Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1902 — REPORT ON CROPS OF WORLD. [ARTICLE]

REPORT ON CROPS OF WORLD.

Government Figures Sho tv the Harvwt Abroad Is Very Late. The Department of Agriculture’s summary of the crops of the world shows that owing to the remarkably cool nnd wet summer In a considerable part of Europe the harvest of 1902 Is one of the latest on record. The promise of an abundant yield, therefore, has been only partly fulfilled in Europe, allowing for grain gathered in a damaged condition and for that actually spoiled. In the caso of bread grains there will be a demand among millers in the countries so suffering for good, dry grain to mix with the home product. Considered by countries, the report says: The semi-official Russian estimate makes the wheat, rye, barley and oats crop of that country not only larger than lh 1001, but exceeding the average for the five years 1886-1000. The estimate puts the winter wheat crop at 186,682,387 bushels of sixty pounds each; spring wheat, 800,938,333 bushels of sixty pounds each; rye, 854,452,7C0 bushels of fifty-six pounds each; barley, 282,130,625 bushels of forty-eight pounds each; Ots, 846,301,876 bushels of thirty-two pounds each. ' i... .. ■ Throughout about four-fifths of the German Empire harvesting was delayed by frequent rains, and there was still much grain In the fields In the middle of September. The Austrian official reports for Sept. 16 say that wheat and barley are goad, average crops, while rye Is ouly medium to good medium. The quality of the grain, so far as the harvest was secured under anything like favorable conditions, Is mostly satisfactory. From Hungary the official report for Sept, 16, received at the department here, shows that maize has suffered from drought In some districts, the plants producing no ears, and In others the grain ripened before the ears attained a normal development. The Roumanian wheat crop Is officially estimated as the best in many years. For 1902 the production Is estimated at 76,220,208 bushels. Rye is estimated at 6,958,466 bushels; barley, 24,671,040 bushels, and oats, 21,905,205 bushels. The Bulgarian cereal crops are fairly satisfactory. The wheat 1* particularly good In yield, though a little deficient In quality. The’ French ministry of agriculture has Issued a preliminary report giving the wheat production of France as 352,000,000 bushels, an increase of over 13 per cent over 1901. The crops In Belgium are stated to be comparatively satisfactory. In Great Britain the area under wheat cultivation Is 25,508 acres greater than In 1901. The recent weather through Great Britain has greatly helped its farmers In completing their belated harvests. Harvesting Is progressing favorably In Denmark. Rye and wheat are of normal yield and good quality. The wheat crop of Italy, according to present Indications, will be approximately 130,000,000 bushels. The recent rains In Argentine entirely saved the crops, and it Is expected that the yields will exceed last year by over 40 per cent. Wheat areas In Australia have been helped by heavy rains. Generally favorable reports of comlug crops have been received 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 a considerable surplus for exportation. The Nile flood 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 British government, the crops In upper Egypt are likely to suffer. Whatever water Is available In Egypt will be principally applied to the cotton crop, leaving beans, maize, lentils, etc., to bear the chief effect if the scarcity.