The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-19
From the London Shipping & Mercantile Gazette.
European Harvest and Corn Market. ~

Sept. 81. Harvest having been some time COM
pleted, and the time having scarcely yet arrived
for preparing the land for autumn sowing, farmers
have yet comparatively little outdoor work to at
tend to, and they have consequently as is usually
the case at this of the year, been hreshing
rather freely. The more that the crop is tested
by this proof, the greater do the complaints be-
come respecting the deficiency of grain IN proper
ton to the straw; and it is too certain that the pro-
duce of wheat will fall considerably short Of what
is considered a fair yield in average seasons.
Present prices cannot therefore, pay our growers;
but there is so little to hope for in regard to the
future, and the pecuniary position Of the smaller
class Of farmers has during the last two years al
tered much for the worse, owing to undue for
egn competition as to render 1t more than probable
that they will supply the markets freely until such
time as they shall be obliged to direct their atten
ton to blowing and getting in their autumn crops.
At most Of The markets In sihe agricultural dis
trcts wheat has been brought forward in sufficient
quantities to check the tendency to advance which
prices exhibited earlier in the month, and in par
tia instances, a reaction Of about Is. per quarter
has taken place. The trade has also become slow
ut many of the large consuming towns and at
those places where, in addition to home supply,
good arrivals have been received from abroad, the
tnrn has been decidedly in favor of the buyer.
We are inclined to adhere to the opinion we
have on former occasions expressed, that at about
present rates we shall continue to have large inn
ports, and that with free trade, the average price
for the kingdom is not likely to range much over
ASS. per quarter even in years like the present,
when the crop is below an average, and when
such terms cannot remunerate our growers
With the exception of Dantzic, where some guam
THY Of old wheat remains on hand, the stocks are
small at the principal Baltic ports, and supplies Of
new having hardly commenced to come forward,
the exports from that quarter may perhaps not be
large, If winter should set in early.
From France shipments Of wheat and -four have
been resumed, and will probably continue to be
made regularly, so long as there is the slightest
chance Of profit on consignments in the English
market. Business at Mark Lane has been more
or less interrupted in consequence Of the mlschief
done to the Corn Exchange by the late hre; the
damage is however, not extensive, ana WIZ soon
be repaired. On Monday, we had good show OF
wheat by land carriage, samples from Essex and
Kent, but from the more distant counties, the sup
ply was small. The atmosphere having for some
DAYS previous been damp, the new wheat was not
in quite such good condition as before still clear
ance was made without much difficulty, the finer
kinds bringing fully as high rates as on that day
se'uneht, and other sorts selling according equal
itv. Since then, the quantity brought forward has
been very small, and though the miers have man-
ifested less disposition to purchase, prices were
not lower, either on Wednesday or this morning,
than in the beginning of the week. The arrivals
from abroad have been tolerably good, $4,000
quarters having been reported from Saturday up
TO last night. '.'.
On Monday, fair amount of business was done
in finer kinds, having, in addition to steady local
inquiry, buyers Of small quantities from different
prrts Of the country. Importers were consequent
ly very firm, and prices were well supported, nor
has any inclination since been shown TO give way,
though the demand has certainly sackened. A