Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-20
THE WHEAT CROP.
Some Interesting Statistics as &c the
Worlds Whea Crop-Figures From
Kansas City Paper.


Worlds Wheat Crop-Figures From =
Kansas City Paper.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct 15-The
latest estimates OF the world s crop of
wheat, most of them being official, show
that the aggregate is not materially diff
ferent from the preliminary figures given
in the Star three months ago. There Is
actually a shortage of some millions of
bushels in the supplies of the world ac-
cordlng to the most reliable figures OF
supply and demand and the present I'M
paralleled depression in the wheat
trade OF the world is to the statisticians
utterly ineXplicable.
To the practical business men in the
grain trade, however, it is simply a
question of pressing present supplies
and OF an entire absence of any DISPOSE
ton anywhere in the world to buy
wheat in large quantities for specula-
tive purposes If the figures OF crops
and of requirements are correct the
present depression is certain to give
way before the end OF the cereal year
to buoyancy and to advancing prices
Three countries in Europe-Italy,
Spain and England-have poorer crops
this year than last In the rest the
crops are much better than last year,
though many of them are not above the
average.
France leads, with the greatest i'm
provement The French crop. accord
ing to the latest government estimate,
is 500, SOC, 600 bushels of very heavy
wheat, against pa, 500, 900 bushels last
year. France will require 10000, 900
bushels of foreign wheat The rye crop
is officially computed at 60 ,655, 500 bush
els, as compared with SO, S69, 5I3 bushels
in 1891.
In Germany the wheat crop is esti-
mated at 100. 600, 600 bushels, against
S., 900, 900 in 1891. The empire will re-
quire supplies from abroad of about
90, 900. 600 bushels. The German rye
crop is satisfactory and seems to have
reached 245, 900, 600 bushels
The preliminary estimates of the
crop of Austro-Hungary place the total
yield this year at 176, 900. 900 bushels,
against 16S, 600, 900 bushels produced
last year, permitting an expectation OF
about 5000, 600 bushels.
The Balkan peninsula, including
Roumania, Bulgaria, Turkey in Europe,
Bosnia, Servia and Greece, has pro-
duced about $50, 600, 600 bushels, against
III, ZOO, 900 bushels last year. From
these countries importing countries ex-
pect to obtain about 81, 900, O0O bushels
Italy's returns published by the min
lister of agriculture estimate the wheat
crop at about ITO, $50, 900, against 124,
600, coo in 1891. The deficit to be COW
cred by importation will be about 81,
OOO, 900.
Russia, according to the latest official
statistics. has a wheat crop which may
be estimated at 215, 900, 900 bushels
against 81, 900, 900 in 1891. The guam
tity available for expectation will be
not more than 90, 600. 600 bushels The
Russian rye crop appears, according tc
figures given by the Economist Fran
caise, to have yielded sos, GOO, 900 bush
els. Last years rye crop was $50, o0O, 00'
bushels. The rye crop of Russia thi:
year is "a, 600, coo bushels below the av
erage for eight years past, and as the
average annual exports of rye for eigh'
years were less than so, 900, 600 bushels
it is apparent that Russia has this yea
hardly enough rye to supply her norma
! home demand
The English wheat crop this year i
not only one of the smallest ever pro
duced, but the quality is uniformly bad
The London Times estimate of the
crop is Sc, 325, 900 bushels, against a.,
742, OOO bushels last year. q shortage o
| IS, All, 600 bushels. Notwithstanding
/ England's extraordinary imports las
year, aggregating lis, 0OO,00 bushels
! she will have to import this year full,
| 165, 600, 600 bushels to supply her norma
| demands and to have normal stocks a
the end of the crop year.
The crop of Spain, according to tn
Bulletin des Halles, is 6S, 600, 900 bu
| shells, against sc, 600, 900 bushels las
year. Spain and Portugal togethe
will require Il, 1000, 600 bushels of for
| eign wheat
The wheat crops of Belgium, Hol
. land, Denmark, Switzerland. Swedel
| and Norway, according to the lates
trade estimates, aggregate $4,000. 90
! bushels, against 81, 900, 900 bushels las
year, and these five countries will hav'
to import sc, 600, 600 bushels OF wheat
If the above figures are correct Europt
! will have to cross oceans for at 1eas
225. 600. 600 bushels of wheat The sur
plus of India has already been exhaust
ed and her exports have been 24,o0O. 00C
bushels. From the minor countries OF
the southern hemisphere she viii
not get more than $4,000. oo(
bushels, leaving 175,OO0,Oo0 bush
els to be supplied from this
! country and Canada The United
States will have to supply about p, o0o.-
600 bushels of wheat to the West Indies
. and to South American countries Sc
that there is demand upon her and heI
northern sister for 200, 600, 600 bushels
of wheat Canada can supply 15,OOO.-
600 bushels. Can the United States
| supply the remaining 1s5, 0o0,o 900 bush
els?
Her crop is $50. 600, 600 bushels. her
home requirements are $40. 600, 600 bush
els. leaving a surplus of 10000, ooC
bushels
a Confessed ScoundreI.
CHICAGO. Oct 15.-William a Davis
az r.nlodo q 1yhile On the witness