The herald., 1896-10-16
EUROPEAN CROP REPORTS
Show Some Reason for Ad-
vancing Prices
FIFTY MILLION BUSHELS
Is a Liberal Estimate for the English
Crop
The Shortage Is Not Sufficient to Lead
to Any Great Rise in Prices
of Cereals.
ssociated Press Snecial Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
WASHINGTON Oct 15.-The European
crop reports of the agricultural depart
ment issued by the chief statistician,
shows that the crop of Great Britain
has been somewhat reduced in the north
and in Scotland by the persistent wet
weather of September, which practically
ruined most of the wheat then ungath-
cred. In the southern counties harvest
ing operations were completed before
the bad weather set in and the wheat is
of finer filling quality than has been
known for years. The report says:
Fifty million bushels would be a lib
eral estimate for the crop of Great Brit
ain. The barley crop has been short
ened and seriously injured in quality
by the rains. Hay and oats are short,
not only here but on the Baltic. Hence
it may be expected that there will be a
good market for imported hay and that
the enormous consumption of corn in
the United Kingdom during 1895 and
1895 will be equaled in the coming year.
1t is practically certain that the end of
the current harvest year will see no
=
suppose that we shall see no further re-
duction of wheat areas such as have ben
observable in the records of the last few
years"
France-There is no material loss in
wheat from bad harvest weather. The
barley crop, however, is somewhat af-
fected. The estimate of the wheat crop
of the National Association of French
Millers issued last week is higher than
the official estimate. The millers' fig
ures are: Acreage, 1,696,000; bushels,
344, 900; official acreage, 17,103,00O;
bushels 327,O0O,OOO Last years crop,
grown on 1850, 900 acres, was 333, 900, 900
bushels.
Germany-The wheat crop is a poor
average, except in Prussia. where it is
officially reported below the average.
The annual production of this cereal,
however, is somewhat in comparison
with rye and potatoes.
The estimate of the rye crop, S16,O00-
900 bushels, is considerably over the
average, and it is believed to be excess
sive. Potatoes are expected to give only
half crop. 1t may be expected that
the wheat import of 1S96-97 will exceed
the average, and that larger proper
ton than usual will come from the
United States. This would, of course,
be nullified by any considerable ad
vance in the price of wheat. not un-
likely contingency.
Denmark-Wheat is a good average.
The sowings of winter wheat are well
along.
Spain-In the estimate of the HUI
garan minister of agriculture of the
wheat crops of the world has considered
that Spain would harvest 72,326,ooO
| bushels The deficit of the year is esti-
mated by him to exceed 34,0 200, 900 bush
els more than double that of last year.
Austria a-Hungary-Wheat under av-
erage, and reports as to corn crop are
not optimistic.
Italy-An average crop all around
Roumania-The estimate is 6S600,0
bushels of wheat. The corn crop is ex-
tremely disappointing, and the same
statement is made about all the Dan
ubian crops. During the harvest year
ended July, 1895, these countries shipped
more corn to England than did the
United States, while during the year
just ended they cut small figure.
Russia--There is a big deficiency in
| the Russian wheat crop. The highest
estimate puts the crop at 1000, 900
bushels, the lowest under 100000 600
| The general opinion inclines toward the
! lower. Russian shippers now are hold
ing persistently above the market.