The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

A smart shower was experienced early on the
first day of the week, bat it afterwards was fine and breezy,
warm end genial. There was some slight drizzling rain on
Monday morning; the afternoon was finer ; her. ;at inches,
tber. ($8 deg., winds S.S.W. Our udvicee on Tuesday were
as under from Spalding :—" Sill,* my last report the wea-
ther has been fine, foreleg the growing crops to maturity.
The harvest will be general in a few Jaya in this district.
We had a few shoe era to-day, with the appearance of
more rain." From Hull, the same day :—" The
weather during the week has been exceediugly warm,
and the crops are fast ripening. During the night
we have had some heavy raise ; wind west." From
Ipawich, on the same day :—" Our farmers are
very busy securing • glorious crop, and the scud-
ding clouds, which threaten rain, have kept a good
mauy at home to urge forward the housing of such
fields as are ready." Wednesday morning was threatening,
with some slight showers; some heavy ratty bad fallen in
various parts of the country during the peat sight and on
the preview day, which checked harvest work materially.
Our advice' from Newark state: "During the past few
dye the weather has been unsettled, and • good deal of
rain bee fallen, most opportunely for the grass land., which
were suffering from the long drought. In the more for-
ward places both wheat and oats hove been cut, and there
is eve"), probability of an abundant yield." Harvest work
woo stopped on Thursday moron*, • good deal of rain
having fallen throughout the previous night. The day
proved cloudy and dull, but the after part breezy, and the
barometer was ',lightly ribiag. Our advice' from Suffolk on
that day state " With beautifully hue weather harvest has
media rapid progress ; • large breadth of wheat has been cut,
end a fair proportion carried. On Tuesday night we had •
nice rain. Yesterday was flee, this morning we have showers,
which, although interrupting wheatcarry log, will be of great
benefit to the barley and root craps. Some early pieces of
barley have been cut, and in a few days this crop will be
ready for the scythe." From the same county nearer the
coast it was remarked : " We bad • nice steady rain to-day,
which will materially improve our barley crop, but will
stay the carting of wheat, and prevent the early
supply of new which stony anticipated bad the
weather remsinded dry. The reports of our crops are
favourable, and our growers consider it will be a yielding
year." From North Wales, neighbourhood of Ahergebe, our
advice' state: "The portions of arable roil grazing lands
are about equal, and the crops look well, the wheat
especially, beieg well fed and of a good bright colour. Har-
vest commenced on Thursday week, but only partially ; next
week, if the weather (which is wet at present) should be
fine and bright, like last week, wheat cutting will be gene-
ral." Friday proved • warm muggy day, with slight rain
at one p.m., but it turned out tolerably doe throughout the
remainder of the day. From Devonshire it was mated the
wheat was in ; but much having gone to stack, must there
remain fors abort time, as the weather ham not permitted