The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-30 00:00:00

the blight seas after manifested, the Ise weather'
broke up about the 3rd of August, just when its con-
tinuance was of the greatest importance. Heavy
rains, unusually heavy for this country, and high
winds beat down the crops exteusively, and immense
quantities of the grain were knocked out by the gales,.
This having been followed be heavy showers and a
close temperature caused the grain to sprout in the
ear more than it has been known to do for some
years. Thus, early in the harvest, it became certain
that the quality of a large proportion of the new
wheat must be inferior. September found much of
the crop still in the fields. (lend old wheat began
to rise in price during August to the extent of ss.
per quarter. It was not until the end of September
that one of the most tedious and expensive harvests
on record was brought to a close. The quality of
of the wheat harvested proved so bed that it
ea.:. fur less than 30s. the quarter. Yet the yield per
acre has not been bad, though the weight per bushel
has not been satisfactory. From 41bs. to slbs. per
bushel teem than last yeas's wheat is the general
mei.nate. In Yorkshire and northward the wheat
crop, however, was well got in; and the crop, espe-
cially in the best wheat districts of Scotland, has
proved very large. Barley has been injured by the rains,
though 1 think not to the mune extent as the wheat.
Oat s do not, except, perhaps, in the fens, form any great
part of the English farmer's saleatee produce, but
they were more or less injured by the wet weather.
The oat-straw, too, so wend for stock, has been
much damaged and deteriorated as fodder. Both
barley slid oats produced generally large crops,
while beans and peas have been far below the
average. Potatoes have failed extensively, more so
than any year since 11443. Indeed the potato has'
now become a rather expensive luxury rather than,
as formerly. the cheap (cod of the bulk of the
poorest classes. During September, though the
would be authorities on the corn trade affirmed that
crops in the Narth of Europe, especially in
Iturei9, and in America, were very good, the fact
was that prices abroad were too high ,to make
it erofialble to jetport wheat into this country
fur sale at the then prices of our market. The neces-
sity fur dry wheat to mix with our own soft corn,
however, kept up a constant demand for foreign
wheat, but the supply has not been so large as was
anticipated. The revolt for September said coati-
dently " open ports forbid the possibility of
scarcity ; hence, it is evident that any im-
provement in present rates is wholly out of the
question." Yet, on those rates an advance of
trout Se. to 10s. a quarter has occurred. So
much for that prejudiced notion that in
estimating the probabilities of future prices, it is
sufficient to say, " Oh, the ports are open ; we can't
have any improvement in prices." Yet in all this
there was not perhaps quite that simple stnpidity,that
sheer proteetionist prejudice, we might suppose ; for
1 have reason to believe that extensive speculations
in wheat were undertaken several months ago. In
October it was admitted that the shipments of wheat
from the north of Europe, between that time and
the setting in of winter, could not be very great,
and that the stocks of wheat in the Baltic ports had
been reduced to a narrow compass; and then the
protectionist organs allowed " a moderate im-
provement in the value of breadstuffs," and that
prices were not likely to be lower than they thee
were for the next six months. At the same time it
was agreed on all hands that the consumptive demand
for corn was large and steady, and that the trade in
grain WWI very sound. October was on the whole a
wet month, and from the lateness of the harvest
as well as the unsettled weather, there was much
less wheat sown and autumn ploughing performed
than Mu been usually executed of late years in this
month. 'flax was especially the case on the strong
soils, fur on the light lands a breadth of wheat, per-
haps not very much leas than in ordinary seasons,
his been gut in during September and October.

It was under the influence of the moist autumn
that the crepe of after-grw attained a luxuriance
seldom seen a? England, and the effect was to pro-
duce a great rue m the price of sheep and in a lees
degree in that of cattle. But, apart from this tem-
porary cause fur such an advance in the value of
stock, there have been others of mm-s enduring cha-
racter in operation. During the low prices of the
two last years great numbers of young stock, in a
vast number of instances but indifferently fattened,
have been forced into market; and I have no ,
doubt there is some truth in the opinion rather ,
extensively entertained that stock is comparatively
scarce. It is certain, too, that better farming, which
implies and includes the keeping more stock, is
extending slowly but certainly ; and the great profits 1,
which hare this year been derived from stock, espe-
cially
sheep stork, havecevea an impulse to stack I
farming. -I wish I coal at the same time my that
stock management was also improving as it ought,
for no one can p into Smithfield or any other cattle
market without being struck with the enormous
proportion of the animals there sold to the butcher
which art• in little better than store order. This
thriftless system of disposing of stock just when
they are beginning to feed profitably to the feeders
is amongst the most common mistakes of farmers,
and one they must correct if they mean to derive, as
they ought, direct profit from stock. November
proved still more wet—mare wet indeed than any
month during the present century, the fall of rain in
the midland districts having been upwards of six
inches—than the two previous months, and a
complete stop was put to nearly all kinds
of out-door farm work. And this mouth
thus pissed away without any wheat soothe; Mos
estimate Irstai that. sorts °Eland, est
than emo-third elf the all
whole beau emu. men
The mime of moisture had also been Sea Se Have
injured the plant of the early sown wheats. The
wheat trade then became firm, and a modiste ad-
vance in price was established in Nark-lam Sheep
and cattle had by this time suffered a good deal from
the incessant wet weather, the former showing sigma
of foot rot. Many farmers whose wheat bad bum
much damaged now applied it to the feeding of
cattle, and by Christmas the show of fat stock was
better than usual.

One of the most notable changes mei= fealties
of transit have Readmit' ia the meat
markets, sensida u the immesee rd moody
killed mist trammilied by • way. Ibmieg No-
vember it is betel lime as lies than dis=l
amuse et nisei enived in Kemple mod
markets ham dill ant gado et lie esmatry, mad ia the
face of suck eggnog pdas hem bus grade* ad-
vancing. Ralik fat, tsq is ammesimmee if a ihiling
off in the unpueb of tenser Ibma see h Allamisa and
Raves, bas maws* an important rime in
an event event which. I believe, will pave Weida to the
farmer, by giving mall fattened meat more value
than far NOM UM* pact ; the MINI fat, from its low
rice, having hies regarded with indifference.
December. the, set quits us wit as the Dreading
month, bee mdbmii is mei frees rain, that no
lost ground in eat Arst hem yak mil he recovered,
and at tbAs mimes& I holism bee net sae-bait the
usual and Waft et mbar whoa bee been
mown. Thai is imprint* slaws of is.. is. to
lib pee quarter should be the summit, is enteral, and
rimy hisses and balers rigid a still farther rise
m certain.

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issal wet has readmit it voty dillkult to know
what to do with stele sheep, and I fear that as bl-
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