The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-24 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

The week opened with a fine breezy day, cooler,
and with fresh wind from the north-west ; night very
fine, bright and moonlight. Monday was also fine, and
quite autumnal. Wiod N.N.W. to N. ,• thermometer 62
degrees ; barometer 10.20 inches. Much harvest work was
got through in prime order in the northern counties.
Tueeday continued fine and breezy, with a lower tempera-
ture. Wind from the N.N.Z., with a very high barometer,
up to 30.40 inches, occasionally cloudy, bat much corn
carried in the northern diatriets. At 11 p.m. a smart
shower was experienced. Our advice" on that day stated,
from Norfolk : "The weather sine' Wednesday last has
been changeable, with a good deal of rain at nights. Some
amount of grain is still unsecured in the fen districts."
From Suffolk : " Harvest is concluded, with the
yield of generally unfavourably spoken of." From
Northumber : " The weather was fine up to
Wednesday ; since then we had heavy showers
of rain every day, except ymterday ; to•day it was
showery and cold ; wind N.H." On Wednesday the
weather held up, after some rain in the past night. Our
*deices were as follows, (rem the west coast of So.-•rand :
" A change to fine weather here, which somewhat affects
the trade, and it was more quiet." From the east cast
it was stated, "In all the lower districts of the country
the harvest is now general, and much grain has been out
during the past week, which we are glad to report has been
moat favourable; little or nothing is yet carted." Thurs-
day was a breezy day ; cloudy at times, but with no rain-
fall, and the northern districts pushed forward their har-
vest work vigorously. Our advice. ran thus, from War-
wickshire, " With the exception of Saturday evening lest
(when far a short time rain rune down in torrents), the
weather has been fine since Thursday last, and favourable
for completion of the harvest; with very few exceptions
it is now all gathered in this district. Barley, pees,
and oats may perhaps be considered an average crop ; but
the deficiency in the yield of wheat is now an undoubted
fact , it is, therefore, useless for others to endeavour to dis-
guise it, and to the sharp night frosts when the wheat was
in bloom may be attributed the canoe." From Suf-
folk, near the clout Although harvest in this district
is over, sad almost forgotten, our supplies of all grain still
continue of the most meagre kind." Friday was cloudy
and breezy, but no rain fell. Our advises from the East
Riding of Yorkshire were :—" The weather has on the
whole been favourable this week for harvest work, so that
the Drops now nearly all secured in this part of the
country." From the Wart Riding it was stated :—" I was
out in the country again yesterday, and found the harvest
nearly completed ; but the yield of wheat disappoints our
farmers very much. One tenant who expected 60 loads (of
three bushels) off six acres, only got 36 loads ; another who
expected TO loads off eight sores, only got 45 loads (being
o* two and seven-eighths quarters per acre). Some barley
has, however, yielded five quarters per acre. We have bad
no rain sines last Saturday night, but the weather has
been very cold, with the wind from the north and north-
east." From the neighbourhood of Wisbech our advice'
ran thus :—"Since my last the weather has been variable,
hut on the whole dry and suitable for gathering the crops
of beans and potatoes in good order, as well as for the
email perUge drain relating out. On Monday, in the
marshland districts of Norio& and Cambridgeshire, some
wheat and oats remained out, but they will no doubt be
got up by this time, and thrashing now proceeding more
rapidly. Complaints of the short yield thatinne, but
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