The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-27 00:00:00

HARVEST PROSPECTS.

The subjoined accounts received this morning from
various parts of the country supply all the latest intel-
ligence on the subject which is really worth having.
We could easily multiply the paragraphs ad infinilum,
but we question much whether a more crowded and less
carefully condensed collection would add materially to
the stock of our reader's information. There is neces-
sarily some difference in the reports : on the whole we
have no doubt they are to the full as favourable as the
actual condition of the crops to which they refer justify.
The unfavourable report from Ireland will be found in
its proper place. In the neighbourhood of London the
weather has been fine. On Sunday the glass reached
70 in the shade, and to-day we have equally beautiful
weather.

ENGLAND.
}'or some days during the early part of this week,
the weather being rainy and stormy, it was very unfa-
vourable for harvesting. On Wednesday morning we
were visited by a sharp frost, rather unusual in August ;
but a change to warm sunny weather has happily taken
place, and the operations of the husbandman in our
neighbourhood, in housing his abundant crops of corn,
are now proceeding rapidly.—Dover Chronicle.
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The very unfavourable weather of last week excited
the most gloomy fears with respect to the grain harvest,
ar.d as a large breadth of wheat had been laid by the
heavy rains, the farmer had no alternative but to com-
mence reaping without delay. Accordingly the sickle
was everywhere put into activity, and the propitious
weather of the who!e of this week, Monday only ex-
cepted, has cheered the hopes of the country. Some
• wheat is certainly damaged ; comparatively a very
small quantity has spurted ; should the sunshine con-
tinue, and the barometer is standing at " fair," we shall
i yet have a large quantity of fine wheat. The Lent
grains are heavy, and the quality will be as good as the
crop is large, should the harvest weather continue ge-
? dal. In many places the turnips look uncommonly
fine ; we have heard of partial failures, but there can
be little doubt but that generally the green crops are
iabove the average. The hay harvest is brought to a
close this week ; " better late than never" is a proverb
) which the hay har:est has this year verified ; although
many thousands of acres of grass in the !ow lands have
either been uncut or their crops much damaged or en-
s -
tirely spoiled, the fine weather of the expiring week
has enabled the late mown crops (and these are by no
' means of narrow extent) to be " manufactured!" well,
and there will be more good hay in store than we could
have anticipated a fortnight ago. The hop-plants have
grown luxuriantly, but the cold nights are very nth-
\ vourable to the maturing of the hop. In concluding
this sketch of' the crops of Herefordshire, we can but
lament that the orchards present a most destitute ap-
pearance, and when the farmer walks through his
orchard, so " few and far between" arc his apples, he
feels that the smallest donation of fruit will be most
thankfully received.—Herefird Times.
Notwithstanding the late rains, the prospects for the
harvest in this neighbourhood are very good, and the re-
cent fine days 'nave caused great activity amongst the
1 agriculturists.—Leiceatershire Mercury.
1 The wheat harvest, on early lands, will speedily be
Ibrought to a close, and on the better wheat lands is 1 pro-
ceeding satisfactorily. The last rains have certainly been
beneficial to the outstanding corn of eat ry description.
1 The grain is more even in quality, and will leave the
straw with more facility ; at the same time it cannot be
denied that blight, in a greater or less degree, had, pre-
vious to the late rain, affected the wheat to a serious ex-
tent in the greater portion of the county. As the sea is
approached, the blight appears to be less, and in the
Isle of Wight little or no complaint is made of it. The
few samples of new wheat offering at the Corn Exchange
on the last market day were small, uneven, and light in
wi 01', r alising full 5s per quarter less than the same
description of old wheat. Barley mowing has com-
menced, and a considerable quantity will be housed or
4 stacked next week, should the weather be favourable.
The crop of the latter grain is believed to be a good and
1 full one, and oats may be noted in the same satisfactory
3 terms. Pulse of all descriptions are moderate crops.
). No direct failures from blight are to be found ; at the
s :me time nothing more than average crops of beans,
peas, or tares, can with confidence be quoted. Sainfoin
and rye grass seeds have generally failed, nothing ap-
pro.:chiug to average crops of either being expected.
Tr( foil is pretty good, and the clover heads bid fair for
C seed. The flail has not yet been tested to any extent ;
till then the anticipated deficiency in the wheat crop in
t this county cannot to any certainty be calculated on. It
' is hoped and believed to be not to any considerable ex-
g tent, and that the spring crops will in some measure
supply that deficiency.—Hampshire Chronicle.
The tempest of Saturday last was experienced with
much severity in parts of this and the adjacent counties.
Irorcesterrhire Herald.
The harvest is now fairly commenced in most of the
I agricultural districts. Since Tuesday last, a truly de-
lightful change has taken place in the state of the
weather. Instead of a continuance of the late heavy
1 rains, which dimmed the hopes of the cultivator of the
soil, at.4l awakened serious apprehensions generally, a
bright atmosphere, with heavy dews during the night,
has happily prevailed ; and the sun has shone out with
full warmth and brilliancy, with every indication of a
continuance of the most auspicious weather. The pro-
gress which the respective crops have made in the
course of the last few days is perfectly wonderful. Nor
will the extent and amount of the injury, consequent
upon the late heavy rains, be so serious as many had
from appearances been -induced to anticipate.—Leeds
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Times.

