The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-14 00:00:00

ENGLAND

APPROACH OF HARVEST.—Wheat will be ready for
cutting at Sutton and at Ferriby, both near to this town
(H till) in about fourteen days.—Eastern Counties Herald.
The harvest, in many parts round London, has com-
mensed. In the neighbourhood of Ilford, Edmonton,
Waltham, Broxbaurne, Hertford, Barnes, &c., many
fields of wheat and barley have been cut, and only require
a Itttle fine weather to have the produce securely housed.
—Daily News.

DERBYSHIRE.—During the past week we have had a
uccession of fine growing showers. and the effects upon
Beans and barley, which

the crops is roost

grataviost

Ire of dry
in capital

had been seriously injured by the long continuan
weather, are much improved, and the wheat is i
condition. A plentiful and early crop is looked for.—
Derby Mercury.

NN;arm geni;l weather still continues. The wheat is
safe, arid the potatoes are perhaps beyond the reach of re-
medy. Th harvest, generally speaking, is likely to be
early and abundant. But still a deluge of rain, or at least
a saccession of warm pleasant showers, would be a great
comfort to the farmer, who grumbles habitually and by
instinct—Cambridge Advertiser. _ _

SOUTH DEVONSHIRE.—A deal of excellent hay has
been got together, but a deal remains yet to he mown. In
some parts great difficulty is experienced in getting it
down, owing to the deficiency of labou-ers' who ate just
now much wanted. Mowers command high prices. Oats
in many places are in lull ear, and barley is just bursting
out; but both kinds of grain are suffering trona want of
rain. Potatoes look well. Harvest promises to be early.

regard to the present growing
oi
cpaa,rtt3ir-
crops of wheat, our report is very favourable; for al-
though in some of the lighter forest soils the late hot sun
has had a deteriorating eff',ct, yet, generally, this grain is
looking extremely well. It is not thick on the ground
any where in this neighbourhood, but it is mostly well-
-. or. wfreare--tiaere. se-a pri,Sp,Ct of
great abundance, and of first-rate quality ; and shoup
parti-
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tohiel
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f doubt
about y yield lfdo
rwt
well-
topped,
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0,
l andin
the
present forcing weather continue, the scythe will be in re-
:ht.::
Chronicle.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS IN GLOUCESTER-
SUIB.E.—GRUBS IN THE UARLEY.—The barometer has
been slowly and steadily rising for several d.ys; which
circumstance, and the elemental aopearances on Wedneti-
.:y, induce a belief that a return of very
sultry weather

day and Thu

it hand. Yesterday, indeed, was a fair
commencement of the Dog-days. The wheat and early
sown Lent crops are making rapid progress; but ae are
sorry to find that the late sown barley has been attacked
in a remarkable manner by a grub. which exists, we are
told, to some extent, in the neighbourhood of this city
and Cbel,enharn, and probably in other parts of the
county. Several stalks of barley were brought to our
office yesterday, each of which, a little above the point
where the stem begins to thicken, contained a greenish
grub about half an inch long. The plant is thus prevented
from throwing out any ear—rendered barren, in fact--
Gloucestershire Chronicle.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS —WESTYORKSHIRE.
—On a journey from the county of Middlesex to the centre
of the county of York, on Thursday last, we observed
that the hay harvest was nearly over in the southern
counties; while in the midland there is still a good deal
of grass cut, but not secured, and in Yorkshire, except in
the neighbourhood of large towns, where tillage is plenti-
ful, the grass is principally standing, as in the first process'
of haymaking. The produce of the first crop will be
generally abundant, and the late rains will yield plenty of
aftrrgra-s and good second crops of clover. Wheat, oats,
and barley are generally looking well on the whole
though a good deal beaten down by the late heavy rains.
The p ,tatoes look well, with tew blanks in the drills; and
the weather has been particularly favourable during the
arelast
Generally
nr tenriagl
lookingf'or the i
newly-sown
atpuprlietisp
as.nd pears. Owing
The orchards
to the blight of the month of May. seem likely ;0 prove
scarce and dear in the autumn.—Leeds Mercury.