The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-25 00:00:00

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Mtn-LOTHlAN.—Harvest work is now proceed-
ing rapidly, and reaping is general aver the early
and middle district. The barley is a full average
crop cf apparen.tly fine quality. Wheat is also an
average crop. Oats are light, and on several farms
iu exposed situations, where the soil is light, the
crop is very poor, and even in deep soft soila it is
below the average. Although there are exceptions
in general this year's grain crop will bulk less in the
barnyard than that of several years past The
few showers which fell on Saturday and Sunday
were very unequal in amount cf rain or extent of
country over which they passed, ar:d have had little
effect on turnips or potatoes, which are suffering
from draught.

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MARKINCII.—Iinder the very favourable weather
of late the crops have made much progress, and this
week harvest has been generally commenced. Last
week a few fields and some patches of barley were
cut, and on Saturday some carrying was done.

the ripening
of August has hastened
warm weather which has prey
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beginningtown during
Numerous fields of barley have been reaped near the
The yield of oats upon of the grain with astonishing rapidity.
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few days harvest will be general in the district.
districtof will be in
in either grain or straw, for in many instances the
and the
frosty mornings and excessive heat during the day
past
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have ripened the crop too soar. Barley, however,
to which a large breadth of ground has been de-
voted, will be the most bulky
allowance.
quality of the grain
a number of years, and the
generally will be very fine. Oa the farm of Farr
and Milnab several stacks of barley
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CLACKMANNANEHIRE AND VALE OF DEVON.-- The
fine warm weather experienced for three or four
days in the beginning of last week had a wonderful
effect on the growing crops in this locality, mellow.-
ing the colour and filling the ears. Warm, however,
as it was during the day, a sharp pinch of frost has
been felt at night, or rather early in the morning,
and fears were entertained that the whitening pro-
cesa was being obtained at the expense of a full ear.
This, it is hoped, will be counteracted by the heavy
showers that have fallen since. The weight of the
oat crop in general cannot be spoken of at present,
as the heads are as yet in some places rather light,
but it is hoped it will turn oat a very fair average.
Wheat is generally very fair, and barley particu-
larly good. This latter crop is almost all ripe,
and its cutting is either finished or has commenced
on various farms. The harvest is almost gene-
ral round about Alloa and the lands sloping
down to the Forth, but will be fully a forte
night later in the eastern and upper parts of the
county. In the atrath of Devon the harvest is
about to commence. The state of the root crop is
highly favourable. The potato was thrown about
three weeks back by the frost that blackened the
haulms, but there is no word of disease making its
appearance, and the tubers in the field, though not
dry, as they would be if ripe, are plentiful and.
full_sized. The turnip crop is fully three weeks
earlier than usual, and is throughout, with few
exceptions, very good. There have been a few
sales of growing oats throughout the county, at
which the prices realised have averaged from four
to five guineas an acre, The weather towards the
end of last week was much broken, and heavy
showers of rain, mingled with hail, have been fre•
quent, and the wind easterly: Monday was fair,
but somewhat cold.