Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-10-28
REpoRT oN cRoPs o.. WORLD.
Government Figures Show the Harvest
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Governments Figures how the Harvest
Abroad Is Very I.ate.
The Department of Agricuitrsre's sum
mary of the crops of the world shows
that owing to the remarkably cool and
wet summer in considerable part Of Eu-
| rec the harvest of 1902 is one of the
latest ON record, The promise If an
abundant yiell. therefore. has been only
partly fulfilled in Europe, allowing for
grain gathered in a damaged condition
and for that actually spoiled. In the
| case of bread grains there win be a de-
mand among millers in the countries so
suffering for good, dry grain to mix with
the home product. Considered by coun-
tries, the repcct says:
The semI-oIfleial Russian estlKlate makes
the wheat. rye, barley and oats crop Of that
country not only larger than in 1901, but
exceeding the average for the ave years
| ls9o-le00. The estimate puts the winter
pounds each; sIriItg wheat. 800 93e. 1888 bush
| els of sixty pounds each: rye. S54. 452. $50
bushels bus bel, Of nftyrsx pounds each barley 2s2,-
| lSu,02o bushels of forty eight pounds each;
OTIS. S46,391, S75 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
II =
The Austrian Oficial reports for Sept IL say
| that wheat aud 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 Satisfac-
| tory.
From Hungary the official report for Sept.
10, received az the department here shows
that maize has suffered from drought In
some districts. the plants Paoduclng no ears
and IN others the grain llpened before the
ears attained normal Development.
The Roumanian wheat crop is oh,cially es-
ttmated as the best in many years For
1902 the production is estimated at "a, DO
POS bushels. Rye is estimated at 69oS, 460
bushels; barley. -, GIL .O40 bushels, and oats
IL sos, POS bushels. The Bulgarian cereal
crops are fairly satisfactory. The wheat is
particularly good IL yield, though little de-
ticient in quality. The French ministry of
agriculture has issued preliminary report
giving the wheat production OF France rs
302U6u.0O0 bushels, an increase Of over 10
per cent over 1901. The crops in Belgium
are stated 70 be comparatively satisfac-
tory.
In Great Britain the area under wheat
cultivation Is 2,A3VS acres greater than in
1901. The recent weather through Great
Britain has greatly helped It's farmers in
completing their belated harvests.
Harvesting Is progressing fayorably In
Denmark. Rye and wheat are of normal
yield and good quality. The wheat crop Of
Italy, according to present indications, viii
be approximately 130.000O00 bushels. The
recent rains In Argentine entirely saved the
crops. and II Is expected that the yields viii
exceed last year by over 80 per cent
Wheat areas IN Australia have been helped
| by heavy rains, Generally favorable reports
or coming crops have been receiy ed from all
provinces of India. The rice crop of Japan
hurt by the wet summer, probably will 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 considera-
be 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 by the new works executed by the Brit.
Ssh government the crops In upper Egypt
are likely to suffer. Whatever water Is
available In Egypt will be principally APP
piled to the cotton crop leaving beans,
maize, lentils. etc, to bear the chief effect
OF the scarcity