The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-09-15 00:00:00

Pt E HARVEST.

The crop in Stitlingshire is now fully twty-thirds cut,
end one-third limed. Wheat, oats, and beans are fully
an average crop, and of excellent quality. Barley is
truly a superabundant crop. A number of deliveries have
been made at 19 stobes and upwart!s, of 17flbs to the stone.
On a field near St. Nitilan's, of Arc acres, ttilly eight bolls
are produced fioin the acre, of the great weight of sit.)
stone Vlbs., of 1741ba. to the stone. From the same farm,
in the two preceding years, not above five bulls an acre
were produced, of 1174 stones a boll. From another field
out of nine pecks sowing, 134 bolls were produced, but
not so heavy as the above, as a part of it had lodged..:—
Glasgow Cironicle.
A correspondent states, that in a journey of more than
100 miles which he made this week through part of the
counties of Somerset and Wilts, he saw but one field of
that had not been carried, and that great part of the
barley and Oat. were Ltfely gathered in, and in sonic places
the beans. The crops are abundant, and the quality is
I excellent.—Brirtel

The weather, since our last, has been very unfavourable
for the harvest, Tuesday being the only day which could
be called fine. On the other days very frequent and heavy
showers of rain took place, but on Wednesday as severe
a storm of rain and wind set in from the north-cast. as we
almost aver remember. From noon on Wallnestlay till
day-light on Thursday, it rained incessantly, and nearly the
Iwhole of that time the rain fell in torrents. After mid-
night the fury of the storm somewhat abated. During the
morning of Thursday the tveatlmr cleared np, and the
latter part of that day was bright and fine. The quantity
'of rain that fell on Wednesday IV.IS very gnat, and has,
completely levelled the corn in many place's to the ground.'
This state of the crop, together with the circumstance of
vary little or no corn haring yet been secured, causes
the future state of the weather to be a subject of the
greatest anxiety in this neighbourhood. As far as we can
learn, this tab' has lacen very general.—Newcastlei
Chronicle.

Since our last a good deal of corn has been cut in the
neighbourhood of tins city; but we arc so say that we
have, within the last few days, experienced a succession of
heavy rains, which, if they continue, must totally d:stroy
the hopes which the previous fine season had encouraged,l
of the harvest being brought to a successful termination.
We have had either more or less of rain every day since
Thursday, the xd instant. On Friday it was so heavy
that the streets were overflown in a few minutes, and in
some parts of the town the water rate in streams nearly
deep. On Sunday night the fall of rain was con-
siderable • and it rained incessantly from twelve o'clock at
noon on 11-edneselay until four o'clock next morning, when
it cleared up. On such days as the farmers have been able
to cut their corn, shearers' wages have been very high. On
Tuesday so much as Ss. sel. and 4s. W 39 generally paid.
The river Wear was much swollen on Wednestky and
Thurstlay.—Detehant Chrunick of Satard2l.
The weather has for some days been rather broken and
showery, particularly en Wednesday, when it rained almost
throughout the day; but very little injury has been sus-
tanned by the crops, which, fora considerable extent round
this city (Carlisle), have been for the most part cut down
and carted in excellent condition. At a great distance,'
however, (specially in the neighbor ;.00d of and beyond
Brampton, the harvest is not quad), forward; but as',
nearly everywhere the grain is ready far the sickle, only a
short time will be necessary for the reaping and gathering
in of a crop, which, both for quality and abundance, has
seldom been equalled, and nut surpassed for a great num-
ber of years.—Carlisle

A briskness, we are told, has attended the recent sales of
estates in this vicinity, and several have been disposed of
upon terms commensurate and in some instances
lx-
yond the expectations of the selhrs. The same has been
the case at the late sales of farming stuck and personal
property generally.— Wurcesler
Price of new potatoes in Edinburgh market on Friday
morning 8.1. per reek ; -green peas Is. Gd. ditto; rasp-
berries Is. Gd per pint ; apples los. per buslwl ; pears lib.
ditto.

Sitter SMEARING.—The sheep farmers in the south of
Scotland are discontinuing the practice of smearing. A
number of them abandoned it three years ago ; and their
stock has been as healthy as before, while the value of the
wool has been much augmented. Two-thirds of the thx.ces
of noxburghshire were unsmeared ; and the wool said at
20s. to sets. a stone, while the tarry wool of the remaining,
third brought only Ns, to 14s. 'the difference between
the two modes is illustrate) by the following cases :—A
farmer, in the highest and coldest part of Littlesdale, who
grazes So score of sheep, and whose fleeces averaged about
74 to the stone, sold in 15.43, 2.10 stones of smeared wool
at Ss. Gd. per stone. The sum be thus realised was 1061. ss. ;
hut on deducting the price of the materials used in smear-
ing, and without allowing anything for servants labour, it
was reduced to 761. ss. In IS'2l, the same individual sold
178 stones of white wool nt 18s. a stone, and for which he
received exactly 1601. ; so that the derence between the.
two years, and on the same flock, amounted to no less e
sum than 831. 15s. sterling. The manul'aeturers of Gala-
shiels, llawick, &e. are very anxious that the farmers
should resume the vraetice of shearing their lambs. The
wool, of even an ordinary lamb, is worth from 2'2tl. to 25.,
and, with the view of obtaining an additional supply of
such a valuable commodity, the manufacturers of Ilawick
have commenced grazing lambs on their own account.
zPr sixo or THE ISt vER CLynz.—Such is the power
of the new machine applied to that purpose, that in thel
course of a few days it dug out above 7000 tons of earth,
and cleared away the bank extending opposite Finnieston,
to the length of 140 yards and 40 feet wide, thereby. deep-
ening the river nearly two feet in all thatspace. The con-
sequence is a safe navigation where vessels were formerly
apt
to take the ground. A perceptible difference is also, in
consequence, observed in the flow of the tide, it flowing
I and cbbi:ig earlier and me* rapi%:ly•