The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

There hr a been some activity evinced amongst the
farmers this week in thrashing out wheat to meet the extra-
ordinary demand at all pork' on the east coast for export to
France. The machines hays been fully enpged from an
early hour in the morning until late at night, showing that
they are satisfied with the present prices, and wish to take
advantage of them as promptly as possible. As such they
will soon have en opportunity of testing the exact yield per
acre. The quality tempts the export buyers to purchase all
they can, whilst many millers look on, taking just as much
as they want for their immediate use, in the hope that the
French dammed will soon cease, and that then they will have
a better opportunity of getting into stock than at present.
The deliveries will perhaps be large for two or three weeks
more, when they will fall off, from the busy occupation of
the farmer. with their autumnal sowings. They may now
select the finest wimples for seed ever grown in England,
with the hest choice of sorts on record. No risk of soy not
growing this season—full-bodied grain and well matured,
with everything to recommend as extensive a sowing as
each farm can find room for io its regular rotation.
At the present value of wheat most money can be the
quickest raised on thrashing this article, and on that account
there has not been any greet increase in the deliveries of
barley, although a somewhat larger quantity has appeared
and, as the deinaud for malting is on the increase, the
sotto command very full prices. The opeuing rates of the
season are not only maintained, but rather exceeded, and
there does not seem much prospect of any material variation
for some time to come, except on the socoudarydescriptioes,
which were prematurely ripened, and these are not likely to
work so " kindly" as the better sorts. The brewers are all
anxiously waiting for uew malt, and the dei..and is likely to
be very extensive, probably throughout the season. In the
north of England and Scotland the quality does not shine,
and the run will be on Kentish, Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk.
Hitherto the first of these counties has produced the beat
sample, some of the selected qualities, Isle of Theriot, having
weighed 57 to 57i:be. per bushel. There are not yet maul
samples showing low enough for grinding purposes, and this
demand most be left for foreigners to supply from the south
of Europe, where they grow little else, although such a
season as this would give them an opportunity of procuring
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Oats are coming out more free, than usual thus early ;
the Lincolnshire farmers, having grawn en increased quantity,
are supplying London pretty liberally by the railways ; and
the quality being excellent, they meet a pretty ready sale,
in spite of the large imports of foreign. The crop has
turned nut a remarkably good one, and there will be plenty
left at home for the winter consumption, besides sending
away an abundance.
The pastures have become very bare, and green food is
wares ; but RS showers have occasionally fallen during the
week, and more rein on Saturday then for some time past,
an improvement in the growth of grim may give a better
bite before the winter Nets in ; whilst the root crops will be
also benefited by the favourable change in the weather.
Winter tares will be more extensively planted this year
than of late, the sample tieing excellent, and the price low.
These 'deices may, on the whole, be considered tolerably
cheering; and the "agricultural prospects" are certainly
truth better than they were twelve months age, and many
farmers will have been " righted" by the propitious season,
and, for them, by the fortunate rue on our fittest wheats for
our near neighbours, which prevented prices going down as
they might have done for a while without this aid. Our
millers generally have missed their mark, clearing out their
stocks previously in order to be ready for a fine quality,
moral% autivipited am the crops progressed to maturity, but
have allowed our French neighbours to run off with the
prize.—Mork Lane Express.

ROYAL FREZ 1106PITAL, GRAVR-INN-ROAD.-
The number of patients relieved at thin hospital during the
week ending Sept. 21 was 2,927, of which 1,124 were mew
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