The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-09
SPREADING
THROUGH IRELAND
The Harvest a Complete Failure And
Famine Impending.
NO RAY OF HOPE IN SIGHT
Landlords rrsssiuf Tor Their ksa,, And
Tsnast, Forced 70 Give Up All
Their Savings

Ncw York September ,-A World DIS
patch from London says
a puuIr is spreading throughout ire
hand over tine terrible prospect Of the
apparently complct, failure Of the har-
vr-t. Reports from 10 parish presidents
from counties Clare. Cork Kerry, Lin
crlck Tlppcrary Antrim. Armagh. Caysn.
Derry Donegal. Down Fermanaga. Mon
pshdn and Tyrone nl tell the same pitt
o1us story OF ruined crops impcuG!ag
d,-tliutipn and famine EiIrht has every
where in whole or mainly destroyed pota-
toes. white oats. which is the next most
essential crop 10 the irish farmer. having
been battered down by lnccssant rains
ard practically destroyed.
From Couucmarn county. Galway.
comes this heartrcnding tale
The late long run OF harsh weather
leaves scarcely vestige OF hope TO the
poor Conuomara cotters The three prln-
,.pal crops raised In this locsl;ty-hay,
oats and potatoes-are virtually ruined.
tine hucr to an alarming extent II is
common observation around Clifton
that Il is a fun days work for a man 10
dls one meal Of potatoes for his family
and even then they can scarcely be eaten.
From Nrallow. county Cork, situated in
the rich streak OF land known as Golden
Vein the report is. "rhe oat crop. which
is the main dependence OF vast ma-
i,rity of the farmers is entirely UNIT
for marketing purposes. Acres are Still
seen spread out In sheaf and cannot be
hound or stacked. The crop is now re-
duced to condition that # is only tit
or the manure heap The potato crop
IS counted altogether "A failure"
A dispatch from Westmeath says In
csssant rains for the past month have
completely destroyed crops OF every de-
s,ripuon What were a month ago snil-
Ing. cheerful-looking fields, are today
blighted and ruined. The potato croi is
had even To rotteuness Oats and kindred
crops are IN such wretched condition
that no yield can bc expected from th,m."
From Marlborough. Queens county, =
correspondent says: In this county there
i- general u.tumIy of opImun tha.
since CO. tmiu, year of l>l7 the prospects
for the agricultural people were never as
lad uS today This description dnes not
refer ,o any particular part bur 20 ev-
,rv district in the county The crop
that has suffered most is the potato,
of which there will be practically none.
Next ,o potatoes, cats are in very bad
condition"
\ correspondent at BaWneygawlN. t.
roac. says: "rh, ground where the potu-
toos bay, been planted in drills resembles
% bit of barren waste that had been lying
over for some time with the intention
OF being ploughed in the autumn. Flax
rs almost an unknown quantity. During
the wcek enormous floods have been
sweeping the country Tons Of hay
have been carried away by inundatons' o.
\ Castlebar telegram says; Torrents
OF rain prevailed here during the past
three days almost continuously, and the
country Is in most deplorable condition. /
Lands are flooded potatoes and oats de-
stroyed, hay rotting, No efforts can De- |
made to save the several crops from
destruction, owing TO the deluge Of rain |
dly after day The farmers are ruined |
Blight is making rapid inroads on the /
potato crop in consequence of incessant
heavy rains. Reports from all quarters
confirm the belief that a famine will
result this winter"
A Waterford special says: 1T is no |
exaggeation to say that prospects for
harvest were hardly ever darker or
saddcr than at present In several parts
Of the country. Corn. now Il month
old. is stu unstacked, on account Of the |
rain. Very little new grain has been
marketed yet and buyers expect great
difficulty in getting oats fit for bread
ing purposes. From all parts come bad
accounts of the potato crop. The prices
OF cattle have fallen"
\ Eelturbort Cavan county correspond
cnt says: "lu this district the prospects
are gloomy i'm the extreme. The hay and
oat crops are rotting on the ground.
The potato has not been such failure
since II. The same state Of things exists
an over the country"
County Limerick reports: AS the sea-
son draws TO q close no ray Of nope is
observed that would dispel the gloomy
anticipations iHdulged in some time ago
in regard to the ultimate failure of the
crops in general. From all sides the
most alarming intelligence comes con-
cerning the potato crop. The yield in most