The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-22
LUCKY FARMERS.
A Cry Co mes From Europe for Amer.
lean Hay.


New YORK, July 17.--The World says:
The farmers throughout the country
have been tumbling over each other
during the last few months to get the
hay which they have held over from
last season into this and other cities for
export TO Europe The occasions when
American farmers have been called upon
| to supply foreign countries with hay
have been SO rare that this year will
prove q phenomenal one In the lives OF
the grangers
The first news that Europe was short
of hay and that the United States were
| depended upon to relieve her distress
reached here early in May. 1t did not
spread rapidly and the demand was not
supplied. American consuls abroad
then began to inquire of the agricul.
tural department if the hay crop was
short here or if there was lack of de.
sire to ship hay abroad. Foreign lega-
tions in this country also began to re.
ceive inquiries concerning the forage
crops.
When the news at last began to
spread that Europe wanted hay it
spread with lightning rapidity. 1t
was a situation for which thousands OF
willy farmers had been waiting many
years 1t had been their custom to
send limited quantity of hay to mar
ket in the summer and early fall, and
store the rest in the hope that it would
be worth $50 ton, an increase of from
50 or 50 over usual rates. On several
occasions this has happened. Even in
their widest dreams they never hoped
to get $50 II ton, and when the news
that Europe was waiting for their sur
plus stock reached them their anxiety
to supply the demand can Le imagined
Hundreds of tons of hay from Iowa,
Nebraska, Wisconsin, and nearby states
have been pouring into this and othe1
! seaboard cities. Tramp steamers have
been loading at some of the Brooklyn
wharves for several weeks and many
shiploads have been landed abroad
4 Still the cry comes that more is wanted
, The fact that the first demand was no
, made known until several weeks afte
the lack of forage throughout Europ,
, grew pressing, created considerable
distress there, especially in France. II
both England and France the price wa
often as high as $50 ton. 1t has beer
a IcpOItcu lllitU Guc ldck OI lOTdSe IL
, France has necessitated the slaughte
a of large number of cattle to preven
them from suffering from lack of food
Z A representative of the big commits
a sion houses of Williams & Rickersol
y says that, Judging by the way tn
n American farmers are striving to sup
/ ply the foreign demand for hay, Eu
rope would soon have all that she needs
: "All the hay in the market" he said
n sis last years crop. None of this year.
hay has come in yet. The i'm
/ mense quantities coming here shoy
n how the farmers have been hanging
4 on to it. We are gettin
q queries from farming districts il
almost every section asking us ho,
r much we can sell hay for, and if w
!. can not get more for it. Market me,
who have never hitherto paid much al
tention to hay are buying it in thi
i city from SIT to $40 ton and sendin
it abroad. We have been getting $50
l. ton for it abroad, and the persons t
whom it is consigned pay the freigh
which is about $40 ton. This make
a it cost them $40, and by the time til
s consumers get it the price must reac
Chc heiS iporHoou VI GOV, d pHcHoMt
nal price.
II "The cause of the scarcity of the fol
Il eign crop of fodder is said to have bee
the dry weather last year. The sam
y condition of affairs exists this year. A
q if they doubted this the farmers ar
IS busy unloading all their old hay, an
70 thousands of tons are pouring int
'r every port where it can be shipped"
: Still, in this country no scarcity
10 forage is threatened, because the yiel
this year promises to be big enough I