Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1888 — EUROPEAN GER KALS. [ARTICLE]

EUROPEAN GER KALS.

Ay-Review of th< Crop for 1887-India's . . Product and Export h. "Edmund Jnescri. Consul-General at Vienna, Kas transmitted to the Department of State certain data gathered from the 'reports of the seed and grain convention, held in-that city, relative to the condition of European cereal crops. IjffAus-tria-Hnngary tbeyieldfof wheamor the year 1887 is estimated at 107,000,000 bushels, an increase of nearly 25 per cent, over the average field of that •country, while 125,000,06<r bushels is the estimate yield of rye, also a considerable increase. In Russia, rye has yielded an [average •crop, barley is of exellent quality, but the crop of oats is poor, an d the prospect of potatoes is not very promising. In the Scandinavian countries the average amount of wheat is produced, but rye and oats fall far below the average. > The wheat crop of Italy is poor and the import demand of the country for the cereal will amount to about 30,000,006. The corn crop its about average, and the country will have a surplus for export. The wheat crops of Switzerland and Holland are above the average, while that es northern Russia is below. The wheatcrop of France is large, but a considerable quantity of wheat must be imported toaneet the home demand, as the quantity^in store is very limited. In Great Britain and Ireland an average wheat crop is expected. The total yield is estimated at from 9,500,000 to 10,000,000 quarters, so that after deducting th® seed, 8,500,000 to 9,000,000 quarters will be left for home consumption, and the importation -of from 16,500,000 to 17,000,006 quarters will be required. The English wheat in store is believed to be very nearly exhausted, and the'foreign wheat in store in England is quite limited. In British India the yield of wheat for 1887 is estimated at 6,390,695 tons. From January 1 to June 30, 1687, British India exported to Europe 9,679,516 hundred weight of wheat. The exportation of certain qualities of hops from Europe to the United Statas has of late increased to a considerable extent. The

increase from Austria-Hungary alone during the year 1886 over the . previous year amounted in declared value to $66, 257. The total amount of hops exported from Austria-Hungary to the United States in. 1886 amounted in declared value alone to $188,915. It is with wits as with razors, which are never so apt to cut those they are employed on as when they have lost their edge.