The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10
NOW F%ORAFARMERS YEAR
EUROPE ALREADY CIANoRuG T0R
OUR WHELT.

Abundant One Here Feint to an nnnux or
Cold That IL Likely 70 AEEreEnte $780,
ooo.oOO-Hns and outs OF Our Grain Trade.
There seems to DO no doubt that this 10 Eoing
to be tho farmers year in this country. The
worlds eye II upon tho United States looking
for It's whoat supply. and there is every indica-
ton that we will have wheat enough TO sell to
make us all feel rich and happy. Besides the
great ships OF the regular transatlantic lines.
which in tho aggregate carry moro wheat from
this harbor than the entire output Of some OF tho
other big grain shipping ports, there wero nearly
a dozen steamers under charter and loading here
last week. These were the Flowergate, Fern
field. Forest Brook, Goodwin, Kairos, Lyder-
horn, Myrtledene, Nordkyn, Sunderland, Tails
man and Wordsworth. Their total capacity was
21,162 tons estimated burden, and az every YES
eel can carry from two TO two and one-half times
this in grain. their cargoes amounted probably
% about ], 350,0 900 bushels.
This, however. 10 only tho beginning Of the
business Of wheat moving at this port. Late in
August and in September the heavy movement
begins, and thereafter the grain goes from hero
10 Europe IN q constant stream, amounting in
ordinary years tosbout IS, 000, 900 bushels, and
It has run mp to 132, 1853. $3.50 bushels during this
period.
It has been said frequently that New York
was losing her hold upon the grain business,
which was going to other ports. This 10 true
only in q measure. Formerly, when nearly all
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the total export, but this half is vastly greater
than the total was in the old days. Tho canals
brought to us in 1895 only IL, 500. 900 bushels,
while the railroads brought az, 77s,335 bushels,
h.,.S ~. co., ~ ~ o. oa1 o,e hnsho,s ,or ~
Cav
r. ~. 1000 - .,,,r,.,.,
~ 100 aSo .oe -. $500, - o.
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~ ~. 49,, =, 100 600 600 UworIs 80 w.
80 an~ ~ tba n,or. ornori,no.d - whsat
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600 900 900 49, y 80 a. sn
<oV.VoV'oVo oushoie Vi "heat- AT o " Genus d
bushel this would bring into the country $780,
600. 900 in gold or its equivalent. Such enormous
enormous amount Of labor. Part of this is that
of the farmer; but another part. and one that
forms q large share OF the total cost to tho con-
'u%sr, is that bat. Of transportation as t dOn
mon the wheat fields Of Africa for her SUNNY
S Sptt thu, q, " nerh. rs' th. % on nlf imno y MGR o spp,y.
unui very mooerh ZINES whch any large section
upon foreign countries and upon commerce. To-
dav tbs wheat folds NJ E,rone fall az ,or sbort
of feeding the people about them that hundreds
of millions of bushels are drawn from sources
thousands of miles distant. The three great
wheat nelds TOT THIS supply are our own, those OF
southern Russia, and the newly developed ones
u Wv i''puD nv uo'a eApoi.s
from these three countries last year were no.
,.ss th.n tho aver,ge for rho last al, r,.rs In
loss a d the a.erAse . u ias sh years IN
crops to draw upon of 6s5, OoO, 900 bushels
grown in 1891. and $40. Ooo. 600 bushels grown
in 1892. Last year our crop was 40. 900, 900
bushels. and this year it is believed to amount
From the moment this crop leaves the hands
of the farmers it is the subject of the operations
% q, eet u Ts n'e such " am accurate ~npstt efba ssis tbat Are
manner In which the wheat is handled, the lines
nprts from Hhich Il shni he he sbinne edd wn n = nc ne
determined by a difference Of Liza Of n n
cent &c sr 9nshe and As feru e rd result the method
been red need to a science and The cosf has heen
brought to the lowest possible figure. Prepare.
months neMst before Il Is cut. Every buyer n rS knows Sss noh
only the exact acreage planted in the section Of
From week To- week. as The crop natures he
gets teieorapbic reports Of its condition On each cb
farm. and when il Is ready to selrhe ia on he
ground Informed to the hour. Wv
formerly The GENERATORS were NJ, len hammered
for cars in which to receive the grain. and this
is 40 in some l~ocalities vet. Int within n few
Years there have sprung Ep thousands Of small
elevators, thickly dottfne every feeder, as We'll
some of these are mere roadside bins. where
the farmer may drive up upon an incline and
shovel his load out, but many of them have a
canacity Of 10000 TO 1000 bushels and have
an endiess belt elevator, bins for different quail.
ties n orSin and big homer scales for weiah.
ing It. 1t is chiefly from these wayside store,
houaeA int the grain finds its way into thr
eoormous eleyators at CHICAGO Dniuth Sun ne
rior. Isl, Paul. st. Louis. Buffalo' and other rail.
rad centre on the WAY To the seaboard east
or 0outh.
The bigpest elevators are those Mt Cbica1o and
R1ffSlo and the greatest NJ ali grain rontes 10
that over the great lakes to Buffafo. From Buffais
half a dozen trnnt line rsiiroaas carr he nrnn
~ tn The sss' In " addition IN SeS Y 1rl x she cro h
shipped from Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore
EeWnort News SorfoIk New 9rjeans and GaI
WESTON. At each port are elevators in which Tho
oSsin ia reeeiyed' Graded. stored. and f,nsiIS
oA"e hosNN oAu hhhli