The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1897-10-16
EUROPEAN CROPS.

Monthly Report of the Agricultural Do
partment-Whest, Rye, Barley and Po-
tatOrs, All Show II Shortage and Conse-
quCntiy Offer II Good Market for Ameri-
can Products-A Shortage Also In the
Fruit Crop.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-The monthly
report of the agricultural department
on the European crop situation, sum-
marizing the reports of European cor
respondents to Statistician Hyde, was
made public yesterday. Following is
an abstract:
Recent information, while it may in
some cases modify the crop estimates
for particular countries, does not esssu-
tally change the situation as regards
the deficiency in the principal cereal
crops OF Europe. The outlook for
wheat in the Australasian countries
continues good, but the prospects in
Argentina are somewhat less bright,
owing to drought and frOstS. Accounts
from India are quite favorable, both
as to the kharif crops, harvested, or
to be harvested this fall and as to the
seeding of the RaDi crop to be har
vested next spring, which latter in
cludes the wheat crop.
The annual estimate of the worlds
what and rye crops. issued by the Hum
garian ministry OF agriculture, gives
the following results for 1897, com
pared with 1896:
BUSHELS.
1885, 1896
Wheat production. i'm
porting countries. SOD 900 SSe So, ,OCC
Exporting countries. l,3Il,SOj,OO0 l,45 y02, ,UOt
Total wheat produc-
tion OF both import
ing and exporting
countries ............ 2,I42.577.O3O 2,3395n, coo
Net deficit. ............ 2C2, 2,S95,OO0 I3O534,UOC
The worlds crop of rye is put down
by the same authority as follows:
Bushels.
SrOp OF lo9O .......... Luz, ls0,OOU
Against the net deficit of approxim-
atel Y 203, 600, 600 bushels of wheat, bove
estimated they estimate that there
is Il residue of from 145, 900, 900 to 17O,-
100000 bushels out of the former crops,
leaving in round numbers from IS, ,OOO,-
900 down to go 900, 600 bushels as the
quantity by which it would be neces-
sary to curtail consumption if these
estimates should prove to be correct.
1t is, of course, quite likely that, under
the influence of high prices, consump-
tion will be curtailed by more than
this amount, and that existing stocks
will not be reduced too near to the
point of complete exhaustion.
Extremely pessimistic reports as to
the extent of the crop failure in Russia
have been circulated, but the liberal
quantities coming forward for ship.
mcnt have led dealers to receive such
reports with incredulity. 1t is prob
able, however, that much of the Rus
sian grain going to western European
markets is out of the more liberal har-
vests of former years, and there is evil
dence tending to show that the crop of
1897 is at any rate considerably below
the average.
The markets of Europe will appar-
emily be very inadequately supplied
with good, clear barley suitable for
mating purposes, complaints ON this
score being common among growers in
large parts OF Germany, Austria Hun-
gary and other countries, including
the province of Ontario, in Canada, in
which such barley is usually an i'm
portant product.
The European potato crop is appar-
emily short one, and the fruit crop
also is deficient.
Consul Eugene German, at Zurich,
Switzerland, after an investigation of
the European fruit prospect, expresses
the opinion that there will be good
market for American apples and dried
fruits this season, if growers will be
careful to put up choice stock only.
He says: Nothing smaller than
SOS in French prunes will pay to ship
to Europe, and all other dried fruits
must be uniform in size and attrac-
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