The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-17

WARRINGTON D. CT Oct. 1e.-The
European reports TO the agricultural
department issued by tho chief stats.
tlelan show that the crop. OF Great
Britain has been somewhat reduced In
tho north and In Scotland BY. tho per-
slstent wet weather OF September,
which practically ruined most Of tho
wheat then ungathered, In tile south.
ern counties harvesting u operations
were completed before tho bad weather
SET ~, and the wheat Is OF a finer MILL
Ing quality than has been known, for
years. The report says: %, 00O, 900 bush
els would be q liberal estimate forSthe
product OF Great Britain. The barley
crop has been shortened Sand seriously
injured IN quality by the rain. Hay and
oats are short, not only here, but on the
baltic. Hence 1t iiny be expected that
there VIII be d good market for import-,
ed hay and that the enormous con-
sumption of corn Sin9 the United King,
dom during 1896 90 will be sequnled In
Inc coming year II Is practicallyBcer-
tain that the, end of the current harvest
year VIII see. no great surpluses. and
Vt lis reasonable to- suppose that 1--WE
shall see mo further reduction OF wheat
areas such as have been observable In
the records Of theelast few years ' B
lFranee--There Is no material loss In
wheat from bad harvest weather. The
barley crop Is. however, somewhat ar
'fected.s The estimate as to the wheat
crop of%the national association or
French millers Is higher than tho. off,
clals estimate. The mlllers figure us
tollows:y Acreage, 1G.9G6.000; bushels,
$4,000, 900. otiicin! estimate acreage
151O30OO: bushels, 1877 100000. q Last
years crop grown on 17;3G00O0 acres OF
ground, was 3S3,00o.0O0 bushels. IA
ln&Germany the wheat crop Is n poor
average, except in Prussia, where II Is
officially reported below the avcra ge.5
The annual production OF this cereal.5
however. is small in comparison with
.uat of rye and potatoes. The estimate
OF the rye crop, 100000, bushels Is
considerably over the average, and Is
believed to be excessive. Potatoes are
expected to give only half q crop. II
may be expected that the wheat I'M
port ofi1S96-'97 Will exceed the average
and that a larger proportion than
usual Will come from the United States.
This. OF course. would be nullified by
any considerable advance in the price
OF wheat, not unlikely contingency.
..Denmark--Wheat Is a good average,
The sowing Of winter wheat Is now
well along. s. n n.
spain-In the estimate by the Hun
sarian minister Of agriculture Of the
wheat crops OF the world, he considered
that Spain would harvest re,356, 900
bushels. The deficit OF the year Is es-
timated by him to exceed % 100000
bushels, more than double that Of last
year. .. q ~ ~
Austria Hungary-Wheat under av-
erase. and reports as to corn crop are
not optimistic. ~ .35t-. -
:Italy---An avera gef crop all around,
%Rounanla-TheS estimate is C9C0o.0 900
bushels of wheat. The corn crop Ia ex-i
tremely disappointing and the same
statement is made about MI; the Dan,
.rblan countries. During the harvest
year Ecnded July. 1895. these countries
shipped more corn to England than did
the United States while during the
year Just ended they cut n small fig-
ure. - S:iSf y 50
Russia-Thera Is big deficiency IN
the Russian wheat crop. The highest
estimate puts the crop at $4,000, 900
bushels the lowest under 100000 600,
General opinion inc!lnes toward the
lower Russian shippers now are hold :,
Ing perslstentlE above the market.