Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-10-10
SHORTAGE IN GRAIN
IS 1,25O,OOO,OOO
5readstuffs Supply of the World 5o0..
100000 Less Than Last
Year.

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 Serious short
age exists in the worlds crop OF grain
for 1918. The supply is nearly 10
per cent less than last year The
total deac' eney aggregates 1850 mil
ion bushels of the five grain staples.
This shortage Is not made up by po.
tatoes. the worlds supply Of which is
no greater than last year, and 500 mil.
lion bushels less than the worlds nor
NAL potato crop Of 1919
These amazing conclusions are indi
Gated by the preliminary report upon
worlds crops and the future Of prices,
prepared by Orange Judd American
AgrieuIturist Of New York as OF DC.
tober l. This authority emphasizes
that the four breadstuns wheat.
oats. rye and barley probably he
500 million bushels less this year
than In 1912. 40 million bushels less
than two years ago, but 4 per cent
more than IN the 1910 crop.
Ample Supply Of Wheat.
Unless Russia and Argentina con.
olude the year with much greater
Yields than now seems possible. .
American Agriculturist says. the
worlds wheat production viii be only
about 100 million bushels more than
asst year" This will be an increase
Of only per cent over the supply OF
wheat produced throughout the wrold
in 1912
OF this increase. 80 million bushels
Is due to the extent to which the bon
anaza wheat crop of the United
States and Canada exceeds last years
outturn
This authority preliminarily returns
the Russian crop as 700 million bush
els, which has since been confirmed
by the Russian governments official
pronunciamento of Geo million. This
is in sharp contrast to the apparent.
ly misleading and erroneous forecast
put out in late August by the Inter.
national Institute Of Agriculture ut
Rome OF Sl2 million bushels as the
Russ an crop
Large Deficiency In Rye.
OF grave Importance also in the
European shortage in rye. Because
even more than wheat, is rye the
breadstuH Of the teeming millions Of
Europe. The paper quoted finds that
Europe may have only 100 million
bushels Of rye of the 1913 crop, or
1870 million bushels less than last
year The deficit may be still larger
if latest cable adyices from Russia
are reliable.
Heavy Reduction In Oats Crop,
The shortage In the worlds supply
Of oats bids fair to be greater than
was expected.
With a smaller crop in North Amer.
lea than last year by more than 300
million bushels, and with another 100
million deficit elsewhere, the worlds
crop of oats may be 10 per cent less
than last year, decrease OF 400 mil
lion bushels. American Agricultural
reaches this conclusion In spite OF al
lowing that Russia has the most pro
dlgious oats crop IN its history
coo bushels.
Barley is much less than usual in
North America, but the worlds total
yield may come up to the normal
amount.
Ample Market At Good Prices.
1t appears from official returns Of
the actual movement of grain that
only about 10 per cent of the world $
total wheat crop is consumed out
side Of the countries Of production.
These consuming countries are
Great Britain and Europe east Of Rus.
STA, which Is the very region that suf-
fers the heaviest relative deficiency in
1913 grain crops. Therefore. the re
port concludes that these countries
will need to import between 600 and
700 million bushels of wheat during