Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-17
EUROPEAN CROP CONDITIONS
Shortage of the Wheat Supply Will Neoes-
state Heavy Imports
OF All the Continental Countrfes
France Alone Has Been Favored
With n Good Harvest.

The condition of the crops of Europe for
1894 are given in the Forthcoming report
of the statistician of the Agricultural De-
partment for October. The estima ted wheat
harvest amounts to 1,435, 10000 Winchester
bushels against a regular consumption of
1858, 10000 bushels. The harvest by coun-
tries is as follows, the first figures being
production and the second consumption:
United kingdom, 81, S9l 600 and 239. O00, 600;
France, 343,345,OOO and 35O,OOO 700; Ger
many. 100000 and 10000, 600 Spain and
Portugal, 110,JOO,OOO and liz, 600; Italy
122,9J9,OOO and $4,000, 900; Austria Hun
gary, 217,000,000 and 100, 0o00o0; Roumania
4i.OOOOOO and 1906, 600; Bulgaria, 81, 600 600
and 2O.5OO,OOO; Russia, 31O,OOO,OOO and 239,-
100000; Belgium, 16,50O,cO0 and 25,OOO,OOO;
Holland, 5,ll5,OOO and 35OOO,O 600; Denma rk
100000 and s, 100000, and other countries
54,5OOOO0 and 100000. This gives 16,OOO,-
700 bushels as the approximate requirement
from abroad.
Three Million Bushels Weekly.
Owing to unfavorable harvest weather
only a small part of the wheat in Great
Britain is fit for milling, and much of the
barley is unfit for mailing purposes. The
oat crop is considered excellent. There are
about 2,4to,64S bushels of last years wheat
crop in first hands. The amount necessary
~ NC hipOil Su ~ Illecl ali ueIIldn0S Will De
about 1S9, 799, $50 bushels, at about 3.646UOO
bushels a week. Commercial Agent Reid
OF Dumferltne, Scotland, announces that
the year 1894, according to authentic re-
ports, will be one of disappointed hopes to
British farmers. Since June heavy storms
have injured the hay, damaged the grain
and produced a widespread attack of dis
ease among potatoes.
Ohcial estimates Of the crop just gath
cred in Franco show a quantity Of wheat
l,ar
makes France practically Independent of
outside supplies, but some wheat will prob
ably lie imported. The drawback IN fiours
upon exrortation made from the duty maid
on foreign wheat has already had the eff
feet of stimulating the sale of French fiours
in British markets.
The wheat crop in R0umania is the small
est for five years, the rye crop falls below
and oats per acre is the lowest for five
years. TIL re was about half crop of
corn.
Poor Crops I'm General.
In Germany wheat shows a falling off
in quantity and quality from last year and
the potato crop is very disappointing. The
Austrian wheat crop is expected to meas
ure 50000,oU0 bushels Barley and oats
nave average yield, but corn does not
promise as well. Italian grain is reported
excellent in quality. The corn crop, dam
aged by drouth, is looked upon as lost in
many Districts, Belgian wheat harvested
under very unfavorable conditions is in
jured in quality. Hungarys wheat fields
yielded 16i,&0,"8 bushels: rye, 81 I09.oo8,
and corn, GO,OU,OOO. There is an average
rye crop in Austria, except in quality, which
is deemed poor.
In Russia the approaching completion of
the Siberian railroad is expected to open
up to commerce a new field and "a new
and vigorous competitor" says the Stats
ticiap, will before long be found in the
markets of Europe" as an enormous guam
tity of fertile land will be brought under
cultivation by the railroad.