The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-28 00:00:00

liey had won prizes, or were

There were altogether 395 entries, an,
hibitors were the principal agricultt
breeders resident within the district.

ongst the ex-

ad catt

a good show of horses o

ir average merit

some very

superior

very fine, and also ' th

were confined to a bushel of fine vvhi
of Speke, and a large quantity of tt
six roots! of +1•- '

wurtzel

c Within a i
ate, and in
lines, clod cr►

'ery first

a great abundance, a

REPORT OF THE INSPEC

has been better fec

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rms, or where shi

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e country is o

attention to the crop. '
mildew and other diseases
both in quantity and qual

what were more or less lot

, churr

occasioned loss of grain in the cutting •, had this not been
the case, the oat crop of 1852 would have exceeded that

40 years, except 1815. fa
many cases when both wheat and oats have been thrashed,
the farmers are satisfied with the result, and the yield of
oats has exceeded their expectations. Of barley much
the same may be said as of oats, except that it may pro-
a bably prove to be in many instances a little discoloured.

duce, and

on the aggregate, will perhaps be an average pro-
.
of good quality. They are not yet harvested.
Some fields and parts of fields have been blighted.
Where they are cultivated in drills, and properly horse-
hoed, they are the best crop. Potatoes had everywhere a
very promising appearance until the disease came upon
them in August. This, since its commencement, has
continued to make progress, though not to the same
extent, on every farm and field. The earlier varieties, or
the second earlies, have been most affected. in these the
loss has been from 20 to 80 per cent. The quality of the
sound ones has_been excellent. The later, or winter

varieties, were affected at the same time in their tops, and.
the tubers stopped increasing in size, and, in many cases.
are affected more or less with the disease, but as yet not
to the same extent as in the earlier sorts. In some of the
sorts, latest raised from the crab, there are very few dis-
Where they are all right, the later
gly productive this year, particularly

eased tubers yet

where planted early. Turnips are a vigorOus

to some e

Joking crop

tious, where they are disa-

Yellow• turiiips, sown as second c

eased in patches.
are looking well, the weather having been very lavourable.
Mangold wurtzel, where there is a full quantity of plants,
will be a heavy crop, In many fields the seed did not
come well, on accouut of the dry weather in April. The
first crop of clover was a good one, but the second crops
have been very heavy. The weather was rather showery
at the harvest of both • but, where proper care was taken,
the sample is good, and some of it excellent. The hay
crop on the old upland meadows turned up heavier than
was expected, and generally well got in. Pastures have

done well the last three months, and at this time are full
of grass. Aftermath exceedingly plentiful, and a very
great extent cut, and is made, or is now making, into
hay. This is particularly the case in the eastern districts
of South Lancashire, even on the hill sides. In general,
the season has been an abundant one. July commenced
with the prospect of a late ih_rvest ; but before the end it
was upon us. The air generally has been heavily charged
with the electric fluid ; and when this is the case, we have
always a quick vegetation, and a fuller development of
the 'fruits of the earth. The corn harvest has been
tedious. Showers have been frequent, often heavy and
sudden, and sometimes heavy rain for many hours
together. Fortunately, these heavy rains have been fol-
lowed by a few days of good weather. Much corn having
been beaten down, made reaping and mowing tedious
operations, and with the corn getting overripe, has caused.
a loss of grain in many fields, and the harvest labour
nsive' which would have been particularly so
Irish lads and lasses.

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