Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-10-29
|nEpoRr en- cRops oF WORLD.
Government Figures how the Harvest
Abroad Is Very Late.

abToAu Is very Late.
The Department of Agriculture's sum-
mary Of the crops of the world shows
that owing to the remarkably cool and
wet summer in n considerable part of Eu-
| rope the harvest of 1902 is one of the
latest ON record, The promise of an
abundant yield, therefore. has been only
partly fulfilled in Europe allowing for
grain gathG-ed in a damaged condition
and for thar actually spoiled In the
case of bread grains there will be de-
mand among millers in the countries SO
suffering for good. dry grain to mix with
the home product Considered Ivy coun-
tries, the report says:
The seml-otflcial Russian estimate makes
the wheat rye. barley and oats crop of that
country not only larger than In 1901. but
exceeding the average for the five years
1S96-igo0. The estimate puts the winter
wheat crop at 1S6,5S2. 3ST bushels Of sixty
pounds each; spring wheat, 500, 9S0,3S3 bush
els Of sixty pounds each; rye, ii,Ao2 80
bushels OF tfty-six pounds each; barley, 2S2.
iS0021 bushels Of forty eight pounds each;
cts, Si6,S9l,si5 bushels of thirty-two pounds
each.
Throughout about four-ffths of the Ger
man Empire harvesting was delayed by fire.
quent rains. and there was still much grain
In the fields In the middle of September.
| The Austrian official reports for Sept. 10 say
tu9f wheat anu barley are good, average
crops. while rye Is only medium to good
medium. The quality OF the grain. so far
as the harvest was secured under anything
Ike favorable conditions. is mostly s2ttsfac-
tory,
From Hungary the official report for Sept
10, received at the department here. shows
that maize has suffered from drought In
some districts, the plants producing no ears,
and In others the grain ripened before the
cas- attained normal development
ihe Roumauian wheat crop is officially es-
tlm3ted as the bcst In many years. For
1902 the production is estimated az T6 go
pos bushels. Rye is estimated at 6.a5s, 46d
bushels: barley. &i,6Tl,U40 bushels. and oats
2l.A03, 2O0 bushels. The Bulgarian cereal
crops are fairly satisfactory. The w'e1 10
particularly good Ia yield, though It'll de-
ficient In quality, The French udnistry Of
agriculture has issued a preliminary report
giving the wheat production Of France as
S02, uo0e00 bushels, an Increase Of over IT
per cent over 1901 The crops in Belgium
are stated to be comparatively satisfac-
tory.
In Great Britain the area under wheat
cultivg lion Is &9,JoS acres greater than In
1901 he recent weather through Great
Britain has greatly heped its farmers In
completing their belat'd harvests.
Harvesting is progressing favorably in
Denmark Rye and wheat are Of normal
yield and good quality. The wheat crop Of
Italy, according to present Indications, will
be approximately l30.GOOo00 bushels, The
recent rains in Argentine entirely saved the
exceed last year by over 80 per cent.
Wheat areas In Australia have been helped
by heavy rains. Generally favorable reports
of coming crops have been received from NIL
provinces Of India. The rice crop OF Japan,
hurt by the wet summer, probably wiz be
below the average
The official estimate Of Spain is that that
country will have the largest wheat crop
for many years. and Will have a considera-
bic surplus for expectation.
The Nile food this year is the lowest In
the last twenty-five years. although the
scarcity Of water will partly be compensated
for 10y the new works executed by the Brit
ish government. the crops In upper Egypt
are likely to suffer. Whatever water Is
available IN Egypt will lie principally ap-
piled to the cotton crop. leaving beans.
maize, lentils, etc, TO bear the chief effect
Of the scarcity