The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECT&

(From the Ysr!•ls.sr Erpress. )

The week opened with a very breezy day ; but
the night was think and threaten*, blowing a heavy gale
from the mouth-weak which amens to have been acute in
many part of the earth of England and Ireland, where it
was accompanied by some rain. Holiday wee a fine warm
day, sad harvest work proceeded span in all the early dis-
tricts. Thermometer, 70 deg.; barometer, 30 inches ; wind,
S. W. to W. Tuesday was a dry hot day, sad reaping went on
extensively. Our advice, from Suffolk state : "r he weather
has been very forcing sioce our last, and wheat reaping is
now generaL The accounts of the quality are uniformly
unfavourable, sad about three-fourths of the growers cots-
, plain of a deficient quantity ; from the most careful
estimate we Gan form of the rerun, wheat will be at least
' four bushels per acre below an avenge crop, or 12 bushels
per ace below that of last year. whilst the natural weight
will also be omaiderably leu, and thus make the amount of
food still mon deficient. The barley crop promises to be
unuarllv abundant, the fields are full of ears, many of them
laid with the weight of earn ; the quality, however, will be
poor and coarse, lulus we have mellowing 'floweret* improve
at. &aware very deficient, and although the breadth of lead
nectar them is larger than anal, we look fcr oily half a crop,
from the effects of blight and vermin. Pees are better, and
some Adds yield well; we estimate • full average quantity."
Agate, ham another part of the memo coeaty "Wheat
emitting will commence an a week or tea days. The
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far a good crop is not sovery anoaregbag." Freat Tr-
fordahire the same day it was remarked:—" In refereacie to
the growing crops, wheat is generally thought, we heavy soils,
to be quite, or rather over as avenge atop, bet on light
soils, such as mad or gravel, it is %ght sad below as aver-
age ; quality will be fur if harvested well. Barley is geese-
rally a good crop as to quantity, bat 1 thick the quality will
be canna. Oats are mot above threafearthe of a crop.
Bean I. many fields an ideated with fly, and
will not be more thaa three-fourths of a crop.
Peas aa avenge amp. All kinds of too* rim
and cloven an suffering very much for weal of rain."
From Norfolk on the same day it was written :—" I find
harvest is oomroeocing in this neighbourhood, and the
mope an variously spoken of; they see ripening unevenly,
and in some mess prematurely, so that we shall have a
varied guilty ; still lam lachoed to think a fair avenge
yield wall be the result." From Onneentenhire, on Wed.
nesday, it wee dated, "The weather is fins, sad wheal
cutting is general in thin district." From Nottiaglism-
thin, co the same day, it was remarked: "The
weather then hat week has been favourable for
the crops. A smell quantity of rain has
but a good downfall would be highly beneficial foe
kinds of vegetation. Cutting of wheat has communed,
and an average yield as looked forward to.* Fran Suffolk,
on Thursday, it was stated : " The weather continues bat
and dry no rain. Wheat-settle( is gang on around as,
sod wall be general throughout Ude district on Holiday
next." From ',other part of the awe county it was
stated :—" The weather continues fine aad forcing, without
rain. On the forward lands harvest has commenced, and
in a few days will be general throughout this district."
Friday peeved the hottest day of the mason ; wind W. ;
thermometer at mid-day iv the shade 78 deg. ; hexameter
30.10 in. From the West 'tidies of Yorkshire at that day
it was observed, " 1 bad a rand amospt the crops last
night, and mw some very good wheat upon the low lead,
sad we farmer told me be never had batter than this year.
But this good news is only very partial. Harvest will be
pretty gaunt betwixt hen and Desionter in the coons of
out week." From Lisecleabire on the same day it wee
remarked—" Harvest will be general during next week ia
this district. Crops must cot up very light. Barley looks
better than it did a short time ego, being more uniform in
its colour tow. Turnip promise very indifferently ;on all
, strong soils they are a complete fallen. Pastures so bad
1 that main people bare pin their beast into the fold gotta"
Saturday was hot ad tonna. Thus the week has been
scorching, aid a great want of rain is now felt.—August 6.