THE PROSPECTS OF WHEAT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2304, 17 December 1889, Page 2

THE PROSPECTS OF WHEAT

A writer In tho N.Y. ■'Post' 1 of October 3, cautlona American farmers .*» follows against "cxpoo'iig that hu r*lie -f wheat will ever ba bettor, except th?oa ; >h ahort crops at home and abroad, and tb»t would only bring temporary reMef to the wheat crowßra. W* mnofc always b?nr m mind that bo long *s wo h ye eny aarplon wheat to exp r , tho country baying It fixuß thu prloe, Uf-t only for iha amuuiit exported, bnt for whvfc we consume Dt Homß. To provrf this we have only to watch tho m .rkei revolts. When wheat \b In demand and soiv. 1 m Liverpool (the whe&t trnrkut iif <h' wcrlJ) It is aotive and In xood deumii In Anie'loan markets, and vice Vtira:i. England fix9B ibe price of out whoat N w 'he qT^atlon arises, what la Eaylmd's condition ? Wili Bha ever be compelled to buy t,l us, or oan she supply her demand fn-ra mher eoaroeu ? Thn tlraa was whrn aha waa otif boat cn«fc"raer; will sho tvir be again ? Eng'and hna been opening a v^st lerrltory In India from whpn. 4 o fho expecta to draw her fafu'o eupp'y oC wbo^t, wherj the has 224,000 OOOncrca of the Qneat when Un^s id ih< known world, with a n->U that !b inexlurjiti^lo and a popuUtl n whose w.-.n-.e ac moot primitive arjd easily snppUe.l ; a couiry from whlah Babylon and JPalroyea drew iber wealth bi-foro the dawn of history ; 1' contributed to the lusro of Rome ; it fi led the btamra and ehopg of Daontouj »nd B*gd*d with fabrics d tho rlohoßf. teituro ard jjw la ( f tho brghhet lustre ; Iti product* supplied the marln of Amsterdem and were displayed In tho shops of Anrwerp. Six yeara ago India did t>ot export one bnshel ofwhe t. Lwt yo;.r aheexportrd 5,000,000 lone. K-jftland has epent »nd is spot ding great snnn m b-iliding railroad i into In <la to supply her p.iop'e with cheap bread. Modern methods of farming are bsiog Introduced. Ploughs, drills, and thceßhere are being lauded at Oalca.ta and shipped to Iho iDterlor to help to inane-roe the product!] of a a. II 'ha; \r«s fertile vrhen Eoaa followed tho ohaio end Jaoob dealt In oattlo.