THE WORLD'S GRAIN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1773, 22 February 1888, Page 3

THE WORLD'S GRAIN

Edmund Jassen, Coobol- General at "Vienna, has transmitted to tbe Depart* ment «..£ State certain data gathered from the reports of the International Seed and Grain Convention reoently held ln that city, relative to the condition of European cereal crops. In Aastrla-Hungary the yield of wheat for the year 188!.. is estimated to amount to Iff.OOO'.OCQ bushels, an Irj^re&qo of nearly 25 per cent ovpr the ftv<*rage*yleld of the ooontiy, while 125,000,000 bushels Is >he estimated yield of rye — -lso a considerable Increase. The crop of oats, however, is hardly sufficient to cover the home demand. Ia Prussia rye has yfelled an average orop. Barley is of excellent quality, bat the orop of oats is poor. In the Scandinavian countries tbe avprgge qonount . of wheat is profloged, butTrye and di^ts t*\\ ' far l)elow tfie average. : The; whe^t Stofa of Italy Is poor'aod the Import d* mand oi thdoountry for this cereal v*lll amount to about 30,000,000 bqshels The corn i«rop is ahoye the average. The wheat crops of SwlfftsrUnd and Holland are above the -»ver«ge. while -•*-* _# Northern I^ia l» v— — * °| j crow **» ■"•■ -o.ow. The wheat _ _. a: ranoe ia large, but a considerable quantity of wheat must be imported to meet the home demand as the quantity m store Is very limited. I a Gc_a^ Bxtta^a and Ireland an average wheat drop of 32 to 37 bushels per aore ls expeotfid. against a yield of 26.8 bushels la 1886 . The total yield is estimated at about 10,000,000 quarters, so tbat after deduct. i'th- the seed the importation of aboqt 17 QOO 000 quarters will be required to meet the home consumption. ' Barley kiljl yield tap per ceot, less than . the usual average, and oats fifteen per cant loss Io British India the area captivated m wheat is estimated at about 25000,000 I acres and the average yield, of wheat at 7435.000 tons. The yiald for \m fi •»tlw»t?d 1. 9, ,00,695 toof^