Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-11-25
Condition of Fore;oo

VI II OreI0n
The Agricultural Department
monthly review of the foreign cron IN a
ton, devotes much attention to ~, atua
crop of Russia, especially wboo tne GRAIN
count of its magnitude as y faote On &C.
European supply. The review WI WI In The
all accounts agree in renroson.: ss That
wheat crop as deficient, but much ls EN- the
ence of opinion exists as to the ou. uller'
the deficiency. After quoting ma aseAt Of
patches painting the crop sitnation N! DIS
rlous provinces in very black cola,a Ill Va,
the statement of the American S' and
Odessa that this years crop has , nsa at
failure, the review calls attept;o r'. =.
fact that since harvest Russia bo 70 lhe
ported grain Every freely" Tho , ron e'
continues: report
The exports of wheat from Auc :.
Oct. % amounted to 4,152, SAC oue. 70
against 1856, 040 quarters, and 1000 enS
quarters during the correspond;nr 40.
in 1896 and 1895 respectively. T nosa
very large exports have led commo.S,s
papers to withhold their credenca ts slal
the more pessimistic of the reports r I,1ll
have been published. That the cron nS
deficient was admitted, but that tba t rS'
ure was so serious as such reportS n,n la',
few OF the grain dealers of western Fu
rope believe. -u'
Recently, however, some change ~ ..
titude is becoming apparent. Stocks "
the ports are not increasing in the NAV
ner usual for this time of wear and ~.
opinion is freely expressed that aftor th:'
month Russia can be relied on hor onIa
very moderate shipments.
1T is generally understood that Russ;,
had large stocks Of wheat left over from
the crops Of the preceding year and tbis
fact, coupled with the good prices whnb
have prevailed, may account for the lorca
exports which have taken place evon
though the crop failure IN large parts ~
Russia has been extremely serious"
The review says the estimates of bs
Russian crop are so uncertain that th0i,
reproduction would be of doubtful utftv
The preliminary official figures for Franco
show a reduction of 26 per cent below
1896 and II per cent below the ayeraa
for ten years. AS for five years France
and Russia produced 26 per cent of tha
worlds crop, the review says heavy
shortage in both countries would, thora.
fore, be sufficient in itself to produce
very sensible effect on the worlds sim.
ply, independent Of the short crops in Aus
tria-Hungary, the Danubian and Balkan
countries and elsewhere, and the short.
ness Of the last crop in India, Australia
and Argentina.
In Germany rye, which is the principal
bread grain in that country, has been of.
fcially estimated at per cent less than
last years crop.
The various estimates for Australian.
gary are more or less conflicting, but there
is no doubt as to there being a heavy
deficit in the wheat crop. The wheat
crop of the United Kingdom is estimated
a little short of 81, 100000 bushels The
preliminary estimate of the Italian wheat
crop makes it So, 131 600 bushels, against
IA, 722, 700 bushels last year. The Rou-
manian wheat crop is estimated at ST.
34,72O bushels. The Bulgarian wheat
crop is estimated at 40 per cent, rye at s.
to 40 per cent, and barley at 25 per cent
less than last year. The wheat crop Of
Turkey has been estimated at 50,SOOW
imperial bushels.
AS regards crops now growing in the
southern hemisphere, the news continues
to be favorable on the whole. In Argen-
tina drought, which for a time in some
provinces threatened serious Jury, seems
to have been generally broken, and dan
ger of any serious loss from such source
seems now, in the advanced state Of the
crop, to have passed. The Indian wheat
crop has been scwn under favorable con-
ditions, and the same is in general true
of the winter grain crops of Europe and
both in India and in Europe the weather
seems, in the main, to have been very
favorable to the growth of the seed