The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-13 00:00:00

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weather still continue fav,uraLle, a few flora sunny
(la) s ss ill see most of the un- cieus grain safely
gathered in. The potato diser.se seems generally
prevalent in a greater or less degree ; bat as there
has been a greater quantity planted this }cur than the
last, we hope, after all, that scarcity and dearness will
not be experienced to that extent which is anticipated
by the fearful and conaplaining.—Rua Advertiser.
PoTATots.—Some of cur potato growers have conj.
menced taking up their crops, though the larger growers
generally defer it until thecloseof the harvest. The disrase
appears to be general and most, parties are anxious to
have them up and sorted. The produce in the field is
not so much tainted as the earlier sorts in the garden.
where from one .fourth to one-third are unfit for use.
No apprehension is felt in this dist' let of any scarcity;
the produce is so abundant, and the breadth of land
planted of a greater extent than on any previous year.—
Yorkshiremax.

In the neighbourhood of Kelso harvest work is now
far advanced. 1 The greater part of the grain has yielded
to the sickle, and a portion of it is already in the stack-
yard. Labour, from the commencement of harvest, has
been abundant, and farmers have thus been enabled to
avail themselves of every favourable hour for shearing or
leading. At the Dunse market, for engaging shearers
for the week, there was a great attendance of Irish
reapers, but few farmers to hire them—wages with vic-
tuals, from 9s. to 10s. per week. The operation of shear-
ing will be nearly over by the end of the week; and if
this dry and favourable weather continues a large por-
tion will be stooked and secured in the barn-yard.—
Kelso Mail.
WINCHESTEL—The weather, during the past week,
has been highly favourable to harvest operations; most
of the wheat and a large portion of the barley is now se-
curely housed. The potato disease still progresses; in
digging, a very large portion of the tubers are found to
bo entirely decayed.—Hampshire Independent.
ANDOVER.—Here everything depends on the success-
ful operations of agriculture; and the very long unset-
tled state of the atmosphere has prevented the labourer
from following his out-door work with advantage to
himself or his employer. The frequent showers have
precluded the possibility of turnip-hoeing, and we never
saw so many acres of this plant not hoed out as is to be
observed this season. The hay season and harvest were
equally unfavourable for labour. The labourers, con-
sequently, accustomed to these occupations, have been
unable to work their full time, and lay by that portion
of money which they look forward to at this period to
pay their house rent, firing, and lay in their little stock
of clothes.—Hampshire Independent.
RUGBY.—The very favourable weather that has conti-
nued, with the exception of a slight interruption on
Thursday, during the last ten days, has caused quite a
clearance to be made in this neighbourhood, and it affords
us considerable satisfaction to find that the wheat pre-
sents every appearance of being an average crop, both
as regards quantity and quality. With respect to barley
and oats, from the late period of the year at which they
were sowed, they have changed places with the wheat,
being last instead of first this season, and the proba-
bility is that neither the yield nor the quality will be so
good as last year's produce.—Coventry Herald.
LEICESTERSHIRE.—The favourable change of weather
has materially improved the harvest prospects. Since
the commencement of the present month a great quan-
tity of corn has been got in under the most favourable
circumstances, and the quality of the grain is less injured
from the long wet weather than could have been expected.
Some corn in the early harvest was carried in a very
damp state, and will be long ere it is fit for use, and of
second rate quality. We are happy to be able to state
that no injury has been sustained which will render the
wheaten flour unsound, therefore we shall have bread of
good quality. Notwithstanding all the forebodings of a
scinty produce, we indulge the hope that it will not be
materially below an average, yet, certainly less than last
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year. The great bulk of white corn in this vicinity s
secured, and if the present fine weather continues a short
time longer, the late barley crop will be well got in, and
the harvest concluded. We rer,ret that no improvement
is visible in the potato crops, and they are decidedly more
affected with the disease in this neighbourhood than last
year.—Lincoln Mercury.