The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-05 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.

The following is extracted from the monthly ag-
ricultural report of the Derry Journal, and applies
to the state and prospects of the harvest in the
north-western counties generally :
"The harvest is now sufficiently advanced to give a
pretty correct notion of the produce of the cereal crops.
Wheat will be sadly deficient in the northern counties.
The nearer it approached to maturity the more ailment
became the blighting effects which the moist atmosphere
of the past summer had upon it. It may be safely stated
that the 80,000 additional acres Ns hich his Excellency a e
Lord• Lieutenant recently stated to be under this crop in
Ireland, as compared with last year, will not bring up ,
the produce of wheat to the superabundance of that sea-
son. The few samples which have appeared in the mar-
keti look very ill, and the crop is universally spoken of
as awning a third of an average yield. Oats, on the
other hand, were never better, both in quantity and qua-
lity ; and from the high price which they command, and
the fact that this is the staple grain crop in 'Ulster, the
farmers will, in all probability, have another profitable
season from their cornfields. Potatoes will fall very
short of last year's produce. The growth has ceased at
too early a stage, so that, even taking it for granted
that those now in the ground will keep good, which is
still very doubtful, we should want a third or a fourth
of last year's quantity. There were, however, more po-
tatoes produced in 1855 in the north of Ireland than
were required for the legitimate use to which they are
usually applied; and large quantities were consumed
by cattle in the spring of this year. As usual at this
season, various opinions have been exprfa-ted during the
last two or three weeks respecting them ; but, judging
of the effects of the dLea,o this year, and from the
course it bas taken in other seasons, we believe the crop
will he likely to turn out equal to that of 1855,1858, or
1854, but very much leas than the crop of 1855. In the
counties of Derry and Donegal there is no great want of
bands for harvest-work, nor are the wares so very high
as they are stated to be in some other parts of the king-
dom. There is' however, ample employment: and a fair
day's pay for a fair day's work."
FATAL ACCIDENT.
The Limerick Chron:cle of, yesterday announces
the death by drowning of Mr. James Barry, of
Rockfiearg ld, a magistrate of the county
I and one of
the lest land agents in the south of reland.

Tin Moons AND Fonesers.—The accounts from the
moos COLlthine to show a great falling off in the number
of birds. It is now certain that the season is a fai!nro
so far as grouse are cance.rned. We mentioned last week
that:accounts from Perthshire spoke of an average sea-
son in that county. Gtithness also seems to be an excep-
tion to the role of failure which seems to characterse
the season in all other parts of Scotland. It is said that,
in addition to the wetness of the weather and other
causes for the scarcity of birds, their numbers have been
sadly thinned by tape worm. The forests continue to
yield excellent sport.—lnverness Advertiser.
WEIGHING BREAD.—At the Devizes petty sessions
recently, Samuel Strong, a baker, of Al!cannings, was
summoned by. Mr. Superintendent Wolfe kr delivering
bread frOm a waggon without being provided with
weight and scales, agreeable to the act. Tbe defendant
was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 10s., and 98.
costs, the bench observing that, on the recurrence of a
similar case, the full penalty of 54 would be inflicted,.....
Bath Chronicle.