The Shortage In The Food Crops

The magnitude of the food supphes of a nation is not very easily conceived. We get an approximate idea in the imports of Great Britain. In 1889 no less than 58,000,000 bnshels of wheat went into British ports, and flour to the value of $41, 000,000 has ciiculated in English bread pans. It is calculated that the shortage in wheat in the erop of 1890 wül not be less than 100,000,000 bushels. Potatoes are placed at the same shortage. Fruits, vegetables and berries are credited with a deflcieney of 100,000,000 bushels. Europe reports 233,000,000 bushels lacking in the average pótate crops, and the wheat crops as being 80,000,000 bnsbels less than the annual con snmption. Should these figures be bul approxLmately true, they indicate a gravity in the sitaation that the coming yeai will very pertinently show.