The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-04 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

The Devonshire Chronicle states its belief that taking the
whole produce of the West of England, the crop will be
below the usual average—adding, however, that in the cold
parts of the county, where the harvest is always late, should
the present auspicious weather continue, the crops of grain in
these situations will be considerable ; but while they will be a
great comfort to the inhabiti•nts, they will not much affect the
market prices.
The present has been a glorious week for the corn harvest ;
many thousand loads of wheat and barley have been safely
gathered in the primest condition. The wheat crop is thin,
speaking generally, but the ear is well filled, and the quality
of the grain excellent. The hop yards, except in two or three
instances, continue to present the same deplorable apprance which they have done for several weeks past. The dueaty for
the Hereford district cannot reach 5,0001. —Hereford Time;.
Two-thirds of the wheat of this district have been carried.
That housed in barns it is feared may have gone in too
soon by a few days. That stacked will, however, have a bet-
ter chance, as the air will pass through it. The ears are fine
and heavy, and the grain remarkably full ; but it is expectel
that the sample will be generally cold and tough. The oats
of the neighbourhood are all down, and many have been car.
tied. These have turned out even better than was expected,
and are likely to yield heavily. Barley shows well, fast yield-
ing to the scythe, and bids fair to produce a good crop..--
Maidstone Gazette.
The wheat in the neighbourhood of Kidbrook, Eltham, &c.,
has a very healthy appearance, and seems perfectly free from
black. In many places some forward pieces of wheat have
been carried. We noticed particularly last week, a field of
wheat in the neighbourhood of Charlton, the straw of which,
in many places, was five and six feet in height.— Greenwich:
Gazette.

Since our last there has been a manifest improvement in the
weather, although it still continues broken and damp, with oc-
casional storms. On the whole, however, it has not been
unfavourable to the ripening of the grain, and the crops pre-
sent a very improved appearance. No progress has been
mado with the wheat harvest in this part of the country, and
very little with that of spring corn. A few fields of oats
have been cut, and many more will be cut next week, if the
present fine weather should continue.—Carnarvon Herald.
The crops in the Isle of Thanet have been almost all
gathered; and in our more immediate neighbourhood much
has been done to the clearing of the fields, though on some of
the colder and poorer soils on the heights, there is still a tinge
of green to be observed amongst the corn. Altogether, we
expect nothing short of a fair average return; and, in support
of this anticipation, NV 0 have to mention that a field Gf wheat
of four acres at l3uckland Bottom, not the best of land,.
which was cut down on Friday last, produced twenty-eight
quarters, or seven quarters to the acre.--Dover Chronicle.
Barley harvest has begun, and in a few days there will be
several fields cut.—Aberdeen Herald.
Yesterday (last Friday) the weather continued fine, though
there was less warmth in the air than on the two previous days.
Towards night-fall a mist came on, and continued until about
ten this morning. It was not, however, sufficiently heavy to
do any injury, and has been accompanied by considerable heat.
The harvest in the neighbourhood of the city has been gene-
rally got in. The wheat crop is much better than was antici-
pated, and those of oats and barley are extremely good. There
will be an abundant supply of potatoes.—Cuek Reporter.

PRICE OF CORN.-THE HARVEST.

The continuance of the favourable weather lately expe-
rienced appears to have damped the ardour of speculators in
the Corn-market. The business to-day in Mark-lane was of
very limited extent, and the buyers in proportion to the sellers
few in number. Although the quotations continue on the de-
(lint', and further reductions in prices would be submitted to
in order to effect sales, yet the indisposition of purchasers was
difficult to be overcome. The decline upon best heavy and
dry wheats during the week ending to-day is equal t 06,35.
In
4s. per quarter, and upon inferior sorts frodmedss.
although t o
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bonded wheats operations are entirely suspended,
displayed wheat
may be expected that more activity
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tions are entertained in some
quarter.a
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have been, by noet
fh enra.,.l.eueoa ftdhuattythteo
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m"" equallysa sanguine
high • . speculators
on the Corn Exchange with.
_respect 0 the continuance
would b'.: content to be as-
sured• rage of 60s. per
worthy of
quar'..er for the best sorts
of an mire
r_at of the new growth
clarity, the
of present prices.
which come to market ts, ger.crally agreed to be of a bet-
It is said they
'.cs at a similar period of last.
and should the ‘reatj.ier remain without material yetis-
year,
ill; great part of the present month, it
is believe.) not on'.
y that the crop will turn out to be a fair
twit:: the quality of the wheat will be considerably
ter quality tP:iacr:eltl:te yne: üb:e Itli
satui:pe'i;fgionertibhoue that of the last harvest.—Times.
Such another week as the last will effectually set the wheat
harvest free from all danger. One-half of the crop, it is.
calculated, is safely housed, and a week or ten days more of
tvxll:aorliaptearhtsrilelifatnhtewk,ivat;bam....mur
curw.illdotnhiu9 e same for the most back-
Herald.