The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-04 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPICTS.

Ibis week opened with fine autumnal weather,
I and although Monday monolog was foggy, the day proved
fine. Wind N.E • thermometer 62 deg. • barometer .a;.2",
inches. The Scotch harvest peogreeseci somewhat were
favourably, and although there have bees acclaim:ally &Mil
the week showers north of the Tweed, yet a good deal of
work has been done much more (avowable than Juni:lett%
Previous week. In all the home counties plboghimg has rote
on very fast, the land now being in fine medium', awl the
farmer will soon be ready for wheat-sowing. There is a good
choice of seed sampler, and all the favourite sorts can be ob.
Mined at moderate prices. A large extent of various ankh"
has been sown to prepare Steen food for the sang re.
quirements, which are likely to be very large. Wit.
ter tares have been planted more extensively than usual,
although the price has been somewhat high and irregular;
yet farmers never like to be without the crop, be the price
I what it may, as it is invaluable to them ; sad with a g,i,d
I quality, a ewe plant may be relied on, although the seventy
of some winters pinches it. A fair extent of trifolium has
been sown ; and although this is not a very favourite article
with many farmers, yet this season they have put in a
liberal amount. The English was of prime quality, and the
French good. At one time the demand appeared likely to
outrun the supply ; as it would have done, bad riot France
supplied freely at somewhat moderate prior. There his
been a greater breadth of rye sown this season
than for many years past, with a view to nicks sure of a
supply of green food at spring time. France his aided ma.
axially in supplying this, bat some imponen has slipped
is old wherever they could, • little lower price haring
tempted the buyers to sow such, but it may not tare nut
like new, and wiU be loogergrowing. The next thing for
securing • supply of green food has been rapeseed, and this
I has been planted exteseively„ although the price is comp,
'zanily high. The depression in the grain markets is
sadly against " agricultural prospects," but pro.
vender has given way somewhat to assist those
farmers who have to bay all sorts for present coneamptiou
Hey has been brought to market very freely, the high
price tempting the farmers within • abort dietaries of the
metropolis, and • decline of fully 10s. per load has been tee
result. Linseed cakes have ban reduced 10s. per ton. and
in many instances the farmers will thus receive a benent.
Many will resort to feeding with wheat at Is. per steer,
and the deliveries may in oonsmairam increase. There sou;
be plenty of barley low enough for feeding parpostg,
and this description now promises to be pretty low. The
following are oar advises from Surrey, as received on In.
day :—" Since my last the season has been most favor.
able for preparing the lead, by getting the manure e n it,
and spreading, preparatory for ploughing, and sowing the
wheat, and so far nothing more can be desired ; but the
root crops are still showing unfavourably, aotwitstadieg
the wet and showery weather,. which gave them • spur for
• time ; but they are now again looking curly in the leg,
sad of • &tasted appearanee—nothing like the strong Mart
of about thin time last year. The farmers hereabouts and
westward are not in very high spirits ; they do out like the
premed price of wheat, and they have their fears that barley
will not sell so well as they bed anticipated. These thing,,
together with short feed for their stock, bar certainly di.
heartmaed them, sod they caned help looking at the dark
aide as it appear, at prossat."—afara-lane Express.

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