The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-17
|A0RT CROPS ADD TO
| HIGH COST Of LIVING
|overnment Reports Indicate Long
nard Winter Is Ahead-Potatoes
Short, Too.
By GEORGE III. MANNING.

by GEORGE H. MANNING.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 16.-The
reatened and actual advance in
and reduction in size of the LOAF
bread in different scattered locali-
81 Is but practical indication that
ions, cold winter is right ahead,
I'm every prospect Of a food short
Be.
That ancient foe of the public, old
eneral High-Cost- of Living, $
ireatening to make one of his most
Ienuous campaigns this fall and
inter and next spring. 1t seems
'ere Will be no let up in his rem orse-
- attacks.
The latest figures of the Depart
ent OF Agriculture giving the Sep
moer ! estimates on crop conditions,
nen analysed. show the country Is
ping to have no easy time of 1t this
inter getting enough to eat. unless 1t
ants to pay high prices for 1t. A
tort supply of what may be called
300 crops Is forecast. The supply
what are called feed crops are
nipple.
The wheat crop is short, meaning
sher prices for -four, while the six
mt loaf and the ten-cent loaf already
ie master bakers
The Bureau of Crop Estimates CAL
iiates that the wheat crop will be
100000 bushels. The 1915 crop
las l.021,000.0 900. The fve-year aver
se has been $4,000, 600.
Inasmuch as IL Is calculated that
10000, 900 bushels of wheat are con-
'med annually in this country nor
ally, the 1916 crop will not be
noush TO meet the domestic demand
one. Fortunately there is In the
Puntry about 100000 bushels Of
wheat But that will prove more
comfort to the farmer with
neat to sell than to the ultimate
pnsumer. who must buy.
me price OF wheat in this country,
DIV hobbing around $3.50 a bushel.
governed by the export price: that
the price Europe will pay.
The wheat supply OF the rest OF
ne world has fallen off, too. Just
the time our own supply is short.
ne Canadian crop Ia about 5000
bushels less than last year
War-ravaged Europe. though still
Using a surprising amount OF wheat.
As not as much as In normal times
Ipssie cannot export her huge crop,
pftly because she eats much of II
nd because she has no way to get il
lt
The Argentine and Australian crop,
ecordinE to latest estimates. will fail
pmewhat below the crops OF last
EAR
With the world demand greater
IAN the world supply the prices for
heat will. OF course, go higher. and
good many authorities look for 50
heat.
The potato condition Is not much
lore encouraging The crop this
Far. as estimated will he about Al
Pc. 600 bushels below tina. of lasr
EAR
Sweet potatoes have fallen off. too.
ven buck wheat. that necessity Of
Re without which one can't have any
|al, old-fashioned pancakes. is below
reraxe crop
The corn crop. az forecast will he
10, G00.o 900 bushels. or 1900. coo
blow the average 81 the st five
Fars. It Is much below fos 1915
cid. which amounted 10 3 o55.000.-
bo.
The corn situation. however. Is not
serious. The shortage is most
were In Kansas In most Of the
her States the crop is almost nor
al. Moreover. the frost has SO far
zen holding off in the corn States.
The oats crop is short in compari-
IN with early forecast this season,
Id last years immense crop. but is
Dove the average of the past Eve
bars
TO offset this rad outlook, the esti-
ates indicate that the tobacco. hay,
&c and apple raisers and consumers
i'll benefit from very large crops
The hay crop is said 70 he the
rgest ever produced. meaning much
Sr the live stock farmers
The tobacco and rice crops also
tonaise to be the iarces: on record
| The Department of Agriculture lays
lie shortage OF the wheat and other
kans chiAdY 10 bad weather cnndi-