The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-21
ENCOURAGINCCRO REVIEW
Corn the Star Product Of the Present
Season.

/
Country, With Isolated Exceptions,
and Affords Many Reasons for the
Revival of Hopeful Feeling, Es-
peciallv Among the Planting
Classes-Faots and Figures.
| New York, Aug 20.-The following is a
summary Of the American Agriculturist
annual review of the crop situation and
of general agriculture: The harvest of
1898 in the United States is in many re-
spects similar to that of three years ago,
but with every prospect that the home
consumption and increase in foreign de-
| mand viii so enhance values as to yield
as large net return to farmers as the
average of recent years Indeed, the
American Agriculturist's annual re-
view of the agricultural
year, which viii appear in the
| september issue of that magazine, pub
lished tomorrow, makes a distinctly en-
! couraging exhibit in spite of the prev
| alent drought, though admitting that the
| financial str1ngency may interfere with
| the movement of crops and have a tenn
| porarily retarding influence on prices.
The crop will be harvested onfewer acres
than last year. As large or a lar
ger breadth was planted of the
staple, but the inability of many planters
TO borrow money enough to work the
crop, together with the drought, foods
| and worms, and the still greater difficulty
in getting money for shipping, combine to
seriously curtail the production. August
indications point to crop not exceeding
100000 bales, with favorable weather,
and very much less than that if insects
and climate are unfavorable,
PRESENT DuLLNEss ONLY TEMPORARY.
This means q crop about the same as
last year, and nearly 100000 bales less
than the great 5000, ,000-bale crop of 1891.
The American Agriculturist believes
the present dullness in American cotton
manufacturing TO be only temporary, for
there is scarcity, rather than surplus,
of staple and desirable goods and the
mills are already starting up to fill orders,
with every prospect OF being crowded
to supply the domestic demand
for the ensuing six months. Eng
lish mills cleaned up their surplus
during the great strike last year, and are
now enjoying remarkable prosperity, and
are unable to meet the export demand.
This explains why cotton commands the
| prices current two years ago al this date,
though the worlds visible supply is some
100000 bales more now than then With
short crop, consumption will require
more than this excess, with a consequent
advance in value
1850, 100000 BUSHELS OF CORN.
Present indications point to crop Of
| ] $50, 600 900 bushels OF corn, contrasted
| with $50 600 600 last ayear and over
200,000000 bushels in excess of the
immense yield of two seasons previous.
But unless abundant rains prevail
throughout the corn belt in August, fol-
lowed by mild weather, the production
may shrink TO 900, 600 and may even
drop to the size of the 1890 crop, when
we harvested less than IN any year for
a decade, with single exception The
American Agriculturist points that while
the breadth Of corn is some 1000, 900 Of
acres greater than last year in the seven
cOrn-surplus states, over 100000 less
acres are devoted to maize than was the
case two years ago.
WHERE THE CROP HAS BEEN INJURED.
The corn crop is injured so far during
| August. Kansas will not raise more than
half crop, having but very little except
in the eastern quarter, and the Nebraska
crop has been seriously curtailed. Early
planted corn in Sedgwick, Kan, has been
destroyed by superheated air, and the
late planted will require one good rain be-
| fore Aug. 20 to make fair crop. The
reports of good rains all over Kansas be-
tween Aug. 9 and - are erroneous as
in four Of the largest corn counties not q
drop fell in that time, and only little
patches have had enough TO lay the dust
in four weeks.
WHEAT OUTLOOK LESS PROMISING.
!
443, 100000 bushels, according to the
American Agriculturists own reports,
and its interpretations Of government
returns are compared to 463, ,000, 900
bushels as the average for the past two
seasons and 1000 600 in 1890 Nearly
| 2,50000 less acres were devoted to wheat
than last year, and the bulk of this de-
crease was in the surplus states, which
bid fair to have 78, 900 fewer bushels
than last year ard 1875 900, 900 bushels un-
der the surplus states product of 1891,
Available supplies OF old wheat are 40
| 100000 bushels greater than twelve
| month increase, but even allowing the
farmers also to hold II 100000 bushels
| more old wheat now than then, the total
supplies for the ensuing year are only
| 100000, 900 bushels, or III coo 600 less than
the average Of the two previous crops.
| Our home consumption has averaged 365,-
900 bushels annually, leaving an appa-
| rent export surplus of 1876, 100000 bushels,
against exports last year of 192000,000,
| and the season before Of 225, 600, 900.
PRESENT oAT ACREAGE ONLY ONCE Ex-
CEEDED
This years acreage Of oats was never
exceeded, except in 1889, when over $780,
100000 bushels were grown on p, 100 600
| acres, compared with $40, 100000 bushels
on a slightly smaller acreage this season.
This is within 40, 100000 bushels of the
| last years outturn and just about an av-
| erage of the previous three crops.
The usual quantity Of rye, buckwheat
and barley will be gathered.
The supply Of hay, over $4,000, 600 tons,
and other forage is abundant, though mill
feed and cotton seed meal may be higher
than last winter. The wool crop is some
what heavier than last year. Australia's
new clip is reduced, owing to large losses
\ the past year from drought. Imports into
/ the United States are decreasing, but do
nestle trade is fat, with a prospect for
AN upward turn when buying begins.
The American Agriculturist notes an
/ increased domestic crop of sugar, with
the average in the worlds production Of
300,O long tons of sugar; but prices are
more likely 10 be affected by changes in
| legislation than by changes in produc-
| tion."
| A reduced yieldof heavy leaf and plug
/ tobacco is assured and the cigar leaf crop
Of the Connecticut and Housatonic valley
has been curtailed by drought and hail.
An advance in prices is predicted.
THE AGRIcULTURIsT ON THE FINANCES.
Reviewing the financial situation from
/ the farmers standpoint, the American
/ Agriculturist concludes that "the pros
/ Dppt for plsicpg in the early ffftI1rp QpDpndR