The National Register.
London, England, 1821-09-03 00:00:00

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT,

.m.mONID
In the most forward districts, wheat harvest com-
menced about the 13th, butjenerally it will be full ten
days later, and in the north, September will rather be the
harvest month. The quantity of straw is said to be large •
in most parts, but from the spring and early part of the
lull er being unfavourable, and the subsequent beating
down of the corn by the rains, the wheats have received
consiilerabls damage, and, it is now said, will not prove
an average crop, with the additinsal misfortune of the
quality in all parts being more or teas deteriorated by the
uiseases consequent upon sucb seasons as the present—
mildew and smut. Barley, pulse, and tares, are expected
to be full crops; oats more generally ligiu, and the hay
harvest, northward, has been also light. After-grass
universally plentiful, from the rains which fell last
month, benefiting equally the turnips and potatoes, both
which are now protnising crops. Of the hops, accounts
vary so much, that they deserve little attention , the fair.
est presumption may be, that the crop will be fiat as large
as at present estimated. Live stock of every kind con•
tinues in the utmost plenty, every where fully equalling .
the demand at most reasonable and still declining prices.
%Vool very (lull in sale in most parts, in others mending ; .
notwithstanding, a fin.: sample from Vundietnatt's Land
hls lately fetched the extraordinary price of los. 4.1. per
lb. a price greatly beyond the hest Saxon or Spanish, air!
a most encouraging specimen of production from that
IllOn thriving and promising colony. The depression
among the tenantry is at no rate mitigated by the pros-
pect of the wheat crop ; and some over anxious spccu
lators go SO far, as to augur an i 111 l of foreign
corn iii the ensuing year, an apprehension for which,
at present, we can discover very little grounds, even
should the crop on the ground fall considerably below au
average. Time cultivators on the Continent are under a
similar depression with our own, and prices sinkiit4
daily. Their crops have also been infected in a similar
manner by atmospheric vicissitudes. The beautiful
weather which we have bad for some time past, will
prove immensely beneficial to the country.

LAMENTABLE AGRICULTURAL CONFLAGRA-
TIONS.
Tuesday last a large rick of new hay on the farm of
the Earl of Bridgewater, at Nettleden, near Ashr.dge,
liens, having become over heated, took fire, and horn-
ing with great firmer. soon communicated to an old
rick of hay adjointott, and both were consumed.
‘Vednesday, diUM: eleven o'clock, a fire b.oke not at
Warner's Farm, Great Waltham, Essex, occupied by
Mr. Thos. Mx occ..stoned by the over-heating of a
stack, of hay, containing nearly fifty loads, and which
stood a short distance from a barn, in which it continit-
oicated and did convderable damage. 'l' twi engines ar-
rived in time to.arrest the progress of the devouring ele-
ment, otherwise much more valuable property would
have fallen a sacrifice.

On Tuesday morning last a large stack of hay in the
farm yard of Nlr. J. Brown, of Pudding Norton Hall,
near kaltenham, was discovered to be on lire,. and hay
to the amount of 2001. was destroyed.
On Tuesday afternoon a very alarming fire broke out
upon the premises of Mr. Richard Brettingbarts, Esq. of
Mendham, Stan, near Harleston, occasioned by -hay
being stacked in too greets a state. MOW sixty tons tit
hay, with stables and sheds, fell a prey to the dievourim;
element. 'lnc halt which had caught fire, was pre-
served by the timely aid of the engines.
Ott Thursday se'unight, at eleven o'clock at night, in
consequence of heating too sii)1C1111y, a destructive iitc
broke out in a large and valuable hay-stack on the pre-
mises of W. MA9OIO, Esq. of Necion, Norfolk. Pre-
cautions had been taken to cut and fag Ant the sante, but
from the quantity of narrow leafed plantain the hay con-
tained, the evil, it is thought, continued to augment,
and finally threatened the destruction of 4401 worth of
fine new and old hard land hay.
A fire of a very singular but alarming description was
occasioned at Camdown, Essex, on Monday last, from
one following circumstance :—A person %%Mr held in
his hand a bunting glass, directed a child to put a piece
of parr :IA Mist a barn, opon which he brought the s,an's
rats to hear in a manner which set the paper nit fire,
when that part of the barn being much covered worn
moss, the blaze was cot 1111 l tmicated to the th itch ; anti
and thei barn with a stable adjoining were thas tit; illy
consonted. The Rocliford engine arrived on the spot
shortly after, tut owing to sonic defect it was rendcurl
useless.

A out midnight on Satnrclay last, some abandoned
person set fire to a large hew heist-hovel, which was
covered with a thJusand faggots and several loads of
strap, in the farm-yard of Mr. iNin. When, of Threck-
ingham, Lancoltislitre ; priwideht, illy the fire betnt dis-
covered early, was prevciw,l spreading to the oilier pre-
mises. Tiiere is reaso.l in simpose the fire was the dia-
bolical act of an incendiary, in consequence of a divine
which had arisen the day Wore respecting the employ-
ment of Irish labourers.

An instance of the predVection of rats for strong ale
occurred to an innkeeper of Stirling. lie had, about.
six weeks rgo, placed on the fluor of an old malt kiln
a 30 pint cask of ale, to bring it in a fit state fl,r
bottling. To his astoaishinent, on going to the
cask on Wednesday last, he found it nearly empty,
for the cork was vilibled away to a small shell. which
only remained in the cask. The innkeeper had
fr;:quently seen the rats in merry groups, frisking
and gambolling about an adjoining grannary,
but never dreamt that they had made themselves
groggy with his happy ale. 'Day had the sagacity
to make a small hole at first, awl to enlarge it as
required, for it did nut appear as it any of the ale
had dropped on the door.

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