The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-30 00:00:00

THE CROPS IN IRELAND.

Throughout the entire of this county the bustling activity
of the harvest is visible. Nothing can be more delightful
than the weather; and thanks to Providence, there appears
to be every prospect of the crops proving fine and abundant.
In some districts wheat and oats have been cut, and the
fields present a busy appearance, thronged as they are with
troops of the sturdy peasantry. We have the authority of
an old and experienced agriculturist for stating that the pro-
duce of the wheat and oat crops will be above the average ;
and we may confidently calculate on a supply of potatoes,
the staple food of the labouring classes, at least twice as
great as that of last year. Generally speaking, they are of
the finest quality imaginable—large, dry, and mealy. In
many patches the wheat looks thin, then it is heavy and
plump about the ear, and likely to yield most abundantly, in
Proportion to the quantity of straw. Haymaking is nearly
all over, and the pro4pce of the meadows has given the great-
est satisfaction. It has been ricked and cocked in the best
possible condition, without one hour's hindrance from un-
propitious weather. Well, after all the distress and destitu-
tion that the poor had to contend with, ought they not to
feel most grateful to the Omnipotent Dispenser of all Bless-
ings? Turn where you will, abundance meets the eye, and
the cheering prospect of plenty fills one with the brightest
hopes for the future peace and prosperity of the country.
With but few exceptions, indeed, the labouring population is
employed. Men, women, and children work from morning
till night levelling the crops, with nerve in every arm, light-
ness in the heart, and a dash of.industrious determination in
the eye.—Casilebar Telegraph.
PAL
_, LIN THE PRICE OF PROVISIONS.—There was an
t4noru(riidant supply of excellent potatoes at our market on Sa-
a, some of which, the inferior description, were sold at
the
Prst unprecedented low rate of Ild. per stone. The very
obably 'ttiT with some difficulty brought ls. 4d. per cwt.
collect to hae very oldest inhabitant of the town does not re-
quantitis of this .seen so early in the season such abundant
the yield is three
favourite esculent. The venders state that
prime in quality, times greater than last year. Oatmeal,
cwt. ; but the L and abundant in quantity, sold at lls. per
to the absence ortatad was exceedingly dull, owing perhaps
led " the great faille country folk at what was formerly cal-
in good healthy condition Ballyheane." Oats, which appeared
Other descriptions dition, gave way about Is. per cwt.
Tel Provisions maintained their former
prices.—Castlebae
PROLIFIC WIT EAT .270Puh•
of 12 acres, have been sent r beads of wheatot fair sample
houseto this office, by Mr. R. J. Ni-
cholson, of Stramore.
assTelad e heads for fullness and
richness, are probably unsu
from Scotland ; it is calledrp
i, ti Theseed was imported
untee's Prolific. Newry
Telegraph.
sickle. Tor.
The weather continues most delightful
this district have been cut down, and several
, nearly all the
wheat crops in
fields of oats were visited by the
Potatoes will be
abundant : the hay crop rather short.
orhtavebeen
supe-
rior, and in many places two years' consu,Ditiolsnvery
cut and saved. The merchants in this City re_
new grain appearing at market is superior tuP thatanyfor the
corn, both in quality and weight. Mr. John Abraham,
No. 8, George-street, yesterday sent to our office a sample
of of Hopetoun cats, which was sown from seed which he im.
ported last season, from the growth of which this Superior
corn was produced' on ten acres of reclaimed land bounding
the demesne of the Earl of Clare. The produce is most abun-
dant, and it is expected will average 350 stones per Irish acre.
The straw is 6/ feet high, and remarkably fine. Limerick
Chronicle.
The fine weather which we have been so long blessed has
produced an abundant supply of most excellenerably. t new pota.
toes, and brought down the markets very consid We
hope Providence will continue its favours until the oat crop,
which promises well, be gathered in.—Boyle Gazelle.
er
Never, in the memory of that questionable psonage
" the oldest inhabitant" of our locality, had we a finer sea-
son, or one that promised more abundantly to repay the
trouble of the farmer, than the present. Accounts from all
quarters of the country crowd upon us of the excellence of
the crops. and the very forward state of the harvest; indeed,
from the samples of oats sent to us for inspection, we can
with truth pronounce that nothing of the kind ever before
met our view. Already the sickle " is busy at work—here and
there in favoured fields, but not general. Nothing Could ex-
ceed the luxurious
to cheer the sons ogopiearwce of the country, or tend more
The potato crop is "nthe prosecution of their labour.
plenty exhibited in abundant beyond former years, and the
our markets gives promise of a cheap
year—the best qualities c
per stone.. The bay harvestan is
purchased at from 21d. to 3d.
busy in drawing to the stinilgled, and farmers are now
haggard.operations well as promotes the
e present very fine wea-
ther favours all out-door oaturity .of the crops. " Longs
m
fame/. ...Westmeath Guardian, life out success to the