The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-18

| peT QuaTJoT WINE IN lobS hnh looO IL iell
to 30 low a level as 22s. 10d. and 23s.
Id. Yet the agricultural potentiality-to
borrow phrase from Sir W. Crookes-of Eng
| land in tho matter Of wheat-RroWing Is as
great as ever II was. and very considerable
! arens might readily ba added to our wheat
! acreage were prospective prices TO warrant
| such stop. To this question OF values Sir w.
| Crookes hardly attaches tho Importance which
| 1t should carry. On the other hand, he seems
| to have taken Mr.. Atkinson far too seriously.
| and to have wasted upon him powder and shot
| which night have been usofuly expended in
| other directions"
Following up his controversy with the lead
ing English authorities. the author makes tn o
assertion that the wheat area ceased to ex-
pand In the United States not because OF n fall
In price. but because farmers found IL neces-
sary TO provide large quantities Of hay. maize
and oats for great additions to their herds Of
domestic animals" Now the wheat area OF the
United States ceased to expand" from 1892
to 1890. as may be learned from consulting tho
official returns Curiously enough. dur
ING tho same years the cattle OF tho United
States steadily diminished from 5l.000.000
head to less than 47O0O.00O head. tho sheep
and lambs from 430O0.OO0 head to less than
3T.OOO.O 900 head. and pigs from $4,000. 900 head
to 4O.O00.0OO head. Whore. then. are the great
additions to tho herds OF domestic animals ?
2i,W hi ,l-c IL.
page that the herds OF swine in tho United
States dwndled from 81 100000 animals in
1877 to 3''.SOo.Ooo animals In 1878. thus de-
stroying tho demand Tor hundreds OF millions
OF pushels OF maize In the lace OF all this we
are asked 70 accept tho assertion that the wheat
area ceased to expand mot because OF a fall In
price,
The Times reviewer has come to the conclu-
sion that Sir William Crookes has lot strength
ened MS position IN these replies to MS critics
lie says: Inc problem ne ms taken In hand
ID more complicated one than would ut first
s'Rht appear. ana suilcieht attention mas
harGly been bestowed upon the commercial side
OF the question tbs worth recalling that less
than three years before the delivery OF the presl-
dental address winch has given rise TO 80 much
controversy. farmers. ooth at nome and abroad
were Dusty discussing the best means OF util-
iZ'hg wheat az 1000 Tor STOCK. Ihere was
such an abundance OF tho bread cereal that 1t
became a urue IN ehe market ana prices iell 10
80 low a leVe' that IL paid bettcr-or rather IL
grain into tho feeding trough than to sell it for
what 1t would fetch. Sir ". Urookes and Mr..
h'klnsoh uiier u,ame'rlGal,y' ana they are
both extremists. Tho solution of the wheat
n iI, w. nv paU.ouu ,i..s, VI WIZ.
WIN DO universally anmittei. must DO sought
would perhaps be disposed to ADOPT" " ''
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One OF the holiday season discussions in tho
papers mere mas turned on thc eXecraoic man.
ner in which the British washerwomcn handle
ish man. Language has failed several CORE.
tbonGhts Tint tho snec,ac,s ot thoir snonraT
Wv, ,n - w ~ ''ou'ou'
and irayed' and miss-Starched linen evoke'
w pFnGI n n 1v wrfy IN Nlyia