Salt Lake Herald | 1890-11-23 | Page 5 | The Supply of Wheat Falling Off

I Tho Supply YFhcat Falling Off The indications aro that tho day of heavy surplus production is fast waning Our wheat crop in 1874 was the magnificent mag-nificent total of 512760000 bushels It has not J kept in that upper notch and in the year 1880 it figured a maximum yield of 490500000 bushels We have a greater population by nearly 15000000 than a decade ago and the increase of home consumption would necessitate a larger I yield and not a smaller It is not likely I that we can add very largely to the annual an-nual product The wheat areas are fairly occupied excepting those north of Washington Wash-ington and the possible service of the I arid snbinountainous districts when successfully suc-cessfully irrigated I I The Canadian wheat fields have an enemy in Jack Frost and some sections j j of the Dakotas aro far from being like the valley of the Nile The fact is we are being fenced in and in the matter of food supply except meats we are not i likely to glufthe markets of the world vith a surplus of wheat if indeed the time does not soon come when we may have to import to m et our d flcitAge of Steel