Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-18
'CRUPS UT THE WORLD
This Years Harvest One of the
Latest on Record.
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES
Cool and Wet summer In Europe
Has psct the calculations of
Those who Expected an
Abundant Yield.

Washington, oct. lS.-The depart
ment of ngrcullureS summary Of the
crops Of the world shows that. oWihp
TO the remarkably cool and wet sum
mcr experienced throughout Il rpns,d-
cradle part of Europe. the harVC OF
1902 is one of the latest on record.
The promise Of an abundant Hio,N,
therefore, has been only partly fuliillpG
in Europe alloWin" for .;rain gaticrtt
in Il damaged condition and for that
actually spoiled. In the case of bread
grains there Will be Il demand amola
NIllers in the countries so suttorlI4
for good. dry grain to mix with TIE
home product.
The scmioi"ial Russian estinat'
makes the wheat, rye, barley and o0t
crop of that country NOT only LARGER
than in 1904. but exceeding that aNti
age for the five years lSG-l9on. III"
estimate puts the winter wheat crop
at lNG.:lN2l.@S1 bushels of 60 pounds
each: spring wheat. :iu0. "1n.3:33 bushels
OF 'n pounds each; rye. S144I2 l'It
bushels Of 80 pounds each: barley,
2N2 l30.G25 bushels Of IS pounds each:
oats, SIG.391 SO bushels of 81 pounds
each.
situation In Germany.
Throughout about fOurtifths of the
German empire harvesting was de-
layed 10y frequent rains and there was
still nuch grain in the field in the
middle of September The Austrian
official figures say that wheat and bar
ley are good average crops. while rye
is only medium to good medium. The
quality Of the grain. so far as the har-
vest was secured under anything like
favorable conditions, is mostly salts
factory.
From Hungary the official report re
ccived AT the department here shows
that maize has suffered from drought,
in some districts the plants producing
no ears and in others the grain rlpell-
ing before the ears attained Il normal
development.
The Roumanian wheat crop is off
cally estimated as the best in many
years For 1902 the production is esti-
mated at 7622O.29s. Rye is estimated
at 6,95S 1876: barley. 24.G7l ,O40 bushels,
and cats. 21.905,2O5. The Bulgarian
cereal crops are fairly satisfactory.
The wheat is particularly good in
yield. though little deficient in quail
ity The French ministry of agricul-
ture has issued a preliminary report
giving the wheat production of France
rs $50. 100000 bushels. an increase OF
over 13 per cent over 1901. The crops
in Belgium are stated to be compare
lively satisfactory.
Increased Acreage In England.
In Great Britain the area under
wheat cultivation is 25.50S acres great
er than in 1901. The recent weather
through Great Britain has greatly
helped its farmers in completing their
belated harvests.
Harvesting is progressing favorably
In Denmark. Wheat and rye are of
normal yield and good quality. The
wheat crop of Italy, according to pres
ent indications. will be approximately
10000. 900 bushels. The recent rains
In Argentina entirely saved the crops,
and it is estimated that the yields will
exceed last year by over 40 per cent.
Wheat areas in Australia have been
helped by heavy rains. Generally ia
yorable reports of coming crops have
been received from all provinces of
India The rice crop Of Japan, hurt by
the wet summer probably will be be
low the average.
The official estimate of Spain is that
that country will have the largest
wheat crop for many years and will
have considerable surplus for expor-
tation.
The Nile flood this year is the low
est in twenty-five years, and. although !
the scarcity of water will partly be
compensated for by the new works ex- |
ecuted by the British government, the |
crops in upper Egypt are likely to suf-
fer. Whatever water is available In |
Egypt will be principally applied to |
the cotton crop, leaving beans, maize. |
lentils, etc, to bear the chief effect OF |
the scarcity.