The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-01
LOSSES IN gRIrIsA EARNING.

Official returns from the British board of agriculture
have recently shown IN black and white that despite in
creased demands in the United Kingdom for all varieties
Of agricultural products the of land devoted to the
outvaio nof staples is steadily decreasing Twenty
years ago the wheat of Great Britain nearly
double what it is today. The shrinkage still continues
only hope of repair that official authority hold
out sorry anticipation that America may in the
future have less breadstu spare and in the alarming
apprehension that failure heretofore to protect British
commerce on the may FORCE the English people to
depend largely themselves for breadsufs and
provisions
The marked decline of late in the wheat growing area
OF the United Kingdom is in fact in inverse ratio with the
increased agricultural production and expectation in the
United States For years past England has taken
about sixty per Of the wheat exports of this country
IN whole wheat and wheat -four While wheat -four
ports the United Kingdom have stationary for
three years past the wheat outgo has increased from
62000000 bushels roundly stated during the government
year 1900 100000 bushels 1901. The increased
measure of demand the United thus denoted
st.H continues The price laid down at Liverpool
cheaper than any figure which it would pay British
farmers raise wheat and the home production declines
necessarily inevitably in consequence But bread for
the masses in the crowded of the islands is cheaper
than before and British economists have not hest
tated accept this advantage fair equivalent for
decline that has cut whole counties of England out of the
available wheat growing territory of the Kingdom.
With the decay of British agriculture has come, nat
uraly enough falling off in quantity and quality of live
stock The reports Of the board of agriculture show that
this valuable Of the farms lower figure
nations books of than has been the case
for many years past To raise less grain to
fewer horses cattle pigs and TO lean heavily upon
foreign sources for the supply Of prosperous and
slowly increasing population Hence. doubt the impe
to the American provision export trade with Great
Britain which advanced this branch of international
trade to a commanding position in the international
If it is possible indeed that American enterprise
may be called the distant future furnish
only the beef of old England but also the
with which the British yeomanry have been regae
themselves on occasion Thirty years ago Great Britain
with every assurance further dmuniton the hoczs
Neither the pressure of competition nor the appeals
officials agents of the board of agriculture seem to
have availed call halt in the process OF transfer
which the cultyators British farms are being
gradually subjected The swarming popuace industrial
centres have cheap bread and they get from the
United States paying with their manufactured pro
ducts and with interest credits in American enterprises
From The international point of this is by
q gloomy situation; although majority Of British
papers continue descant solemny upon the lack OF
national in the practical abandonment the
field OF agricultural competition their own country by
the sturdy English farmers. These hard working agr
cuturasts viii stick while intelligent appl
cation OF the laws of crop rotation and the employment of
machinery as Yet unknown a great many Of them
viii eventually restore the earning capacity their
limited acres But for bread beef the United kingdom
look hereafter the United States there need
be no apprehension Of a dimunton OF the supply for
many years yet TO come.