For the last four or five days, the weather in this
neighbourhood, has been very fine. Should it continue
as favourable for a fortnight or three weeks longer,
most of the grain, except that on the hills, will be
housed in good condition. There has been a slight
touch of frost on one or two nights this week, but we
have not heard that it has done any damage to the pota-
toes, of which the crop this year gives good promise.—
Bolton Free Press.

Reaping has generally commenced at Sully, Gilston,
St. Athan, and many other parishes on the Glamorgan-
shire coast. The crops are above an average. Many
fields of grass still remain uncut.
Considerable injury has, of course, been sustained,
by the hay , but the other crops are most luxuriant.
Oats are above an average, and wheat will be an ex-
tremely heavy crop, should the weather allow it to he
favourably got in. Several patches of barley have been
cut in different parts of the county, and although the
harvest generally will be late, a month's fine weather
will secure the principal part of the wheat and oats in
this and the adjoining counties. Potatoes and turnips
will also be good crops if we have a continuance of dry
vt. eather.—Durlia tif Advertiser.
The harvest is going on very prosperously in our
neighbourhood, and notwithstanding the quantities of
rain we have had, the corn is very little laid ; we have
every prospect of an abundant crop.—North Devon
Advertiser.

The hay has suffered material injury from the late
wet and unseasonable weather, but should the present
tine weather continue, there is every reason to antici-
pate a goad and plentiful corn harvest.—Hull Advertiser.
The weather during the last rive days has been
favourable to the operations of the husbandman, and
a considerable quantity of corn has consequently
been secured in this neighbourhood in excellent
condition. The straw, we hear, turns out much better
than had been anticipated.—Bristol Mercury.
CARNARVON.—Notwithstanding the late unfavour-
able weather, we have every prospect of a more than
average harvest. As far as our rambles have extended
the wheat crop appears to be ripening fast, and to be
pretty fill] in the ear. Our correspondents from more
remote districts join with us in very flattering anticipa-
tions of a good harvest in all sorts of grain.—Herald.
KENT.—Harvest in the immediate neighbourhood
of Faversham has been very general this past week ;
much corn has been safely garnered, and of excellent
quality. Several of the farmers, fearful of the weather,
have been found carrying the grain as late as ten o'clock
at bight. At Sevenoaks the harvest is likely to be
very productive, and several farmers have commenced.
Hops also promise well, and perhaps may remunerate
for the great loss of hay, which th© recent wet weather
has occasioned. As much as sixty and seventy acres
on some farms have been rendered totally useless.
The crops in that part of the Weald of Kent from
Tun4ridge to Edenbriclge are looking most favourable.
IteaPitg has been begun amongst the white wheats, and
some few fields of red. Both white and red are ex-
tremely good.
been in Barley, as in every other county I have
,is very luxuriant. Oats are much better than
any I have seen in counties London • indeed
they are really fine, N.W.•
• o
eans, like all others I have seen
elsewhere, are short. 1
will yield well, and certainlyins!,em, but beautifully podded, and
,r will not impoverish the land
like large stem beans.
Canterbury Journal. turnips are extremely good.—
The farmeerusttinin,this district have com-
EAST KENT.—
meneed the operations of
heard,,,ofand carrying their
order
last Saturday
corn in good earnest. We
Thetohsecure the
who had set on seventy hands in
wheat in the shortest possible time,
rains,
yesterday
however, with which we were visited on Monday and
Tuesday, completely stopped their progress
king fine, the labours of the field were resumed)mayi,,e 'but
great fears have been excited lest the corn
jured befbre it can be housed. A few fine warm daysin
would confer many blessings. The barley lying cut ,;,)
seeds is becoming damaged by the rains, and if the un-
toward weather continues, the forthcoming clover will
be injured unless the corn be continually moved.—
Canlerbuiy Journal.
LANcAsTER.—The operations of the husbandman,
in gathering the fruits of the earth, which in the
southern counties had become pretty general, have been
much impeded by showery weather during the last seven
days. Much grain has, notwithstanding, been carried,
anda few very forward samples have been brought to ,
market. Generally speaking, although the heavy
wheat throughout the country was much laid by the
storms of wind and rain which 'prevailed a short time, ,
the greater Flit is IlLely to ripen, should the present
continua. All accounts concur, that what
is already cut is excel': nt as to quality and quantity.