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Show EUl'S GRAIN PROSPECTS POOR Foreign Importations Depended De-pended On to Make Up for Crop Deficiency. By HENRY HYDE. (Chicago Tribune Cable. Copyright.) LONDON. Aug. 7. Crop prospects In Great Britain are very poor. The great drought of early summer, which lasted for a full six weeks, went far . toward ruining the hay crop and did great damage dam-age to wheat, oats and barley. From May 1 to the middle of June hardly a drop of rain fell in the United Kingdom. ; The famous green meadows of England grew brown and parched, and early vegetables withered - on their stalks. The acreage planted was less than last year when the pressure of war was on. On the Baltic exchange, the great international in-ternational grain market of London, I am told that the present wheat crop is rated as good, but that the British government is undertaking to keep the supply up to the need of the country by importing from the United States, Argentina and- Australia. Aus-tralia. It is anticipated it will cost the government more than- the $250,000,000 paid last year above the cost to enable the four-pound loaf of bread to be sold at 20 cents. Wheat trading is barred by the government govern-ment monopoly, but barred members of the Baltic exchange are now engaged in an effort to get enough oats, barley and Indian corn into the country to feed the livestock during the coming winter. The EngllKti oat crop Is very poor, and barley bar-ley is quite as bad. The grass is so poor that hay has sold in some parts of the islands as high as 100 a ton. It is esti- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) EIGHTS a prospects f; ! (Continued From Pa-9 C:. mated that heme-eroxn '- : ha-jsted by December 1. Great Britain will r.eird I the oats, barley and corn ii'&i transport. Very large P-rc'-u" i already are made in the U.-I U.-I for cr.glar.d at prices co-.e:;-.' -than t-.cse recently i rivi l-L'niied l-L'niied States. I am" tcld the Zj-1 Zj-1 mand for corn in Noverr.'ce: a ' trr wi.i te very great. The great drought hid a ts-fct ts-fct on ail vegets'rles ar.d tr Strawcerr.es and other irl: J ' than hair" an average croc. --were --were vcry h.gh. in:e jim V : lade are a part of the r.-;;t the shortage will be kerv t-j rr. a r. u ;" a c t u r e r s went far iS. i : fruit ir. Eelgi-jrr. and K-:"sifV expected that the pr-;C-3 c: mz much higher this winter. Another startling result r.' was that forest and rr.-ac : out in many parti of the in.-hundreds in.-hundreds of square mfi o: c-:u: burned over. Baltic experts say that rr-.z -Swciicr. and Norway are rr.-:i :-averse-e t-oth in quantity zzi In Norway, the goverr.rr.r-t been entirely removed arc rr::.:: Wheat and all sorts ct izri rz r :n great cerr.and. only available sh;p:-:ng. Th-- strike of all ?.grl:'.'.:-i: is still in progress. As & rr. Swedish government hr-.s iz's:: bill in parliament exter.imr rj of tradinc ir. wheat an-i iZ :. ur.t:: Ai:rjst. 15.0. It is imrssible to find -.o:- h o r : t y who takes an o r ; : . r the s it u a t ion in Great E' the p a r i i a rr. e r. t a r y c : rr. rr. i : - re n tterir.ir. row :n sess::-, F": 1 Georce Robert; testitir-i tl""t ! i:icreAe in prices cf ad c:-rr.:-v inevitable, r.o matter wh;i: ; control was continu-'i ar.i not. Ke auvo-:ates stricter c"" " prices as small as pcssiMe. |