Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1901 — French Wheat Crop Is Short. [ARTICLE]

French Wheat Crop Is Short.

Conmil General Skinner at AlarseUies, in a re|H»rt to the Department of State, ways there is no longer any doubt that there will Is* a serious shortage in the wheat crop of France. The harvest commenced June 211. iind on July 12 threefourths of the entire yield had been cut. The opinion of experts, based upon the resntta obtained, place* France dependent upon the world for about 0t1.000.000 bushels. Oofifttl Gineral Skinner says that France will took to the United Statea to supply most of this shortage.