The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-30 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE Oa

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T - e weather during the past week having bee-feet'A°
could be wished, the grain has come fast penclitA:er
and a large quantity of all descriptions has orest,h"
carried in first-rate condition. Should thenfie
longer'
we now enjoy continue for a week or tw te-A4l
bulk of the harvest will have been secured•
of new wheat, in excellent condition, arnounti°,,o,reiato
quarters, the produce of ten acres of land inct"o-03 6300
bourhood of Sittingbourne, and weighing 1,,„r- 1.0
641 b. per bushel, was shown in Maidstone
Thursday last. The potato disease is now to ":sd
almost every field planted with that crcp '
therefore, expected that the yield of the muo gr't
sorts will be very small. Turnips, and all trtboa"
crops, want rain, the land being almost parch"Cl' ttl°'
hitherto there has been abundance of feed for
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The weather has been cold and unsettled du -
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r. akn ..r+ the bast week. heavy A '
fallen, and there have been occastoo..l --;"-,111•Proj
blew steadily for some days from the cold o°"it go
but latterly from the more genial south-west. fot
few fields have already been cut down, and but
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broken weather a fair commencement would hare al
We bets
made with harvest in this neighbourhood. op, A„/
to learn that the potatoes are not only a fine -ireoter",t-,j,
generally speaking, they are "all right." ',ad 0,/"J,
waQ, with a trifling exception, dry and brig,htYvf,ffell'r,
get•ier wore a more promising aspect.-0/aB9°
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The weather for the last few days in the Ile 01 Mr
hood of Leeds has been by no means so fine i-svestel
rable at this season of the year, and the fin:cceel‘ t'er,
which prevailed up to the early part of Ils'ehsrbe'der
been succeeded by that of an unsettled thouft
and during the week we have had frecluel'"ve bees
showers. Fortunately, ho Never, the rains `ettsl,l
accompanied by fine drying winds, and the off s ‘f° re.
crops 11,s consequently nut been so injuriouoo3%Fphe a,
have been the case with a close dame gt,afetsiro
Beyond protracting the ripening of the corn 008 crcbrer
ing harvest operations, we do not hear that e oeotoll
have suffered much, and a brief space Of 00003
would release agriculturists and the pub— tioset'o'
anxiety, but with a continuance of the presentireo
state of the weather the harvest must he dr, it clje
late and to a period when it is probable dry to
be all but impossible to house the crOgn so" 00
some of the cold localities which the e:lrrner.,„Fial
reaches the crops are yet green, but in the v7'ecoo, 100
they are changing colour rapidly, and Will Tyre oo
favourable weather, be ready for the sickle.° yet bipet
there a field has been cut, but operations arsire Roy 0
means general. Beans are looking well. oeeer!rted
hear any complaints of potatoes, they Web', vercy
healthy appearance. The hay harvest tu°Y t yet le
as over, though there are a few odd fields an ,;pg
Leeds Intelligeneer.
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GREENOCK.—A very high westerly Wind, ifp °pie°,
at times to a gale, prevailed during all SAO
cel'eeliatot
till yesterday forenoon. This wind has beell*eve 6el 00
by heavy showers of rain, and in some Pilefferts'ea 10
corn have been seriously prostrated from its dolog Sr
Saturday there was a good deal of reaping jiver eroP
d fferent quarters of the county, and in die teefletti,
potato lifting was proceeding with alacrity'iet.---
being, of course, for an immediate 03" e rig
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During the week the reapers have been bu cv op
tbe
generally throughout the county, though,- 1000%eter;
storms may have temporarily stopped OW Gleuevro
Sunday night a heavy storm passed overder °Weest'l
and on Thursday night there was a Wl° w ever,
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considerable violence. We have not, -100
that any damage has resulted.—Gloucester

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