The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-14 00:00:00

Agi icultural Prospects.

The week opened with a fine day, at times sunny,
and the night hazy. Monday was also a hazy,
doubtful morning, but the day held up, and field
work would go on steadily, wheat sowing being
completed in the earliest districts on light soils ; but
heavy lands were too stiff and hard to be worked with-
out more moisture, and on these much work is yet to
be done. Wind, S.W. ; thermometer, 56 deg. ; with
the barometer steady at 30iu. Tuesday was a fine

day, sunny at times, and very unlike November. A
great deal of field work was accomplished in the finest
order possible. Wind, S.S.W. ; thermometer, 54 ;
barometer, 30.05. In some parts of the north the

weather has not been so fine. From Northumber-
land it was stated :—" The weather since our last
has been mild, but damp ; wind W. to N.W., strong
and showery." In the West Riding of Yorkshire the

farmers are now tolerably busy, and the land works
well, as they will soon come to a finish with a continu-
ance of the present favourable time. Turnips and
mangolds arc plentiful, and there will be a good
supply of provender for the winter months. The"
condition of the grain is improving, but
quality generally is very inferior throughout
Yorkshire. The discoloured barleys are, however,
now working better than they did at first, and
are selling at fairprices, considering this year's yield.
Wednesday was a fair and fine day, being the fourth
in succession, and the land worked still better. In
Scotland a good deal of rain had fallen ; and our
advices from the west coast stated : " The weather
has been
.very wet." From Lancashire our infor-
mation runs thus : " Though we have had much
changeable weather of late, it has scarcely impeded

the farmers' field labour, and fair progress has been
made in wheat planting, and the seed has gone into
the ground in propitiously fine order. As we do
not hear many complaints here about potatoes, we
may safely infer that the crop for winter use has
been mostly raised and housed ; indeed, those now
coming to market are of unexceptionable quality."
Thursday was a fine day, and at times sunny ; but
the barometer was falling fast, and at 8 p.m. some
heavy rain set in, that lasted for a few hours, and
would prove very acceptable to heavy land farmers.
The barometer had gone down to 29.75 in. From
Norfolk our advices stated : " The weather continues
fine, and enables farmers to proceed with thrashing
and land work." From Suffolk it was remarked :
"The weather continues fine and dry, and in some
cases wheat-seeding is quite stopped for want of
rain." Friday was again a fine bright day, the sun
shining forth at times, and field-work would pro-
gress steadily. From the West Riding of Yorkshire
it was stated : —" Weather on the whole is favour-
able for preparing and sowing the laud, and making
good use of the supply of grass, which is plentiful."
From the East Riding our advices stated—" The
weather continues favourable for autumn sowing,
and good progress has been made so far under most
favourable circumstances." Saturday a dense fog
was experienced, which cleared off about noon.
Wind varied from S.E. to the south. Thermometer
43 deg., barometer 30.10 inches. The temperature
became milder in the evening, and at 10 p.m. rain
was experienced, with every indication of a wet
night. On the whole, a good deal of work has been
finished this week, and wheat thrashing may have
gone on ; but farmers will not bring much forward

if the least further decline in prices should take place,
as they are generally impressed with an opinion that
ultimately higher rates must result from the last
being a failing crop. With, however, from 50s. to
575. per qr. to be obtained for the choicest heavy
barley secured without rain, this corn must come out
in preference to wheat, and it will be thrashed vigo-
rously whilst the malting season lasts.—Mark Lane
Express.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LYNN—TvEsDAY.

New wheat, 54s to 58s ; new rod, 40s to 48s; old white,
60s to 64s ; old red, 54s to 60s per 36 stone. Barley for
malting, 40s to 50s ; secondary, 30s to 365. Oats, now,
22s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, small, 42s to 445. Peas,
36s to 40s per 28 stone.

LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY.
At this day's market there was a better attendance of
the town and country trade, and more disposition to bul•
Wheat and flour, with a good consumptive demand, re-
covered the decline of Friday. Oats without change 111
price, but oatmeal brought rather more money. Barley
and peas remained at former rates, but beans were
per qr dearer—Egyptian bringing 425. A considerable
business was done in Indian corn, at an advance of 4s Per
qr on the week—white, 39s to 40s; mixed, 330. fully is

MARKET HARBOROUGH.—TUESDAY.
Old white wheat, 58s to 63s ; new red, 508 to 57s per 36.
stone. Barley, fine, 488 ; other kinds, 33s to 38s per 30 st,
Oats, new, 22s to 23s ; old, dOs to 34s per qr. Beans, olu'
508 to 555; new, 46s to 48s par qr.

LEEDS—TUESDAY.
We have an average show of grain this week. Ther!
was a fair consumptive demand for wheat, at rather t!'ire'..
last .uday's ratesine barle brins flly preview,
valueT es
s ; other sorts notF so saleable.y g Oats audu oiher artiuleB
as before.

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