Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-16
THE MoRpprs CEREALS.

THE WORLDS CEREALS.
The United States is such a great
agricultural country that it is vitality
interested In the condition Of the crops
Of the world, and expends large sums
of money 10 obtain accurate in1orma-
tion on the subject. Statistician Hyde,
Of the Agricultural Department, mas
completed the official reports OF uhe
crops of the world for this month, and
revised review of the worlds wheat
crop is an important feature. Accord
ing to Washington dispatches the Rus
sian wheat is now put by the Min
lstry Of Agriculture at All 900, 600 Win
chester bushels. an increase OF 80 ,OOO,-
900 over the Hungarian official estl-
mates. An estimate, believed to be be-
low rather than above the actual
yield, is credited to the Hungarian
Agricultural Ministry. estimating the
Hungarian wheat crop at 1921, 200
bushels of 60 pounds.
AN estimate. said to be the prellmi-
nary official one. puts the German
wheat crop at 100000 buShels more
than tn 1897 crop, making it, in round
numbers, 100000 bushels of 60
pounds.
The official estimate Of the Italian
wheat crop puts it at 1873, S71,9OO Win
chester bushels.
The latest estimate of the Spanish
wheat crop lis a little less than 50, coo,
900 winchester bushels.
The London Times estimates the
wheat crop OF the United Kingdom at
n, 900, 900 winchester bushels, consid-
erably in excess Of the estimates a
month ago.
The officia9 estimate for Roumania
makes its wheat crop 5S,456,9O4 Win
chester bushels.
Official figures for Manitoba give its
wheat crop as 2G,729,S sos Winchester
bushels.
Preliminary official figures make thC
crop Of Ontario S8,O2S, O79 Winchester
bushels, the total for the two provinces
being SO ST.. SS7 Winchester bushels. as
the wheat area Of the more eastern
provinces wac much larger than in re-
cent years, it seems THAT the totai toi
Canada will reach the highest OF las
months estimates, 6S,OOO,O 900 imperia
bushels.
On the whole. the changes from ;
month ago increase the total estimate
OF tho worlds wheat crop, but the con
ditlons affecting the crops Of th'
Southern Hemisphere are scarcely s.
favorable as they were commonly sup
posed to be when the estimates use'
in the table published a month ag
we're made. Australia has suffered sc
/ ver5ly from drought, but this is nov
broken, good rains having fallel
] throughout Victoria, South Austra1
1 and New South Wales. If the Aus
p tralasian wheat crop should fall shor
b. Of the BroOmhall estimates, the larges
4 item in amy case equals, or, pcrhap:
Z exceeds the very moderate estimate q
r the other two authorities announce
o last month The Broomhall estimat
4 was $4,000 900, and the Hungarian est
r mate only 100000 bushels OF G
a pounds. while the estimate Of the Blu
l. letin des Halies was $1,000 900 WiT
e chester bushels. Severe frosts hay
= been reported from Argentina, but th
e latest accounts as to the outlook Il
h the wheat crop in that country are M
l. unfavorable.
Is As to other crops, the estimates Il
h France fer barley IS 52,167766 bushe
It and for oats 299O59,O74 bushel
r. The provisional estimate OF the Ru
re- sian Agricultural Ministry gives
r winchester bushels: Winter whee
r 1859, 900: Spring wheat, 275,S1l ,OO
total wheat. 4l7,45O,O0O; rye, 717,7St
L. coo; barley. S2O.141.OOO; cats, 6Oo,S6l
rs 600; maize, 42,779,OOO.
IN The official crop report Of Austr
II. for the middle of October Tepresen
is the oats crop as generally satisfacto
Y. in quantity and still more so in qu'
e. ity Except in the mountain distric
he maize lis mostly harvested, and hard
an medium crop. Buckwheat suffer
We partly from drought and partly frC
10 frost in the northern and eastern pre-
I'D inces, but in The middle zone is me
at satisfactory. The barley crop "