The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-09 00:00:00

THE CROPS.

The hay harvest has partially commenced
around Inverness, and in such places a second crop is in-
sured by the moist and agreeable weather.—Fife Herald.

The scythe is now, and has been during the
present week, in full operation in this neighbourhood, and
we are happy to say, the crops of grass are extremely abun-
dant. As a remarkable instance of this, we have to state
that last year a gentleman residing near Moss-61e, stowed
the produce of eight acres in a certain hay-bay, and this
year he had the greatest difficulty in making the same
place hold the produce of two acres and three quarters.—
Manchester Courier.

Our hay-making has been retarded by heavy
rains until within the last three days ; but the weather
having now become very favourable, rapid progress is
making in this work, and the crop is generally large. The
rain has upon the whole been highly seasonable to the
green and grain crops. Turnips, carrots, potatoes, and
peas are thriving, and abundant ; and such as cannot be
kept on the ground will be sold at a very moderate price.
A shrewd countryman at our market on Saturday last,
perceiving that his interest lay in a ready sale, parted with
Itia_peaa and, potatoes at Qt,-per cent. below the price de-
manded in other parts
,of the market ; and his cart was
therefore emptied withopt much delay.—Carlisle Journal.

Great quantities of hay have been housed in
this neighbourhood, though the occasional heavy rains of the
last fortnight have much retarded the hay-harvest. The
crop is unusually heavy ; and should the weather continue
for a short time as we have had it for the last two days,
it will he got in in fine condition, and thus in a great
measure compensate the farmer for last year's deficiency.
The grain wears a very promising appearance; particu-
larly barley, which is said to be filling rapidly. Wheat and
oats also look well ; and the fairest hopes may now be en-
tertained of an abundant harvest. The accounts from the
South are equally good ; and the Irish papers speak in the
most flattering terms of the prospects of the crop in that
country.— Westmoreland Advertiser.

The hay harvest has been going on prospe-
rously in Buckinghamshire, notwithstanding
occasional
interruptions from showers. The rain that has fallen has
done much more good to the land than harm to the crop.
For a year and a half, the quantity of rain we have had was
much below the average, and the waters have been low in
the ponds and wells. The turnips, in our neighbourhood,
required moisture, and the potatoes received it at a critical
and important time. The after math will more than com-
pensate for any additional expense attending the extra turn-
ing of the hay, and the weight of the crop is one of the
heaviest ever remembered. If the meadows had Piffle or
no product last year, they will well pay this year for having
been fallow.—Bucks Chronicle.

. The many fine showers, and the
general
warmth of the season, have been highly favourable for the
potatoes. In every direction round this city they have a
most promising appearance. The shoots are strong and
healthy—no blanks are to be seen, and a number of the
fields are drawn up. The old potatoes are still abundant
in this quarter, and of excellent quality. They are 'ld
from carts at 7d., and in the shops at Bd. a peck. The
gardeners are complaining that they have had little benefit
by their forced potatoes this season. They have been very
good, arid have turned out well ; but owing to the viLeral
depression of business, the demand was very limited, and
the prices never equalled their expectations. On Thurs-
day morning they were sold to the retailers at is. 6d. a
peck. —Scotsma n.

The crops between Glasgow and Saltcoats
never hail a better appearance. On places where the
failure of last year's crop was greatest, and where the corn
was pulled by the roots, the superiority of the crops on
these spots this season is marked by every traveller, and
some persons think, that even upon averaging the last
year's light, with the present heavy crop, they will not be
very great losers. The wheat is the only article of farm
produce that will in the west country suffer. The pota-
toe crop promises to be quite a superabundant crop. Peas
and beans are very healthy and luxuriant. Turnips are
brairdiug very well ; indeed every article of farm produce
has a most flattering appearance. Hay cutting is now ge-
neral, and although they have been rather behind some of
their neighbouring counties with regard to earliness, they
will not be deficient in the heaviness of their crops.--
Scotsman.

STATE OF TRADE.—Our weekly accounts of
the-state of trade from the various towns of Yorkshire,
where the woollen cloth and the worsted stuff-manufac-
tures prevail, have been extremely gratifying during the
past month, and continue so up to the present time. The
domestic manufacturers are at present pretty well employed,
and all the factories of the district are in full work. The
demand is steady bit not excessive, and the business done
is safe, and moderately profitable. The improvement in
the condition of the labouring classes, as contrasted with
their state this time last year, cannot be viewed without
emotions of the most gratifying kind, and it will be with
difficulty that workmen can be spared from the loom and
the jenny to assist in gathering- in the plentiful harvest by
which we are surrounded. The bounties of Providence
form a striking contrast with the niggardly and blu,!dering
enactments of our lordly legislators, and the best c:nend-
ment to the Corn Bills of the late Session, is to be found in
the corn fields of the present year. From this source,
more than from any other, we anticipate a continuance of
prosperous trade. The price of the raw material continues
very steady. The large stock of wool in the hands of the
growers serve to balance the brisk demand in the market,
and the state of the currency prevents those wild and ab.
sorbing speculations, which have frequently, during the
clip season, injured trade by forcing up the prices of wool
to a height that they could not afterwards sustain.•—Lees
Mercury.