Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-20
POOR CROPS ABROAD
Advices Received by the Department
Of Agriculture.
WHEAT AND RYE ARE BOTH SHORT
India Will Have Little of the For
mer to Export.
MANY COUNTRIES REPORTED

Adviees to the Agricultural Department
from private and indirectly from official
sources confirm the predictions of a con-
| siderable deficiency in the European wheat
| crop, while rye, which is the chief bread
| grain of eastern Europe, is also short.
| This fact. says a special report of Statis-
| tician Hyde, as we'll as the wheat de-
| ficiency. will tend to restrict the exporta-
| ton of the latter from those European
| countries which usually have a surplus Of
| that grain. AS to non-European coun-
tries other than the United States, their
| aggregate contribution to the European
supply will be materially affected by the
fact that India, denuded by the famine,
Will have practically no wheat to export.
Nova Scotia and Canada.
United States Consul O'Connor at Var
| mouth, Nova Scotia, reports that early
| crops IN the southwestern part of that
| province were much injured by wet
| weather during the first half of June,
which also prevented planting the usual
| potato area Plums are failure. Apples
Will be short crop. Small fruits, like
| strawberries, were abundant, with increas-
| ed acreage. The wild berry crop Is i'm
| mensa Unofficial reports from Ontario
| SHOW an unfavorable change in the fruit
| prospect, with a probable small crop of
| apples In western Ontario the fruit out
| look Is better. but there will be a poor
| crop around Quebec, while In Manitoba the
| wheat area exceeds the reduced acreage
| OF last year by % per cent and is IA per
| cent greater than the 1895 acreage until
then the year of the largest. Agricultural
| conditions In other foreign countries fol-
| low:
Great Britain and Ireland.
Returns from every county in England
| and from many districts in Wales, Scot
land and Ireland, published by the Agri-
| cultural Gazette July % indicated the
wheat crop would be considerable, oats
and potatoes in a less degree, and barley
only slightly below the average. Hay was
| largely, peas considerably, and beans some
| what above. Barley had suffered an I'M
| favorable change in quality, and as part
| or 1t Will be unfit for mailing purposes the
| returns, which make it nearly an average
| crop, must apparently be somewhat dis
| counted.
Wheat harvest began in some of the
southern and south midland counties dur
| ing the week ended July "a. and was nro-
crossing favoraby up to the end of the
| month, but taking the country as a whole,
| the bulk of the crop is harvested in Au-
! gust The different cereals were ripening
more nearly together than usual.
| France.
| Conservative commercial estimates put
the total wheat crop in France as low as
1OO,GOO,OOO hectoliters. making it about one
seventh less than the heavy crop of 1896.
Reports up to near the end of July rep
resent that the weather was unfavorable
for harvesting, especially in the north.
| so lar as the harvest has yet advanced
| the results are said to be far from salts
| Factory, both as to quantity and quality,
ana DO not tend to encourage any eYpecta-
ton that the crop will exceed the lower
estimates.
| An official report, dated July Is. in
| which the figure 81" denoted superior.
''2'' good and '3'' middling condition,
puts winter wheat at 3d. rye at "a, bar
ley at 81, oats at 3. potatoes at 81 and
hay at &c. Thus. none of the leading
cereals is rated as good" According to
report from Hamburg, rain was sadly
interfering with harvesting operations
Barley was looking well, but the wet
weather menaced its quality. The United
States consul at Bremen reported indica-
tons that there would not be more than
half the usual apple, pear and plum crops
in northern Germany this year.
RUSSIA.
Advices from Nicolaieff of July o re-
port an average yield of wheat, but the
quality of spring wheat had suffered from
hot weather, and much Of it would be light.
and quality. Barley was satisfactory in
YIELD but it's color had suffered from
the rains. Other mail advices from Russia
speak unfavorably regarding the wheat
and rye crops, the recent great heat having
caused premature ripening.
Austria-Hungary.
Prices of wheat at Vienna are reported
to be the highest in ten years, and foreign
wheat is being imported. The weather
wet
Belgium.
The yield of wheat is reported as satis-
factory. but that of rye deficient.
Holland.
The weather in the latter part of July
was somewhat unfavorable for harvesting.
Denmark.
Advices from Copenhagen, dated July 81.
stated that rye had suffered from storms.
but wheat was a fair average crop and
barley good Weather unsettled.
ROumania.
The wheat crop described as very dis
appointing" and parcels of new grain
received in London are said to show ir-
regular and very poor quality.
Bulgaria.
According to reports for near the end of
July, the wheat crop had suffered serious
ly from heavy rains.
India.
Crop prospects were improved by rains
in many districts. but in Bombay and Pun
jab much more rain was needed.
Australia.
Crop prospects in Victoria had been i'm
proved by rain and, according to latest
mail advices, were fairly good.
Argentina.
Telegraphic reports to London represent