Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-07-20
American Hay In Demand.

The farmers throughout the
county have been tumbliag ov
.r each other during the last
few months To get the hay which
they have held over from last
season into this aud other :. irs
for export to Europe The oc-
casiohS siten Amaticau farm
ers have been cal eel upuu to
supply fOreisa couItrirs with
hay have been So rare that this
year vii prove = ihencmitai
Oue Iva the lives Of the granger
The first news that Europe
Was short of hay. and that the
United States vas drprnded Hp
on to relieve her distress reach
ed here early in Nay. IL did
not spread rapidly. and the &c
maad vas not supplied. Ameri
can c0Bsuls abroad then began
"a Inquire nf tine agricultural
| department If the hap crop was
short here. or If there WIS u
lack of desire ;o ship hay abroad
Foreign legations In tins cOun-
try also began To receive iEqui
ries c0nceruingthe T. rage CROPS
When the news at hast began
to spread that Europe wanted
hay i. spread with lightning
rapidly. il was the situation for
which thousands Of willy farm
ers had been waiting many years
II has been their custom to seLd
a limited quantity ct hay to mar
bet in the summer and early fall.
and stole ihe rest IN the oops
that it would be worth so a
ton, and increase Of So OF So ov
or usual rates On several oc
casiOns that has hIppeLed. Ev
en- ia their widest dreams they
never hoped to get $50 a ton.
and when the news that ECrOpe
was waiting for their surplus
stock reached them their anxie-
~ can he imagined.
Hundred OF tons 81 bay from
Iowa, Nebraska, iScOnsiH aud
nearby States have been ponr
ing iuto this aHd other seabIai d
cities Tramp steamers have
been loading ut some Of the
Brooklyn wharyes for several
weeks, and many sIrilloais ak
ready have been landed abroad.
Still the cry Comes that more Is
wanted. The fact that the first
demand was not make known
until several weeks after the
lack OF forage throughout Eu
rope grew pressing created con
siderable Distress there. especi
ais liz France la beth Eag.and
and France the price vas fire.
qIently Is higd as $50a tom. l.
has beeh reported that the lac@
OF forage in France has uecesSI
tated the slaughter OF a large
number Of cattle to FTete cut
them suffering from hack otF1od
= representative ii the big
commission house of Wilkins
* BickersOu says that judging
by the way the American fIFm
rrs are striving 10 supply the
foreign demand for har. Europe
would soon have all that she
needs.
"ATl the hay in the market
he sid. is last years crop.
None Of this years hay has
come in yet. The immense
quality coming here shows
how the farmers have been bang
ing on TO it. We are getting
queries from farming districts
in almost every section asking
US how much we can sell hIy
for, and If We can't get mole for
it. Marketmen who have never
heretofore paid much attention
tn hay are buying II in this city
for from Si7 to $50 a ton a1d
sending it abroad. We have
been getting $50 a ton for ii
abroad, and the persons to
whom il is consigned pay tue
freight which is about $40 atom
his makes i; cost them so.
a i by the time the consumer
gets it the price must reach the
ueishbothOod ofs50, a phenOmi.
nal price
' The cause of the scarcity oI
The foreign crop of fodder Is
said TO have been the dry Seath
er last year. The same condi
ton Of affiirs exists this year.
As if they doubted this the
farmers are busy unloading theiE
old hay, and thousands of tons
are pouring into every port.
where il eau be shipped"
still in this country no scarci
ty OF forage IS threatened be
cause the yield this year promis
es 20 be bi. enough TO supply
every demand made upon-it.