THE WORLD'S HARVEST PROSPECTS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1626, 5 December 1882, Page 2

THE WORLD'S HARVEST PROSPECTS.

; Thb yplurnio'anmiallytifcsue&byMuaJoriy (Estienne on the crops of the world in 1882 has been published. It 'is~ ' a quarto ■volume of«ove.i' 3oo, pages, and contains reports fr6fn { 14 coiMies/of' whM 13/ ■ are corn-gfowing^coimcrie^vin Europe, and the other one ihV united States, from which we 1 get so large' a proportion* |of our breadstuff. All round the reports 'are far better tlian those of any previous year, and the promise shown is one of abundant yields of all kinds of con/, biit' of wheat especially, So far as France 'is concerned,^ repj}yj^,^re_ given _froiu the various* ; .Wlieat I 3I 3 Fespprtcd ' very good in 20 departments, good in 47, fairly good in 11, medium' in 10, and bad in bnlyMi ai?e>v3ry^gdod'iift22 de^ partments,, good in yft^fajMy, good in 2, passablein ' 1, medihm iii ft] and very in 1. Maize is not largely grown, and then only" in' the sou'fch* This' crbp'is in 2 'depai'tments very good,, in 25 good, in 3 fairly good, in 5 medium,' and in 1 very medium. t "«Ryeisvveryegoodnn B "6 I 'depart^ ments, good in, £2,) fairly -good in 10, in 1 passable, in 7 medium, and bad in 1. Barley ,is very good, in 15, ( departmeot%' good in 46, fairly good in 9, in 4 mcclhjmV in 1 bad, and in 1 very bad. jFrom Great Britain the results of 450 inquiries give! a, 'figure: picture) of the crops, 100 being taken as representing an average crop. What is 92*2, against 90 last year ; barley is 95 "4, against 110 -last yeati; oats are, 105 "I, as .compared* with 80 last year j and potatoes 96*4/ against 08.' • The crop- of MieaVis estimated to produce 10, million quarters. for) actual consumption. In Scotland the harvest 'will be a>go'6d' 'one: ' From' 'Ireland the reports are bad, wheat being , under average, but oats v an 3 barley/ werp likely to yield well.- , Potatoes here will* be r under average, while ,th,e acreage planted l wiWbe , smaller/; lii "AusMaHungary wheat is.good bdthV for quality and quantity, and thdsame may be said 'of the other crops. ~ Thh r is ( generally the case also so 1 far as Italy' is concerned. In the Turkish provinces on the Danube the-, harvest is the best ever known, better even than f the l^aijyeat, of 1867. In Russia v lieat'aud oats are good crops, , but rye and barley are bad. ' • From Ger- ' many the reports arc most favourable. In Switzerland the crops are only middling ; while from Belgium and Holland good all round harvests are reported, In Spain the harvest is a bad one/ owing to drought. The best crop\of wheat eCer gathered in naY been 1 gro^n in the United States,, ,nnd even the wonderful harvest jof, 1880, is.* likely to be exceeded.' All over this' northern hemisphere, jtherefore, -the ; harvest *ias good, and our breadstnffs are confe-g q ucntly, likely to, be. , both- cheap, and abundant.