The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-03 00:00:00

THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS

The harvest may be said to be virtually coot liried in the
north of England, as well as in all the corn of
Scotland, and never was it better got in. In Scothc,J, it,
particular, it is said that such harvest weather has not
been experienced since the year 1815. Upon the whole,
wheat may be said to be a full average crop, and the pre-
sent price, though comparatively low, is kept up solely by
the inc.-eased consumption arising from the improved con-
dition of the manufacturing and other industrial classes.
Oats and barley are also fair crops, though the former
cannot be considered anything extra. The early turnips
in this neighbourhood suffered considerably in the dry
weather of last month, many of them becoming mildewed,
and will not yield so much as was some time before antici-
pated ; but those late-sown promise well for a heavy crop.
And if we may judge from the low price of potatoes, they
also must be generally abundant. Some have been sold at
Burscough Bridge (a great export mart for the article in
this county,) at a price too low to be remunerative to the
growers. In this town the retail price was on Saturday
from 5d to 6d per score. according to quality, which, on
the whole, is good ; and when the whole are gathered a
reduction will be inevitable.

It has been stated, and truly so, that a considerable
quantity of the present year's wheat was not found to
thrash out so well as was expected. This was the case,
however, only with the early harvest in the south, which
began rather unpropitiously, the season being rather un-
kindly towards the close for the ripening of the grain ; but
in the midland and northern counties the dry weather came
opportunely and was of much advantage. We may there-
fore safely say that any partial deficiency in quality will be
fully made up by the general abundance.
In the manufacturing districts, we are happy to say, the
population, including artizans, are now all fully employed,
and being very numerous and in the receipt of fair wages,
the consumption bas necessarily greatly increased. But
for this fortunate circumstance, we entertain no doubt but
that wheat would now have been down to about ss. per
bushel,—the price which we assigned, under supposed cir-
cumstances, some months ago. It was last week in im-
proved demand, and realized an advance of 2d. to 3d per
701 b. in our market, and a proportionate rise in others.
The gradual advance, however, which has been going on
will, in all probability, not be maintained. Fine free fo-
reign wheat has also commanded a better sale, for the pur-
pose of mixing with the inferior qualities before alluded to.
To the same cause to which we have attributed the pre-
sent rise in wheat, may also be assigned that of butcher's
meat a short time ago. No sooner were the manufactur-
ing operatives, mechanics, and other labourers put into full
employment (after being long out of work and in destitu-
tion,) than, from the demand from so large a body, meat
rose about Id. per lb. The undeniable inference is, that
the prosperity of our farmers is closely interwoven with
that of our manufacturers, and that their best policy is
mutual encouragement and forbearance.