The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1901-08-01
SUFFER DESPITE RAIN.
No Material Relief Comes to the Sum
Paked West.

No Material Relief Comes to the Sum
Paked West.
Despite rain in several States, no ma
terial relief has come 10 the drought
stricken western region, and many iocaii
| ties which needed rain most have had
none at all. No rain fell in Kansas. MIS-
souri, or Nebraska Wednesday nlght
while all the surrounding States were
enjoying more or less heavy showers
There were copious rains in northern ILL
nois and Indiana. Michigan and Mime
sofa. Eastern Iowa and South Dakota
had lighter rains and North Dakota had
heavy showers. A rather heavy down
pour visited all the gulf States.
Some of the drought-stricken States
have at last been blessed with rain. how
ever. and farmers have welcomed the
downpour with more joy and eNclama-
tions of delight than ever before in the
history of the country. Crops which were
visited by rain have revived sufficiently
to admit a ray of hope, but farmers fear
the conditions that existed last week Will
prevail again in the immediate future
Despite the fact that the intense heat IN
the corn belt continues, farmers hnd some
hope in the report that showers are be-
coming more general, and farmers are be-
ginning TO take hope that their losses Will
not be as large as was first thought.
The suns hot rays. beating down unre-
mittinGly on the great farming regions
of the middle West, have caused in the
past few weeks loss that will mount up
in the millions. All heat records in Mis-
souri, and Kansas have been broken and
the suffering to persons and cattle as 4
result has been severe. For several days
the temperature averaged 112 degrees and
a scorching wind. which rendered breath
ing difficult. and lack of water and food
for stock have caused a degree of dis
comfort never before experienced there
abouts. In many churches, fervid pray
ers for rain have been made. Forest and
prairie fires. directly attributable to the
long dry spell, have caused great dam
age in Colorado and there have been
many deaths because of the heat.
Demand and Supply of Wheat.
In view of the reports of crop failures
in the Western States, owing to the ex-
cessive heat and prolonged drought
which have prevailed, it may be interest,"
ing to know what the conditions are in
other parts of the world in this respect
The Argentine wheat crop for the year
amounted to 243, ,200.000 bushels. of this
amount all but 19.200,000 bushels is re-
uuired for home consumption, and the sur
plus, small as it is, has already been eX-
ported. so that the rest of the world
need not look to Argentina for any deh-
cheney that may exist in local supplies.
In England, France and Germany there
is no likelihood of the home crops being
nearly sufficient to meet the home de-
mand. They never are. These three
countries are always large importers. 1t
is estimated that Germany this year will
have to import 90.C00 900 bushels. France
will require about 60,0OO,0O0 bushels OF
foreign wheat, and England will require
considerably more than it usually does.
India will have n considerable surplus,
but not enough to meet the needs of these
three countries fully. In Russia the Win
ter wheat crop was above the average.
but the crop of spring wheat is almost
total failure, so that that country Will
have to be large importer.
Before the recent hot spell, which is
reported TO have materially injured the
growing crop of spring wheat in the Da-
kotas and Minnesota, it was estimated
that the total wheat production of the
United States for the year would be Co.
OOO, 900 bushels. About 63,OO0,OOO bush
els of last years crop still remain TO be
disposed of, giving total of I4O,O00,OOO
bushels available for home consumption
and export 1t will require 415.OOO.0OO
for food supplies and for seed in the Unit
ed States. which would leave 325, 5,O0O.OOS
bushels for export. This will be cOnsid-
erably in excess of the quantity export
ed in previous years. During the last
decade the largest yearly exports have
been 225, Go. 600 bushels in 1892, 21I.-
3O6 900 bushels in 1898, 222,61S.O00 bush
els in 1899 and 21S.G00.O00 bushels in
1900. Taking all the facts into consid
Grafton. it would not be surprising if the
end of the year should find a surplus of
nearly 100,O00,OO0 bushels of wheat on
hand.
Kansas principal loss will be in corn.
but this will be offset TO an extent by the
unusually large wheat crop, the quality of
which is reported TO be the best ever pro-
duced in the State. and by the large guam
titles of corn on hand. For the last ten
wears the average value of the corn. oat
and hay crop has been about S6O.000,-
900. 1t is probable that it will not ex-
ceed half that this year, which wolld
make the loss in these crops about $780,
600 900 compared with the average year.
On the other hand. all farm products will
,,1 xx-b;
for the small crops.
The Kansas farmers have discovered
two crops which successfully resist
and kafiir corn To
these two products. over 100000 acres
are devoted and with them the farmers
find it an easier matter, by far. to sue
cessfully till the soil.
The failure of the hay crop does not
include the alfalfa, the most important
grass crop grown in the State. which will
produce many hundred thousand tons this |
year in spite of the dry weather. The |
growth of this drought resisting crop in
Kansas i'll ten years has been amazing |
reports showing that in 1891 there We're
"a .3Si acres in the State. whereas last |
year the acreage was 216,O0S.
The prices obtained at Christies, Lon |
don, this year have been higher for furni- |
ture, paintings, engravings and jewels |
than have ever before been known. and |
the results are attributed partly 10 Amer |
lean prosperity.
Circuit Judge Alexander has issued an |
order restraining the city of Chillicothe |
Mo-, from issuing S2J.000 in bonds voted |