The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-07 00:00:00

NEWS FROM TER FARMS.

The find the folit;Wing igrieniticral nixes in the
Scotsman : _

11-imLormarf.—The weather daring the past await
has bola as favourable far eke sowing of wing ant as any
on record. Frew the Bth to the 10th the nionslegs were
bray, and at the TM and 20th thin was • homy 111 of
rain end sleet, whoa the Lasameravair Ms were **
severed with new. Only (1.1) one ask and w Mnf of
rain kin isfles, the greater put at de Was law 1
oat Ile lass* the temperstare may be isesdbed ..V4
been Mid, Mang oa vegetation, while the Woes of the
kabalism lave been all bat anialerrepted. Wllla the
aimilien dm* Gelds buiey, elacet ;earylliksg eke has
been sewn ; last peer at this dim seat kraus wane only
abseils begin. TM Rang wheat and oats awn liell.Litser
lost week Marsh are 'Wady above
dog a heathy braird. The water arally awn
=wheat are as vigorous and es mai** as add be
The quantity of land nada wheat is deidedly
elms at merege ; a oomiderable opt ban been sewn in
pine elbefler, end Rola this leam hes lea abed-
Idol for oats. Omni fields lave plaid wish pots-

toss, and probably a mach larger breadth than usual mil
be under that root. Young gram, In many Instance., is
about telly stocked with ewes and lambs, and it is lucky
that it affords them a fall bite so early, as turnip are now
rather a scarce commodity. Then is a pod demand, and
fair prices for lamb now reedy for the butcher, bat fat eat.
tie and sheep are still as dull of tee, end at es heat-
ing prices as they wen a month ago, and it Is di/mat to
say whether el not they will at all improve foe some time to
caw Grain markets have been small, sod jdem
have re Listing about statiosary. The pow* is.
gerdiag the rental of ferias la this county has bees the
oddest of mash comment. Though containing tom mime
serum it Is generally allowed to be substantially cermet. yet
two people agtee as to the ewe of farms let iog at
iesressed reels in the hes of diminished pricesfor all desselp
doss of ',dashers] produce. It should be remembered
that the ateliers price of wheat for last crop was 61a. N.
per quarter, *bile in 1842, only six years ago, it wee
48s. Ild., and I. 18321 t was but Me. 45., in 1834 42•
and in 1836, it was only Ma. 74 —all this was in spite epee-
%WM. A correspondent suggests the railroad as a cense
why mats may stand a still further rise. The refined is un-
questionaliy a great boon to the county generally (whatever
it may be to the shareholders), but not a tingle farmer keeps
one horse fewer than he did ; as for es this goes, the rad-
ius-4 seems to have operated like the steam thrash-
iag machines when first introduced, the horses
me retained on the farm and the owner only i
warn how he got on at all previously. The fact
Is 6114 at present on all well-managed farms there
are more men sad horses employed per We, and mere out-
lay incurred, than there ever wen at any previous period.
By &sizing end superior enlthratioe, the actual value of
any fame has been of bile met* increased, and in more
ass glee asse new Isoents Moo stepped in to nap the ad-
vantages of the improvements made by the old omen. In
Ilerelohire also, farms have lataly been let at advances on
the old rents of from 124 to 25 per ant., though it is re-
marked both there and here that the balk of the new
tenants are persona who have not been previously engaged in
agriculture. The estate of Lonigniddry in this county has
been lately purchased by the Earl of Wimps at 60,000
gainers, being fully 40 years' purchase of the free rental.
At all events, it may reasonably be inferred that there is no
present likelihood of any great portion of land going out of
cultivation under the tree-trade ripsaw.—April 2, 1849.
W 242 Lormax.—The weather during this math has
been remarkably favourable foe every farming operation ap-
plicable to the season ; and In particular we may state that
the sowing of oats has been completed under the most prlpi-
dons circumstances. This grain, which has been deposited
in- it is to be w5l by pushed 1,-

