The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-08-21 00:00:00

THE HARVEBT.

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In the most forward duitriCti of Ehg'•ad c insider
ebb progress basl already been Wade to tee berverthe
of the crop., which coauu.ncei in tit> first work oi toe
present mouth, eel the wore has now IteCoele gene:al
in ad but toe I .te>t perm of direst ILiteiu. The weather,
so far, bee been in toe main eavourable, • porti .n of the
Wheat Crop haying been safely necked in good condition,
while swept • of me new groin have been produced in the
markets. A.Mough thrashing hag nil Wen proceeding
with medicinally to adord much evidence as to toe yieei
of the wheat crop, end not at el in thecaaae of thenter
crop, experienced observers are now in a position to
eatichate with approximate accuracy the result/ whizti
may be expected. Teo of the agricultural papers have
collected retail" how nuudrede .4 correspondents
realdmg in various pert' of the country, end many of the
countxy p•pers bate ph:dished sllndar evident* from More
Whited ram/. In their men fester •ti times retains agree,
and they .11 Confirm to • rest exteut the earlier ,mple•
sonic. to the character of tee taerV,lt lOrtited by com-
pel •nt observer.. le one respect, he . early
expectetiotte have been considereuly modified as tee
Cocoon he advanced. At the end °f lung, weem the Wheat
crop had blesdued tauter favourable cUnd.ttnue„ there
semel to be • go.l, prospect of s pr odlic yield of grain 1.1
proportion to .traw ; for &though toe crop Wad by no
weans a hoary one, heir steadies pieces of whoet Were
the rule, end very thin or very .1 ,0% were the eX.00.41.111.
I hentiore, aS the ear, were of futiy •verege • ea, anti had
bit:Wined Well, It wes hoprd that toey wodid toe MLA with
linfortunateiy, the wet end cold waste., which
prevailed in July falsified theme expectations. Rut an
ids later stage, mildew, 403- toe Crop t • iddlo.l4
ex ant, while iojurious iirsecte did cot fait to do thew
umal work of detrucuoir, awl ihe truce& atiou of the
ears we farther dau noliod by the utoetasoueule character
of the weather. Tue Chalky...l.CA is tit .t tee eais wit
almost everywhere thine nt Well del eCtiVe, White WWI Ale., •
is usual, have sUC:red mast ; Morel de, a sutall
with • largo proportion ot idler:re to it, I.OOW hulem.y.
The acreage or the Wheat Crop, t to, Is Iree tam usual,
though the official Agriculture It.turn.. published on
Saturday, show that toe deticiency is teas loan at we
believed to ue, th, area heoillg 2.613,11 i *cue egateit
3,003,90.1 acres in 18S2. end 11,8115.81 et mere tit Mil.
iu neotlend hervest preepacts are about on • per with
those of England. le lrelaud they *ere better anti till
about a Week MO, Whoa S teetitellloUll downpour of rein
beet all the bast of the crops down It the eroded, doing
incalculable mischief. Both into. Chitral State, mad oo
tee Continent of Eareper geuerolly the 'onset crop 111
deficient, while other crops promise well. Eggeting stocks
of wheatiere too large for any snx.ety lobe uen.tuned 1.7
tee certainty of • ah wt crop for the prosaic year. es prices
on Mark Lane Coin Excuse* sullicieugy show. Oa the
who e the fruit* of tue earth are ebuielaut Mid year, sad
the cute' anxiety new is ea to the Weather hp to the vied
of herVeate