The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-23 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTI:

This week opened with a rather more unseaelli
, rain having fallen during the previone_aw
buaPtee day held up, and no more wet until the erne
On Woodsy the morning was cold and bracing, modraluk
proved fore ; wind northerly ; thermometer 44
early, and 62 at mid-day ; barometer up Wag
Field work would progress somewhat extenelvetz
remnants of harvest in the late distriets of
gathered in to some extent, with the spriagiewa
going up in as good _condition as the winter-sown meow
earlier. In BootlatahLracopme was al=bsihit
condition than the was secured • Tel
day morning wee and fogy, after a ekishoigai
frost, and the day was favoerawi for &Mumma 1111 ft
Our advice, on that day from the West Biding of Ya,
shine were : " The weather lint" Sunday Inalliing halm"
fine and sheep during the days, with very cold fahs4.
even down to freezing point, as was the case this
when there was ice in the prima where the molten re
ellitiLldly eveninett rain." From ths
Riding of the same county: " Weather eines war hmt,,,
been remarkably fine and dry, and famous are now bad,
aaanpeed in wowing the land for ante= sowirt
ogriculftrarmarketa are consequently only somayoft
plied with hoese•grown produce, and this is likely to
the case until seed-time is over." From Lancashire it me
stated: " The weather oontlnuee favourable. The reams%
of harvest are being gathered up in all directions, tail%
land is at length getting into order for planting magi
crop of wheat. The prospects of the farmer may Snob
regarded as favourable in the outset, and the coming pes
may compensate in some measure for the digester' widg
have been suffered during the pest two mouths." pent
Northumberland it was written: " The weetber tide
but dull up to Saturday evening, when somerain tell; Oa
then it haibmn TM' fine and frosty. The wind has mA
from N.E. to S.W. arid N.W." Wednesday we. II ti
simony day being everything that the farmers could VA
prom our &deices stated, on that day,
weather has hemline from Friday to
_yesterday forenei
when heavy spin set hi. On Thursday we lad,
thorough in the weather. Rain set la at 8 ail
and lasted all y, putting a oomplete stop to field mil
tathiswooM Drove serviceable to the hears isoi
w been hardened by the frost after Levin be
ploughed, and could not be harrowed. Our advisee
that day from Stowmarket run thus : " We keneZzir
autumn weather, and farmers are all busily e
field operations. The attendance at our markets II
week was consequently not large." From Weremannk
it was stated : " The weather has continued vet" i
during the week, and farmers ham been buy pre*
the land for wheat sowing. To-day we have bad ewe
hours of cold rain." idyl was a damp morning,
rain in the afternoon, eld work could p
From the Haat Biding of Yorkshire it was obtar
"The weather is remarkably fine, and famous en e
busily engaged with autumn sowing, which his tkus
ed under the most favourable auspices." Turn
Crilliding our &delfts were merely thus, "Potatoes
mach complained of ; turnips good ; pleutT of eme
Judgment this yew." Saturday was • thick, dull,
damp day, but without any rain. The worst now rosy
conjectured of the diaastrons harvest, a long lad very
pensive one, but as the corn trade has at lest bees row
and priors of every description of grain one amid=
higher than at the same period for the last four yon
is to be heodpecl that the tumors will be in soma dives
nom for the anxiety of the past two months.
present aspect of the trade is more eneounging, so
the French having come again to the rearm al
some of the finest wheats for both amid and the lam
this demand goes on prices will not stop ern wbws I
are.—Mark Lane Beim".

MARKE

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