The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-13
ESTIMATES ON WHEAT CROP
OFFICIAL STATISTICS ON TEE
WORLDS PRODUCTION.
Russia Leads, With Over Four Hun
dred Million Bushels-Rye, Barley
and Other Crops-Fruit Yield.

Washington, Nov. 12.-Statistician
Hyde of the agricultural department
has completed the official statistics of
the crops of the world for the month
and a revised review of the worlds
wheat is an important factor. Thus,
the Russian wheat crop is now put by
the ministry OF agriculture at All 000,-
600 Winchester bushels, an increase of
S000O,o00 over the Hungarian official
estimate. An estimate believed to be
below, rather than above the actual
yield, is credited to the Hungarian ag
ricultural ministry, estimating the
Hungarian wheat crop at 1872, 277, 200
bushels of 60 pounds.
An estimate, said TO be the prelimin-
airy official one, puts the German wheat
crop at 100000 bushels more than the
1897 crop, making it in round numbers
115,000O0O bushels of so pounds.
The official estimate of the Italian
wheat crop puts it at 122, 271, 800 Win
chester bushels.
The latest estimates of the Spanish
wheat crop are a little less than 81
600 Winchester bushels.
The London Times estimates the
wheat crop of the United Kingdom at
1890, 600 Winchester bushels, consider
ably inexeess of the estimate a month
ago.
The official estimate for Roumania
makes its wheat crop 5S,456,9 04 Win
chester bushels.
Official figures from Manitoba give its
wheat crop as 20. 72S, $685. Preliminary
official figures make the crop of On
tario 33,027,e79. 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 esti-
mates, IS, 100000 imperial bushels.
Australia has suffered from drought,
but this is now broken. II the Austria
Ian wheat crop should fall short of the
Broomnall estimates, the largest, it
may in any case equal, or perhaps eX-
coed, the very moderate estimates of
the other two authorities last month.
The Broomhau estimate was 54,000,000
and the Hungarian estimate only 81,
coo 000 bushels of so pounds, while the
estimate of the Bulletin des Halles was
81, 000, 600 Winchester bushels.
Severe frosts have been reported
from Argentina, but the latest accounts
as to the outlook for the wheat crop
in that country are not favorable.
AS TO other crops, the estimates for
France for barley is 2,167, 166 bushels;
oats. 299, 059,074 bushels.
The provisional estimate Of the Rus
sian agricultural ministry gives, in
Winchester bushels: Winter wheat,
al 6S9 600; spring wheat, 275.S11 GOO;
rye. 717.7S6,0O barley, 320,141, 900; oats,
$685. SCI GOO: maize, 42, 1884, 600.
In Austria the cereal crops are gen
orally satisfactory. The barley crop
was somewhat deficient in quantity and
quality, but the kernels were mostly
full, heavy and Of good color.
The fruit crop though good in the
middle zone and in some districts of
! Silesia and West Galicia, is, on the
whole disappointing. The vintage in
lower Austria exceeded the estimates
and the quality was quite good.
In .Karst and the coast districts the
! yield was only medium, but the quality
| in general was satisfactory.