The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-05-24 00:00:00

APPEARANCE OF THE CROPS.

BittiroaDentan.—The wheat, though backward, looks
exceedingly well, with the exception of that afar
fallow, which haa gone off very much, and in many
instances 441130 i be a full crop. Barley and oats very
good where sows early.
Bunn—The crops are more backward than nasal at
this time of year, but on the whole the weather has
been favourable for wheat, end I anticipate quite an
average crop in this neighbourhood, which perhaps lees
straw than is grown some years.—John B. Spearing,
Hamilton Road,YErleigh, Needing.
Present appearance of the wheat orop not favourable.
Not • sufficient plant in much of It; several plass have
been ploughed up. Some pieose of barley and ate look
well, bat the wireworm is doing much mischief.—Janne
Hulbert, Stratley. near Reading, May 12.
Davon !Farm—Wheat. • partial failure. Many
fields thin, some ploughed up, others fully planted and
' looking well. Oats regular but backward, much int.
proved by the late rains, and wCi now advance; the
some may be said of barley—P. Cowan, Lawstak
Manor, Barosteple, May 16.
Eatxx.—The plat of wheat hAs suffered much, and
a great deal has been ploughed up or drilled with ate,
be., on the wheat, end is generally looking yellow and
no promise of a good crop. Oats arid barley do not
tenerullr look well.—Sainel Jonas, Crishall Grange,
Saffron Walden, May l.
Dotutrraflute.—Tbe wheat crop about here in the
chalky
.district is about half • plant; most fields are
very this, im patches that are scarcely worth standing,
end some fields have been ploughed up and mown with
apnng corn the plants now look very healthy, but do
not baud out writ for want of some warm weather and
rain. The thin patches, when the rain conies, I export,
will throw outlet* shoot', which will cause peen lan at
harvest and an 0110•011 maniple. The wheat in the
strong clayey soils is mostly • thick good plant and looks
well ; the plant on the light moils is very much Ito.
Pr tint, in apparent*. The barley mostly looks yellow
from dis frosty nights. The early mown oat, look pro-
mising. The winter latches about here are nearly all
killed ; I sowed about 50 area, which are all gone. The
=angel seed is generally pot ia well, but aloha rain
to bring it up. I never remember sheep feed so short
in general; many large sheep farms will be obliged to
feed mat of the young grass, which ought to be out for
hay for neat winter. The land is too dry to plant out
out drumhead cabbage plants for autumn feeding.—T.
11. Saunders, Watercombe Farm, Dorabeeter, May 10.
HallTalliat.- -Wheat sown after lea rather thin of
plant, but rapidly improving, the prospect is very good
on cold strong land, and all loamy sods in good oondi
tion. Barley is a good plant, put in at the right time
to give a malting sample, searoaly any being sown late,
the crop however requires rain. Oats • good plant, and
all sown in good time; this swop Mao requires rain.
Winter beans damaged by the frost, asap. in • few
eases; spring beans late planted but taken well, and are
now ell hoed in excellent season. Peas of all aorta • good
plat, rather late, but now making rapid progress owing
to the favourable weather for hoeing. Trifolium and
vetches, very late, a very brooder plant, and promise
altogether a poor produce, being so much damaged by
froct. Clover for bay an excellent plant, rather late,
but very promising, *aid we get a timely rain. Clover
seeds for the next year ere pat in seder the mat
favearabie airetimetaaceer the lend bg/...) very aft
and fine the plat la very ilia seal Potaore :
early sorts eat down by the night frosts, the drop

implanted with the best possible prospect. Mengel:
larger breath than usual, planted with the lend In the
finest tooEitioo. Cabbages sad kohlrabi for geld salters
are a failure up to this tiros, the fly having sawn every.
thing as fast a. the seed vegetated. Joseph Blundell,
Lead A lest. Southampton. May 10.
WlLys.-1 consider that the Wbstt stop in this
district looks very bad. Moab of it is thin on the
rrourd, and • considerable area het been Ploughed DP.
Some of tbe low lands look well. The Barley stop. now
that we Si. getting a good fall of rain. will probably
be Pretty good. The bean coop Is very bad. Green
food of all descriptions for estee and sheep is very
seoree, and most of last year's hey bee been consumed.
Water meadows have been fed off and are now lekt up
for hay. Early potatoes bees been much injured by
frost. Cents Combes. Timber', tialishury, May 11.
RRIZTO/IDI4IIIIL—Of wheat hundreds of Urea have
been ploughed up and put to other tom and, with few
seoeptionu that which remains is too thin and weak to
attain more than half a er•IN

K le‘ T. FAST. —Slme ',brat han pleughed up,
and the appeatance f • greet deal morel. not Boob to
to justify our expectiog more than three-fourthe of an
average er.m. Harley et ',relent is meat more promis-
ing.—Wm. Hamer, Ft, Peter's, Margate, May 10.
LI NCOLMIPIIIIIL —The wheat t lent on the better soils
in this neighbourhood is looking well. On the peaty
soils there has been a great loss of plant daring the
past two menthe, some fields were plongbed up, and
many others it would have been better to have Acme so,
for tiutf erawtot be more than half a (cop.—V.:omits
Aitken, Daeoy Farm, Spalding, May
Noarot.t.—Erpto within the last few days the wheat
plant has looked remarkably well, but owing to the late
wrens frost some of it begins to look rather yellow. 11
'balm never seen the barley plant look hetter.—Samuel
G. Stearn, Brands:Men, May IL —EAST. —I think we
moat be worse off (as regards wheat) in this district
than in any other part of England. Hoeing my 30
years, experience I never saw such • failure in planta.
--.Wm. COM. 13aoton Abbey, North Walsham, gar 11.
SALOP.—Barley, peas, end oats, are looking well ;
winter beans thin and blighted. Wheat varies mach,
• few geld, looking very well (hat they are the cusp-
tints) ; • considerable breadth ploughed op and Rosen
with spring grain ; the generality very thin ; the prow
peel for wheat bad.—'rhos. Nook, Futton House,
111)bifnal, May 11.
ROBIZT.—Whess, barley, and oats on well-farmed
land, and when not too thickly sown, are looking re-
markably well generally ; but on the e(mlk, gravel,
penr land, either light or heavy, and badly farmed,
with all the l•te sown crops are looking very badly
Indeed.— Edward Hilder. Flerbridge, Woking. May If.
Summit. —The wheat crop in this neighlemrhood Is
very inferior—thin on the ground, and plant very weak.
John Brotherton, Roe* Hill Observatory, Roberta.
bridge, May 13.
WoacasTra.—The Wheat in this neighbourhood is
very much improving. The barley is excellent, oats
goad, antumn•planted beans • failure, spirng-Planted
promising. IL Hudson, Vandyke Court, near Pershore,
May 12,
(Sine. these reports were written a great change for
the better has undoubtedly taken plase.—ED)