The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-09-14 00:00:00

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BARPORT AT KILLARNIT TO SIR C. BRIGHT.—A
banquet was given on Tuesday evening, at the Royal
Hotel, Killarney, to commemorate the successful laying
of the Atlantic telegraph cable. Mr. H. A. Herbert,
M.P., was in the chair; and amongst those present were
his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, Mr. Gurney, chair-
man of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the Duke of
Manchester, the Knight of Kerry, Lord Otho Fitzgerald,
Sir C. Bright, Professor Thompson, fic.
Tue RARVZBT.—The weather for the part week has
been, upon the whole, favourable; but in some localities
more rain has fallen than could be desirable, come.
quently some scoounts—especsially from the northern
counties—speak in less sanguine terms than previously
of the promxkte of the harvest. The following is the
monthly report of the Londonderry Journal, one of the
most trustworthy authorities upon agricultural matters:
—The mops and the harvest have now proceeded far
enough to enable the northern farmers to form a correct
opinion of most of the proceeds of this year's return of
agricultural produce; and, though the weather has been
very unfavourable for some days, the earliness of the
season is • pretty certain guarantee that no injury will
result from that cause. Most of the wheat crop is now
out, and about one-half of it secured. The spring and
summer had all the indications of being highly suitable
for maturing • full crop of this grain iu our climate, and
yet it is not so. Both in quantity and quality it will be
in most places much under last year. It may reach an
p, but that will be the utmost that can be looked
for. Oats are well spoken of, though at one time it
was held that they would be short and unproductive;
there is, however, a fair average weight of straw, and
wherever the grain has been thrashed, a perfeotly Betio--
factory amount of the yield. Potatoes were never
better. The only year lime 1845 that could compare
with this was 1855, and even in it they were not so
generally good, This is &fortunate circumstance, when we
take into account the large breadth of land cultivated
with them ; and if they had been cut off, as we still hold
they are liable to be, time consequenoes, though not so
bad as formerly, would have been severely felt. Unless
there is • large export demand potatoes must be low
priced. The rain came in due time to promote the
growth of turnips. They are now well grown in the
tops, but a little late in producing bulbs. As • whole,
they appear much better than at the let of September
last year, and unless the autumn should be unfavourable,
they will reach a good average. Flax, with • few rare
exceptions, cannot he called a general crop. Its cultiva-
tion is rapidly declining in the northern part of the
county of Derry. We have not heard of any want of
hands to secure the harvest, but they are just scarce
smash to insure good wages and full employment for
every one who can work. Plenty of potatoes, cheap
bread, and ample remuneration for all industrial aiu•
ployment now bleu the rural districts in the north of
Ireland. From the west the report" ere of the most
satisfactory character. The Galway Vindicator gives
a glowing amount of the prospects of plenty in that
quarter.