Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
REVIEW OF WORLDS CROPS
Revised Figures Raise the Estimate Of the
Yield Of Wheat.
GREATEST CHANGE APPEARS IN RUSSIA
Only U%nfavorabIe Report Comes from
the southern Hemisphere,
where Drouth Has At
fected the Crops.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-Statistician
Hyde Of the Agricultural department has
completed the official report Of the crops Of
the world for this month and a revised review
Of the worlds wheat is an important feature.
The Russian wheat crop Is now put by the
ministry Of agriculture at All 900, 900 Win
chester bushels, an increase Of 1000, 900
over the Hungarian official estimate. An
estimate, believed to be below rather than
above the actual yield. Is credited to the
Hungarian agricultural ministry, estimating
the Hungarian wheat crop at 1872, 277, 200
bushels of sixty pounds. An estimate, said
to be the preliminary official one. puts the
German wheat crop at 5000, 900 bushels
more than the 1897 crop, making It, in round
numbers, lis. 900, 900 bushels Of sixty pounds.
The Official estimate Of the Italian wheat
crop puts 1t at 1888 300 Winchester
bushels. The latest estimates Of the Span
ish wheat crop are a little less than o.
600, 900 Winchester bushels. The London
Times estimates the wheat crop OF the
United Kingdom at n, 300. 900 Winchester
bushels, considerably in excess OF the esti-
mates a month ago. The official estimate
for Roumania makes its wheat crop So, 1885,
904 Winchester bushels.
OHicial figures for Manitoba give its wheat
crop at &c, 729, S0S Winchester bushels. Pre-
liminary official figures make the crop Of
Ontario SO. 2 ,O79 Winchester bushels, the
total for the two provinces being SO, 597 1887
Winchester bushels. AS the wheat area Of
the more eastern provinces was much larger
than in recent years it seems likely that
the total for Canada will reach the highest
Of last months estimates, SO, 700, 900 i'm
perial bushels.
On the whole the changes from a month
ago increase the total estimat OF the
worlds wheat crop, but the conditions affect
ing the crops of the southern hemisphere
are scarcely as favorable as they were com
monty supposed to be when the estimates
used in the table published a month ago
were made. Australia has suffered from
drouth, but this is now broken, good rains
having fallen throughout Victoria, South
| Australia and New South Wales. If the
Australasian wheat crop should fall short
of the Broomhall estimates. the largest, it
may in any case equal or perhaps exceed
the very moderate estimates of the other
two authorities announced last month. The
Broomhall estimate was 4 1000. 900 and the
Hungarian estimate only 1000. 900 bushels
of sixty pounds, while the estimate of the
Bulletin des Halles was $4,000 900 Winchester
bushels. Severe frosts have been reported
from Argentina, but the latest accounts as
to the outlook for the wheat crop in tina,
country are not favorable.
AS to other crops, the estimate for
France for barley is so, 167, 766 bushels, ant
for oats 299. O59, O74 bushels. The provisional
estimate Of the Russian agricultural min.
istry gives in Winchester bushels: Winter
! wheat, 141 ,639, 900; spring wheat, 2ij, 81. 900
total wheat, AZ. 450. 900; rye, III, 7s6, 900;
barley. 800, 141, 900; oats, COG, s6i, 600; maize
AZ, 779, 900.
The oflcial crop report of Austria for the
middle Of October represents the oats croI
as generally satisfactory in quantity ant
still more so in quality. Except in tn
mountain districts, maize is mostly bar
vested, and hardly a medium crop. Buck
wheat suffered partly from drouth ant
partly from frost in the northern and east
ern provinces, but in the middle zone il
more satisfactory. The barley crop wa
somewhat deficient in quantity and quality
In general, however, the cereal crops wer
satisfactory, the kernels being mostly full
heavy and Of a good color.
In the mountain districts and in the soutl
the yield Of potatoes was below the average
but in other sections they were satisfactory
dhu espcCldily 81 III uppci 3AuoliIi par
Of Moravia and east Galicia, though in tn
last named province the latest part OF tn
crop suffered somewhat from frost. Bee
roots suffered from drouth more than othe
root crops, the yield is barely up to tn
average. but the quality is satisfactory.
The fruit crop, though good in the middl
zone and in some districts Of Sllesia an
west Galicia, is on the whole disappointing
The vintage in lower Austria exceeded tn
estimates. and the quality Of the most wa
quite good. In Karst and the coast dis
tricts the yield was only medium, but tn
quality in general was satisfactory.
Fall sowing was delayed by drout
throughout a large part OF Europe. bh
there is no reason to apprehend any ma
terial detriment to the crop from delay
though in some countries the returns ma
be somewhat smaller than under more ia
vorable circumstances In Russia sowin
was effected under generally favorable con
ditioas, but the weather was too cold 70
the welfare of the young crops. No injur
has been experienced, and in most othe
countries the grain so far as sown has bee
favored by subsequent rains and mild tenn
perature.