The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-03 00:00:00

THE HARVEST.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—The crepe in East Norfolk and East Suffolk are
extremely variable, as much so as the farmers : indeed
the means and talent of the producer have no little to
do with its zesnits, two qualities of which our yeo-
manry, however blessed, are extremely unwilling to give
demonstration. That great disproportions do exist is
risible it every locality, but the wheat crop on the well-
manured and good cultivated soils, which have been
considered profitable wheat- growing lands, are not so
productive as the past year by 6 to 8 bushels _per acre,
but where beef and mutton are abundantly produced
by oil-cake or other artificial food, crops are very
strikingly augmenting yearly, and in this part of the
kingdom a difference of from 30 to 50 per sent. is
visible. It is equally apparent, that where the large
farmer has proper security from his landlord, that the ,1
extra production suffices to meet a lower price, but
where the occupations are small, scarcely any lease
s(cuTity is either sought or offered. This of course
is politically right, and that very convenient Chandos
clause of 501. has been one of the principal causes of
making it an unproducing one. A paying production
must be sought; therefore the sooner the impost duties
vn every description of food, whether for bread
or feedieg cattle, be annulled, the sooner will agricul-
ture be sought by those who now make a jest of pro-
fitable investment., and the man of moderate under-
etaudinle who endeavours to show facts—apparently
false—is considered endowed with consummate impu-
dence who dares assert that great names with little
fortunes are not divested of self-interest when their
1./rewrite theme at agricultural meetings to their tenants
is " iiner)vement by art," " no cost to be spared to
perfect a crop," without any security to them for their
outlay; nor is he an expectant, for he is not sure he
she,' reap the fruits of his capital, skill, and industry.
The 5;..11y of praise. as we this week see in the Mark
Lone Exp) ess, " Graham v. Tweddell," is dearly pur-
eh,,sed. and a sorry recompence. I have at this time
a Russian gentleman of much intelligence travelling
for intinenation in my pitrsuits; his extremely rational
inquiry e by I made so much beef and mutton ? pleased
me exceedingly. I told him I lived under an excel-
lent country squire, whose estate was his own, and that
liter confirmed opinion was he thought those were the
mot rational tenantry who set a value on their own re
soerces by endeavouring to increase the growth of every
thing for their own profit, and who was equally con-
eineee, it was beneficial to his estate; that many tenants
Rod :,:?,(11..r .s had not real capital, that both who pos-
seesed it w, re unwilling to emit money from their purses
win-n raet.t it their re -ckets, and though in law to znur-
Jer is, to kill, so it is to steal when we plunder the
landlord, and thus bruise ourselves. As I intended this
to hae-e been an agricultural report of the growing
crepe, 1 pronounce the barley to be greater than last
year, however the lateness of the season and the vigo-
rous gro Nth of the young clover will place the quality
very wee!) in jeopardy, and where much lodged
early cutting will be necessary, whereas, by a delay to
mow, a greater injury will arise, although a ripe
k. rnel ie desirable for the maltster. Oats are so little
cultivated in either of the above divisions that I will
seesceed to the bean and pea crops. At least they are
certain to be plentifully produced in acres, for tenants
ksay not sell hay, consequently the bean crop is more
agrecahle to their pocket. Would it not be better for
ussners of land to allow their tenants to exchange
every description of food for oil-cake or Witr arti-
fieiel food, fur a tenant-at-will would of necessity and
prudence not purchese linseed cake, &c., yet if be were
ellewed to do this and have security for his outlay, as
ie parts of Lincolnshire, he would produce fat in lieu
of lean meat, and the proprietor ultimately be a great
gaii.er by the improvement of his property. Peti are
well ki.lded, but the wet weather has much diminished
the gauntly. Turnips on cold lands not promising,
leet on k;nd :mile good ; rnaegel wurzel good ; clovers,
With understanding clover farmers, good. As my
time is pretty well occupied I shall merely subscribe
en) seF,—Yours very faithiully,
JO7iN GEDNEY.
Redenball, Aug. 27, 1845.