The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-10-17
WHEAT A SHORT CROP
Less Than an Average Pro-
duced In Europe.
ITALYs CROP ONLY EXCELLENT.

wheat In Great britain Was Reduced
Considerably BY Persistent Wet Wealth
sr-Denclt In spain Placed at $4,000
600 Bushels-Other Cereals Are Also
below an Average In Meat Of Europe.
WASHINGTON. Oct. i0.-The European
reports Of the agricultural department,
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 tho wheat then ungAthefed. In
the southern counties harvesting oper.
atoms were completed before the bad
weather set In, and the wheat Is Of
finer milling quality than has been
known for years. The report says:
Fifty million bushels would be a lib
eral estimate for the product of Great
Britain. The barley crop has been
shortened ana seriously injured In quail.
lty by rain. Hay and oats are short. not
only here. but ON the Baltic. Hence IL
may be expected that there will be q
good market for imported hay, and that
the enormous consumption Of corn in
the United Kingdom during $4,000
viii be equAlled In the coming year. Il
Is practically certain that the end Of
the current harvest year will see no
great surpluses, but Il Is reasonable to
suppose that we shall see no further 70.
duction Of wheat areas such as have
been observable In the records Of the
last few years"
Fnnce-Thore Is no material loss in
wheat from bad harvest weather. The
barley crop Is, however, somewhat AZ
fected. The estimate as TO the wheat
crop by the National Association Of
French Millers. issued last week, Is
higher than the official estimate The
millers' figures are As follows Acreage,
1906. 900 bushels. S4l. 100000; official
acreage, i7,iO3,O0O; bushels, S27 ,OO0,'
900. Last years crop, grown ON u $780,
900 acres, was 1913. OOO, 900 bushels.
GermAny-The wheat crop Is n poo'
average one except In Prussia, where 4
is officially reported below the average
The annual production Of this cereal
however. il small In comparison will
that Of rye and potatoes. The estimAi'
Of the rye crop. $4,000, 600 bushels, 1
considerably over the average aud is be
lieved TO be excessive. Potatoes are ex
pected TO give only half a crop. Il ma,
be expected that the wheat imports O
iS9G.s1 will exceed the average and tina
\ larger proportion than usual viii com
from the United States This would
Of course, be nullihed by any consider
cradle advance In the price Of wheat,
not unlikely contingency.
Denmark-WheAt Is a good average
The sowings Of winter wheat are no'
} well along
spAin-ln the estimate by the Hungai
, ian minister Of agriculture Of the whe'
, crops Of the world he considered thi
Spain would harvest 70 $50, 900 bushel
The deficit Of the year is estimated }
/ him 60 exceed $4,000, 900 bushels, moi
than double that Of last year,
Austria. Hungary-wheat under a.
erage and reports as TO the corn crop al
: not optimistic.
Italy-An average crop all around.
Roumania-The estimate IL 60. 600,0'
+, bushels Of wheat. The corn crop is e
= tremely disappointing. and the san
Z statement Is made about all tho Dal
d ubian countries. During the hArve
a year ended July, 1895, these ooun,ri
J. shipped more corn TO England than d
i the United States. while during q
l. year just ended, they cui a small hgur
l. Russia-Thorc Is n big deficiency
% the Russian wheat crop. Tho highS
4. estimate puts the crop at $4,000
p bushels, the lowest. under 3O0,OOO,o
m bushels. General opinion inelines
ward the lower. Russian shippers nc
are holding persistently above the ms