The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

The week opened with a tolerably fine day, but
at night some heavy rain fell, with the wind from the
S.S.E. Monday morning was wet, with showers in the
forenoon, and accounts from the midland and northern
counties were very diastrous as to the state of the crops.
Tuesday was a very showery day, with strong breezes from
the S.W. ; thermometer 58 degrees in the morning, and 62
at mid-day ; barometer as low as 29.6 inches • and our
*deices were most unfavourable. From the West Riding
of Yorkshire it was stated :—" Sines Friday, the
weather has been very unsettled, with rain more or
less daily. Sunday and Monday were fine and breezy, but
with heavy rain in the nights following. To-day smart
showers have fallen ; but there is a blink wind. Every wet
day is now a very serious matter to thefarmers and the corn
trade seems now to be good. Let us hope that Providence will
soon favour us with a change,so long desired. No carting as
yet done in this neighbourhood." From Lincolnshire :
" The weather in this part of the country gets worse daily ;
and there is no mistake now about the matter, that serious
injury and loss are being caused by wet. In many fields
the barley is growing at the bands of the sheaves • and the
colour of the grain is damaged, so much so, that if it is
ever got dry, roalstera will not like the sample. In the
northern part of Lincolnshire, two-thirds of the corn are
yet in the fields, and on the heavy soils the carting it away
will be a work of difficulty." In Lancashire, all work was
suspended : " Wind S.W., quite a gale, the barometer
being very low." From the northern part of Suffolk :
" The weather continues most unfavourable for the latter
harvest, and a large breadth of barley is still unsecured.
The crops of both wheat and barley are badly reported of
in the yield." On Wednesday the weather was fine
up to 1 p.m., but afterwards showery, and no harvest
work could be accomplished. From the west coast
of Scotland it was remarked : " We have again had much
taro, but to-day is more promising." From Norfolk :" We
have much rain this week, with a small offer of grain."
From the East Riding of Yorkshire: " Weather very wet,
and our farmers complain bitterly of the serious damage
already dove to the outstanding crops." Thursday was
mostly fine, scarcely any rain falling, and some carrying
of damp grain was proceeded with. From Ease: it was
stated :" A great deal of corn carted to-day, and in better
condition than during the last fortnight ; the barley has
lost its colour, and will be unfit for malting purposes, and
the quality of the new wheat is much complained of."
From Buckinghamshire: " Whether is very unsettled still,
and corn in the fields, say oats and barley, very much
sprouted." From Worcestershire : " Continued wet,
night and day, has now done irreparable damage
to the greater portion of the new crops pre-
viously unsecured, white wheat and barley suffering
most from sprout. In this district there still remains
a large quantity in the fields, whilst further north a very
email portion only is housed." From Suffolk, near the
coast : "We have had a wet gloomy week, but yester-
day and to-day were fine nearly throughout. Harvest in
this immediate district is almost concluded, but 011 our
heavy lands quite one fourth of the barley is still abroad."
On Friday morning early the weather was very wet, but
from 9 a.m. until the afternoon it held up, when showers
again fell. Our advices from North Lincolnshire stated:
' Weather is fair; we have neither wind nor sun, both of
which are necessary to put the corn in good condition.
The quality of the wheat is meetly good, and where
stacked before the rain, will come out, if allowed time to
dry in the stack, a good sample. That got in now is stained
and sprouted. A few samples of barley appeared to-day,
dark and damp." In Yorkshire the wheat is much grown
in the sheaves, and from the East Riding it is written :
" The weather continues most unfavourable for the
harvest operations. Much grain remains in the
fields, and the quality and condition must be greatly
deteriorated." From the West Riding: "Since Tues-
day the weatberhas been somewhat better; rather showery,
but with more wind, which will do good if it dues not shake
out the grain where standing uncut." Another account
from the same quarter says : " With the exception of
Wednesday, we have had another week of moat unfavour-
able weather, and it is quite clear that unless an imme-
diate and permanent change takes place, our Yorkshire
crop will be beyond recovery." Saturday was a fine
autumnal morning, clear and breezy up to 3 p.m., when
it became showery, and from that hour carting and carry-
ing was suspended for the remainder of the day. On the
whole the weather has not been quite so disastrous daring
this as last week, and from the anxiety of the farmers to
secure something or other whenever a few hours of dry
weather occurred, some amount has gone up in poor con-
dition. Tr is, of course, will have to be kept in the stack
until the frosts of winter or spring winds have dried it,
and rendered the sample fit for the market and use of
of I the millers.—. Mark-lane Express.

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