmptt
ID OF wheat alone ut the present time ca
e scarcely be less than los, COG, 700 bushel
is and as the great deficiency OF the r.
'e crop will necessitate the consumption
u more wheat than usual, the requir
ii ments from foreign sources cannot we
&c be put at less than 35, 00n, 200 bushels.
~ The Italian wheat crop was at Oh
N time reported TO be Is per cent belo
is last years good crop, which was ofbcit
u ly estimated at 123, 100000 bushels
u. cent reports, however, arc more fave
OIL able. and It is deemed probable th
81 us, 900, 900 bushels may be obtained.
years consumption, judging from
serious OF recent crops and. impor
appears TO be about 140, ,oe0 600 bushe
80 that the figures just given show
80 deficiency Of 25, 600, 600 bushelA
1t is difficult 70 get trustworthy tnf'
n nation on Spanish crop prospects,
be even the results The last crop "
Of estimated. at about 10000, COO bnshe
ed year In Portugal 5000, coo bush
en- may be added, and the requirements
the tSs we Ss Sssns5eis st 50FsIgR sour
ut ! tails from other European copniri
nd with whose above mentioned, Will
a | found in the following table, all that
he necessary 10 explain being that Turh
Or is an importing country, apart from
IN, priucipalities. and that the wheat cr'
in Holland. Belgium and DcnAark
to all unquestionably deficient:
ri. -BUaHEI4~-
Estimated Esttmf
20 R.pt countries Yield o. yislI . ex. W
us hnssIa ioct oil III ,oO1,W0 l6ltOo,0n d.s,OVO