The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-24 00:00:00

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On some parts of the Continent harvest reports are gloomy.
In Belgium and ljollmid the crop. hate been seilowdy
by the late heavy rains. lianeig accounts Waite " harvesting I.
pneesallng, and most part of the tprlng corn and wheat
crepe, which are still in the field, w II lie secured In *lamp and
Isul condition. Under such tircum•talwee fine old whmta nill
maintain thigh value. Although ice have taken • considerable
advance before all other market., see ..nnot deny It I. Ju.tilled
by the ninerable and wet winder ruling this year throughout
all Europe." From Hunburgh. we glean " the umlauted
crops, are expired to considerable damage from ...pious rains,
heavy gale., and cold temperature ; particularly rye, a great
portion of which romans out on the &Ida Wheat, Wise,
.oats, being not yet out in this latitode, may yet turn out Isirly,
providing the weather anon changes for the better." Stettin
letter. are to the effect that " fully one-third of barley, and
rather more of wheat, are flooding sit in thaw districts In the
north, which prhie!itally Rowdy thi. market- Complaints of
sprout are curnmt. LON favourable accounts are to hand from
Odense than what we received • fortnight back, owing to a
renewal of bad weather • and from Mayenee we are ads nal
"tie yield el wheat is deceptive, and the quality found to be
ver)eartooo sin being ground.
wheat I.
lower Rhine district. Potato... are for from pn.midetor." At
still ut. The yield s.f roe 1,, better, 4nrebut .vrry'td t'Ord."ll.i'aryf so the
Courtrai there had been much downpour, and mute damage
done to the wheat and rye by it, mining an advance in both.
Even m to the French luoned them a• grochlig apprehend.,
it "will not fulfil all the expectations aforetime conceivnl
respecting it. The straw is good, but the sheaf. arc light, and
anon' but • feeble return In the shape of grain. This is the
remit indicated In themuth .4 France, and in several of the
mod fertile *ant.. 4 the centre and met .4 that F.nipire."
The Sera (kratan Correirienadent, Jed to Want, soya that "lb.
rain whkli has nettinuel for sight Ilay. wiLliout Mier-
mission mer the **hole of the north of Europe has been in.
piri ttttt to the harvsed, for In many didricts the barley, pea..
Mel iota, and in mod the wheat, I. still in the field.; indeed,
in some part* the rye is not yet entirely gathered. Ifere
nod
there, too, sionet,4 dirseeme n be b tuna animorst the liotatont,
whieh &edition estilteki by the wet."
But, when all it, mid end dole, t dame the grain, rtetts, and
suedo altogether, fanner. are ••1 letter off t tan they were
hot yukr. Their pasture. are beat y unit aftermath, their hay
emits never were excelled It, quantity or quality, and room keep
int:muting in she, as Led as ttttt Keep. in tart, is (and
will be for tepee tin), to ewer( sioncraltundant almost every-
where ; hence, we get beef, lentil,, veal, and lamb in much
superior widition to what we 411.1. Still, farmer. are ist,t with'
'let clubtreasetnesit, independent .4 .hort wheat crops. There
is the outbreak of murrain, which ha. los minced a feeling of dis-
quietude among atoce.holders ant we are not satisfied that
tioveminent have mete far enough In pndectise
against further ditamie being import...l tot decimate our flocks
and henis mid ruin our pocket.. Let to. hope for the laot.
The clump in the temperature has permitted the utmost
meth ity mo early faun. where c. real. are sufficiently matured ;
... that tome ricks gladden the est at every hontesteml.
The weather having been fitter, co • lerable invitee has
been made with harvest-mark during the present week, and a
large quantity of toneluee ha,. beetl stacked. Several panels
of Pete lataluee ha* e been ',it vale ilk the Canal markets of the
kinolona ; but the quality L. indifferent. and Iran no coon.
pans.. with the superior prodono .4 lad yew. The en,. I.
now being hare...tell in fair ettelition ; but the veldt... 4 the
month .4 June ha. materially lightennl the crop. and
dimini.hol the total yield. Thre ho ii,, doubt ttf the einem-
stance that the ) 11 wheat in this country is below the
•verage, and that the deficient') here mud he made up Is,
warellenta‘l important., Inn. abroad. Thu. far, the rapidity
of telegraphic coniniuninations la-lot" pniducti, eof ttttt one
benefit Is,, its, and ha. chocked ..tectolation to a lame extent.
When the dealer, in cereal produce Icel !tectonic comitieed that
the crop here en. not a wetisfact.try tsir, lan'., orden were im-
inediately tranenittnl to the tor.lueitog markets, and the nsmit •
Is,. leen that the quantity of Meat ar.tertalmod to be *float is ,
mow a. much as 91.10.000 quarters. Tlii• lea very large quantity '
for the peri.al of the year. and In Mi. rmitect the late rise in
prim. will lia*e been extremely nailicial, for it will bring ,
large of produee forward lefore the weather sets in,
and lefore the navigation I. in man) tens. ehood. TIM welds
the upward movement in the salocof wheat ha. been ehecked,
partly by the sinumstatoce that Ow eeather has beeketie inure
tettled. but mon, chiefly by the lar‘c quantity of wheat afloat,
and by the pmspeet of still hazer e.• ttt it ig forward. '
There is not, however, h pnrytect that the eplikeig
will give way at pre.soot, to any e*tt.nt. Ikkr alien the Millain it a
little More aileatietti, and when the,,, nen begin to ikiter.ite
mom mteodedy, a ...re curate know edge will be sequins'
of the character of the present snit. From the hoed
point of the year, the advanet. in tht ialue Ettirli.ll wheat
hao lisett considerable. In April and ilay tau. Englieh white
wheit, weighing 6411 e, per louslieLea) tat. perquarter. It
l.n,w e-orth n 0... to ,;is. lmhlvatis,g, therefore.. rim ,if 14., to
12.. per quarter. TIM+ akirpeee it important. and price. are
now sutheiently high on thi. tillv to attract abundmt oupplie.
of pnaluce from the proshielim market.. The trade for spring
corn has been Orel, and at. hiss, commanded rather mono
tummy. Frment howm.r, are sit likely to be
tallied. the meounts respecting the cropo being.' a sand...tor)
character.
The following figure* Arm the aVerage price% of Enitheb
nt..t, barley. and tan, in England anti Walm for last week,
compared with the four 1eve1.,.. year.:
lam. lbOn. 1n67. 1806. 186 S.
p. P. p, d. e. d. a. d.
Wheat ttttt 52 0 55 0 .1.1 4 .. 50 .. 43 I
larl.'"te.rintnZdtirthatair"rd"ingt .""last ny'ea'urr'sin'all:ult.ntlaatit wentheat have
p. le'tettet:‘.
pared with Isll7-0, there is • falling off of about e,000,000 cwt.