The San Francisco call., 1897-11-17
FOREIGN CROP SITUATION.

WAsHINGTON, Nov. 16-The Agricultural
Department has issued its monthly review OF the
foreign crop situation. Much attention is devoted
to The grain crop Of Russia. especially wheat, on
account of its magnitude a factor in the Euro
pean supply. 1he review says that all accounts
agree in representing The wheat crop deficient,
but % th= extent of the deficiency much differ
erce o. opinion exists. After quoting many dis
patches painting the crop situation in various
provinces in very BIZ coors and the statement
OF our onsuI at odessa hat this years crop has
proved failure tie review C. lis attention to the
tact hat since harves. Russia has ported grain
very I. eely "
The exr orts OF wheat from August l to Octo-
Der .3,' says the review, amount 10 4,152,S40
quarters auIlhg the corresponding pefloo In 1886
and 1885 resp p=ctiv ly. ihes- very large ex-
ports have LED commercial papers TO withhold
their credenc- from the more pessimistic OF the
reports which have BEEN published. That the
crop was deficient was admitted but that the
fai uTe was 50 serious as such reports implied few
OF the grain dealers Of Western Europe believe.
hecenuy. however some change of attitude is
Oecom ing apparent stocks IN he ports are not
incr- asiug i'll the manner usual Tor this time OF
the year and the oalt ion IS freely expressed that
after This mCntn Russia be relied Tor only
very moderate Shipm MS.
1T IS generally understood that Russia had
large stocks of wheat LETT over from the crops OF
the preceding year and this iac, coupled with the
goOI prices which hsve prevailed, nay account
for tne large exports which have taken place even
though the crop IA lure in large parts of Russia
has been extremely serlou%"
The re view says the estimates of the Russian
crop are so uncertain that tneir reproduction
wOult be OF doubtful vi ty. the preIImina
official figures for France show reduction 20
per cent below 1896 and II per cent below The
average for ten years. AS Tor fiVe years france
and kussiA produced 70 per cent of the worlds
crop, {: tn rev lew says heavy shortage in both
countries would, the efore be sufficient in itself
produce a very sensible effect the worlds
supply Independent of the short crops in Austria
Hungary, the Danubian and Balkan countries and
elsewhere, and the shO.tness or the last crop In
India, Australia and Argentina
In Germany rye, which Is the principal bread
grain in that country has been officially estimated
Gus mates for austria Hungary more or
less conflicting, but there is doubt as to there
being he avy deficit in the wheat crop.
The wheat crop of the United ugdom is esti-
mated at 5C23 million bushels
! he relnnIuarv estimate OF the Italian wheat
crop makes it So, l3l ,0UU bushels, against l44-
722.70J bushes last year he koumanian whe at
crvp is estimated at 81, 1874 10 bushels.
Inc Bulgarian " heat crop is estimated a: 40 per
cent, rye 30 10 Az per cent and barley al rs
cent less than laSJ
The heat crop of Turkey has been estimated
at 80 SOC, 800 ln' perlai bushels
AS regards crops now growing in the southern
hemisphere the news continues to be fav, rable
ON the whole. In Argentina, drought which for
in some provinces threatened serious
Jury. seems have been generally broken and
danger of any serious los, such source
seems now in the advanced STATE OF the p TO
have passed
he Indian wheat crop has been sown under
favorable conditions, and The same is in general
OF the winter crops of Eu,opr, and
the main, have been very favorable TO the
of q