The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-09-25

receipts continued heavy. Crusbers
were active buyers and absorbed the
current offerings at the September
price to &c over. September flax ao-
Vanced 1 1-2c at Minneapolis and
closed on Friday at 1882.
LARGE BARLEY CROP
LOWERS PRICE LEVEL
A SUBSTANTIAL increase in the world
barley production and rain damage to
the California crop are the chief fac
tors IN the barley market on the Pa
clflc Coast, according to the United
States Department of Agriculture.
The larger world crop of Barley
coupled with increased world prodnc.
ton of ether grains suggests that
world barley prices will De rover this
year than last. The stained condition
OF much of the California barley is
causing it to sell at relatively lower
prices In English markets.
Estimates of production from the
principal European countries show
an increase of about IA per cent, or
about 6O,OOO,O00 bushels over last
year. The English crop is about the
same as last year. The German crop
IS slightly larger while the crop in
Poland, Hungary and Rumania is ap-
proximately so per cent larger. The
North African crop is about 20 per
cent above last years figures and the
Canadian crGp 25 per cent, making con-
slderably more barley available for
export IN competition with United
States barley.
Little information is yet available
as to the quality of the crop being
harvested in European countries, but
a recent report from Rumania, which
completes with this country in the
English markets, states that the quail
ity of barley is good and in general
of good weight.
According to the Departments Sep
TENDER 1st estimate, the United
States crop will total 222.OOO.OOO
bushels this year compared with 1885,
100000 bushels last year. Nearly
twO-thirds of this increase of 34,OOO.-
600 bushels was in the California crop
which is now estimated at 81, 972,OO
bushels. Washington and Oregon
have produced nearly 100000 bush
els this year. Other states producing
large crops of barley are Wisconsin,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
which together produced nearly one
half of the total United States crop.
While no statistics are available
relative to the quality of the barley
in the. different sections eff the coun-
try, reports indicate that in Califor-
MIA only about one-fourth of the crop
is good, bright mailing barley, where
as usually three-fourths of the crop
is of this character. In Washington
and Oergon, the conditions are more
normal and possibly as much as rs
per cent of the crop is of good, bright
quality. The quality of the crop in
the North-C Central states is reported
unusually good.
The larger crop of barley i'll Cali
fornia has been reflected in Increased
exports, which for the United States
for the period July to September 5
/ totaled about 1-3 million bushels
compared with 100000 bushels fol-
the same period last year. The per-
centage of these exports that were
from the Pacific Coast is not known
but half of the total went to the
/ United Kingdom and most of the re-
mainder to other European countries
Of the July exports totaling about
100000 bushels 100000 bushels
were from SanFrancisco and were
distributed as follows: To the United
Kingdom $4,000 bushels, to Norway
343,OO0 bushels and to Belgium 208,-
900 bushels.
Since 1922 with the exception Of
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925
about 90 per cent of the total United
States exports have been from Cali