a dry and wean bed, .6 la to be hoped - J 3 pia, by
the late reins into a rapid and rigorous vegetation, the best
security against the ravages of the worm, and indeed spinet
any future check from untoward weather. Bean sowing
was neighed at an early period of the month, and oar barley
land is in a forward state of preparation to receive the seed.
In some cams a considerable breadth of potatoes has been
planted, the wisdom of which, however, is questionable. A
whole potato may lie with impunity In a cold bed, bet cut
isle atisis, ItVE. under similar circumstances, often bleed
to death bean germination commences, or produce a
sickly shoot fines the iatroduction of draining, far-
mers have generally evinced a disposition both to sow and
plant before therein sufficient heat in the ground to product
a sound growth, and the consequence often is that the young
grain crop is sometimes unable to make head against vermin
or refavourable weather, while the potato drilla are de.
formed blanks and spindly shams. Our young wheat hav-
ing received no cheek since the last report, has maintained
its very favourable appearance, and with the exception of
that on a few stiff clay et we never saw the ground
better stocked with healthy plants. Pastures are coming
away freely, although thy yet offer but a scanty bite.
Young grasses also promise fair. Our stock of turnips in
almost exhausted; this root has kept remarkably sound
throughout the season. The cattle market being over-
stocked, and the demand slack, the price of fat has receded
since oar last report, and may be quoted at 51. Bd. per im-
perial stone. The sheep market is also dull, and prices
lower. Plow pneumonia still prevails to a considerable
extent amongst cattle. Grain markets are flat, bet prices
remain without alteration since our last report—March 31,
1849.
Firs .—Th• weather during the last month was every-
thing that could be desired by the farmer, and the opera-
tions for the month have been executed In first rate order.
The beans were early committed to the eon, and the oat seed
in ease districts is far advanced, and the recent showers
have made the land week very kindly. A good breadth of
barley has been sown after green crops, but the greater part
of the crop sueoading wheat will be left over until the be-
gleam of next month. A great breadth of potatoes have
beta already planted, which is much earlier than usual, but
hitherto the result of early planting this crop has been to
render it much leas liable to suffer extensively from disease,
than when it is deferred to a later period in the ma-
nic. The layers of young gram look uncommonly
well and forward for the season. It is usual to top-dress
now to obtain cuttings for early feed,--soot, guano, nitrate
of soda, and the salts of ammonia, seem beat adapted to se-
cure this end, and where applied judiciously yield a good re.
turn for the money expended. Grass parks have in many
instances, let at anUderably reduced rents, and when we
consider the disease which is still prevalent amongst stock,
this is not to be wondered at. The wheat plant looks very
healthy, and the greater part of the swiss-sown is already
above ground, and the recent showers have beta very prow
dons, as hard droughts in spring are rather rusfaronzable for
the latter portico of this crop, by encouraging the growth of
annual weeds.
The turnips are now nearly all consumed, and the young
stocks of both cattle and sheep will have to be immediately
turned out to the pastures. The turnip crop has paid very
badly as a whole. The pities which have been obtained
for stock are by no lamas remunerating the feeder, for
being high bought in, the downfall in the prices of moat
have been boraely him alone. There is still a good supply
of fat cattle throughout the minty, which win bo main-
tained for some tinge to come on the small remnant of the
turnip crop. eked out by a liberal allowance of grain, as the
present prices hold out a great encouragement to do so.
Lean cattle are considerably reduced in price from last year,
and hoggets bring 4s, to se. a head less. Prices of pain
have been pretty stationary—the large importations have
rendered the trade very dull—and while farmers indi-
vidually rather take a gloomy prospect of their trade, yet
when brought to compete together far land, the result is
not what we might expect, as reductions in the rental
of land are rather the exceptions than the rule.—April
2, WA.

TITRES BROTHERS DROWNEM—A disaster °c-
caned in the Frith of Forth last week, which involves the
to of the crew of a fishisg boat, coexisting el three men,
belonging te Newhaven. The boat was manned by four
brothers. and left Newhaven an Wednesday. They pro-
ceeded down the Frith, as far as Gallant-nem or Feathery
bland, near the Baas, is the expectation of finding emgy -
went as pilots to any foreign vowel' bound for Leith.
beat about during the night with that object, sad about
o'clock on Thursday morning they bailed a foreign vessel,
and having found that the services of a pilot were required,
the eldest brother, George Flockhart, proceeded on board
the ship to act in that capacity, and left his brothers in
charge of the boat. The 'reseal arrived at Leith in safety,
under his pilotage, early on Thursday, and he returned to
Newhaven after the discharge of his duties. The fishing
boat remained is that part of the Frith after the departure
of the foreign noel, the object of the crew being te obtain,
if possible, another vessel to pilot, though a heavy gale was
blowin from the meth-east and the sea was very high.
The WormaiM new were not again seen in life, and ea they
failed to arrive at Newhaven in the comes of Thursday,
slum began to be felt for their safety. The Ant intimation
of the disaster which had mooned to the crew was the dis-
covery of the boat, about two miles off Callum:le, on Friday
morning, by some fiehatmen, eragg before wind and tide,
with her bottom up. It was the opinion of the fishermen
by whom the boat was discovered andhea brought to Ceekensie
that it had been swamped by ahussy sea, and the crew
drowned. The exact locality of the accident is altogether
unknown, as no one appears to have Inhumed it, sad the
time of its occurrence is also a mayday. The body of the
eldest of the brothers who have perished, whose name is
James Flockhart, was found in the Frith on Saturday
morning by a Newhaven fishing-boat, between that village
and Biagbern. The watch found ia his pocket lad
stopped at a quarter to eleven. The unfortunate man were
respeetable sad indnarions, and were held in general estima-
tion fa Newborn, where their aged punt still raids.
The eldest of the three has left a widow and three children.
The next son his hit a widow and two &Urea ; and the
third, who wee about 21 yean of age, was unmarried.