Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1857-10-26
AGRIoULTURAL5RRPoRr FOR sRPrENBHs


With the exception Of lev patches OF grain remaining
out 10 the most northern counties harvest broue
TO genefa close in this coantry BY the 10Th Of ills
month one ct the earliest pesds almost record Al
tho1gh the quantity OF wheat yet thrashed out is
by extensive, enabled to form positiy n,
conclusions in reference its yield That Is the beat
taken in the aggregate almost remembered is admit
ted by the growers themselves and this must be evident
when state that both in Essex and Kent the
has up Ct qrs. TO the ncre This extensive pro
duce has led mapy 10 the conclusion that pricea
Of necessity rule considerably lower and that AZ
advees IRON s parts OF the globe are favorable as
gards the wheat CROP shall receive enormous in,ror
taIions Of grain during the remainder the year We
freely admit that our farmers have nov immense amount
Of food hand but that positive proof that prices
sil run down to q very low point, because NC must
bear IN mind that consumption 10 this country Is enor
nous and that consequently it is not very probable
that produce viii be forced tor sale unless remunsra
tive prices No doubt foreign will exercis
ruling influence upon value bat reason 70 antic
pate more than average supplies om any quarter The i'm
por from the north v no dogb be equal last season.
aud the commercial panic la nerica may lead TO ncreas
ed shipments. At present. boseyer. there u no margn
OF poht for spccuaors and impression Is that The
bulk OF our importAtons IRON the United States
sill be received a. exchange operations arising
from the difncslg the part of the
| merchants At New York in obtaining specie exesp,
at ruisous rates The geoera trade OF the United King
DOM standing that decreased shipments Of manu.
aetured goods have lately been made both 70 India and
America 10 in healthy state and see no reason
whatever TO look forSAd 70 any great depression in the
value OF sheAf
Although BARLEY crop has not turned cot quite so
veil as was At ooe me anticipated, very Cue sam
piles have made their appearance both Marx Lane and
10 the provincial mafke The arrivals from abroad h. We
been sessonably large; nevertheless the trade has COO
tnued steady though rather easier terms The grow 10
o oats beans and appears 10 have beer an
one aud the quality Of sanples turning out tolersbs
fne.
Scarcely any old En9Ii,b -beAt has pae its appear
ahce IN any OF mAkets but this fact must not be
taken as evidence that the quantity hand is limited
We believe that ore above average supply hand
but no doubt the greater portion OF viii be held over
as very hue 10 now wanted for mixing purposes.
There s poS much less competition for food in tho
Black Sea than for many years past Scarcely any wheat
has OF ate been purchased at ODESSA in the Turkish
provinces on French account, quenty the outflow
OF food si be chiefly directed TO this country. We are
ioclned 10 think, however that much les proaeo siI
be forwarded this year than in 1880 1885.
Most conflicting accounts have come 70 hand in refer
euee 70 the potato crop Many growers have iutimsted
that nearly all kinds OF potatoes are extensively diseased
and Others state that the weight per acre k
rhng These and similar statements invariably appear
~ print at this time OF year. aud We believe that
lev Of hem are stten for the purpose OF enhancnE the
value OF the better Kind Of lOod Certany up to this
time, oar markets bve exhibited large supplies Ia excel
lent condition; end IN What may he termed our potato
Districts, the produce is very grsA.
There has been du average business doing in nearl,
a kinds OF WOOL Al high currenees During the hrst
eight months OF the present year the mposs Of for
ekn and colonial WOOL into the United Kugdom we're 2g7
os9 bic'. asiur $50 $50 bales n ibc corresponding De
fo w 1855 The increase would have been much great
or hsd Il not bern that serious cpdsmic hes hr
ken out amongst sheep The neehborhood Of sydney
and Ehich appears to have been fatal in s eects
The turnip aud beet crops are boxing vel and prom
ise very large fctafn This i important ostter r
the grasirr whose prospeot' a. rcsfd the supply OF
food are cheering.
IL general point Of vieE advices from Ireland are
satisfactory. The produce Of the oat add Other crops
does appear 10 exceed an averags and Il is atasd
ths the surplus Tor shipmeat viii he compsatvIy email
Aoag the cois the potato dsesso has been general aud
hesys loses have been sustanei but w tho n0ftbsrn
coones the crop i turning up 10 air condition The old
stock Of oats u nOE sholy exhausted.
Throughout Sco,and harvest uork has suffered some
sefoas Interruptions from the veaher aud much Of The
shea has become sprouted from long xposurc in the eld
The actual Qu nifty gown IS fully up average aud
the yield Of Othe produce stocrahy good Poatoes are
gby diseased IN some quarters but the shipments To
the south they have sod low prices have kept
well--N Lane Brprs.s