New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-22
THE CROPS.

| As the crisis of the British crops approaches, we
watch the advces brought by each steamer, with as
much interest the skful physician feels in the pro-
1ess of serious malady and scrutinize each little
item Of news TO foresse if possible the ultimate re-
| suit The anxiety felt in England to know what for
tune really is in store for the farmer, is becoming al
most painful. Gloomy prophecies are made, and
gloomy apprehenaons entertained by the pessmistsi
while those who disposed look at the brighter eide
of things feel confident that almost average crop Of
| grain may be harvested. That the harvest will be
thrown into September pretty certain and all
agree iI admitting the great uncertainty which would
attend the harvt st. shood this unfortunate result en-
sue. There are not wanting however, intelligent
men who anticipate an earlier harvest, and on the
slender thread of their arguments, the British public
hangs ita hopes. The Marx Lane Express keeps 3
clerk of the weather." as well as ourselves who,
although not 30 mixed up in cycles md 'terms as the
philosopher of Brooklyn Highs is yet much given to
representation In his usual weather report for the
| week ending August 3 he predicts great storms on
the 16b 7tn and 2d nfs and advises the farme to
"withhold reaping till after the odd, then put on all
hands and secure your grain in the good weather the
" God of nature and creation has afforded you "a
piece of advice which no doubt will be closely fol-
| lowed.
The led0lng market article OF IHe 4udTh Lane,
"The weather OF the past week though below the usual tenn
perstue sndcoudy with rain has further the
pesrsnce of and has been calculated produce
better sanple than very hot II not however expected
that wheat will be cut till about the middle OF August ard
districts the North complain Of its not yet being In ear
Accounts much vary az TO the ultimate prospects OF he
Weld but generally less than Is expected Much OF
though the breadth sown was large good deal hay
GATED much dscoored but much Of the crop Is still out
rapidly; faint appears also in Ireland well as In Bel
GUM Spain Ike Northern Italy find. smaller yield Of wheat
this the with the South of France The new Odessa
Ghrka weighs fully e. BE- bushl but Hungary, Nor
mandy Belgium and Holland variable weather has kept the
crops backward and prices uc,uang In southern Russia
backward does send many complaints though prices keep
high Our markets. from the Improvement Of the weather
SS Ps. The eS mSuon the
in the country Even il further liberal supplies 10 be ex
full prizes. lille increaed consumption foreg though
crop spPears quantity And this but distant
| expectation"
Some of the Irish reports were gloomy, as it re-
specd the potato crop, and was asserted that large
supplies of Indian would again be wanted. Prior
TO the distressing famine in 1877 our great staple was
fcarcely known in the Emerald Isle as an article OF
food but since then it has been largely used in the
form of porrdge or stir-abOut." Should there be
another general disease in the potatoes this year, our
exports of Indian corn that country must be much In
creased The calculations as the quantity Of wheat
which Great Britain must import to supply herself
until the home harvest could be reaped, which we
quoted from The Mark-Ldne Express last week,
have been corrected in that paper The total consump
ton Of the Kingdom was put by one previous
authority at 1913 600 of bushels but his critic this
week assumes it to be 1870 600. His estimate of
the quantity needed is thus set forth:
Bushels.
Two months consumption say sixth official amt 80 10000
Estimated stock 10 all hands, 1000 COO
Quantity 10 be imported leVVVVO
He saws that the stock of old wheat in the farmers
hands is smaller than il has been since the memorable
wear 1854 and that when the crop comes to mar.
ket even less will probably be on hand than then. He
remarks that:
"a considerable proportion Of the wheat Is only ths 4h
Augu just the blooming which, that tine nights
bring il 10 matty even the weather prove favorable
this time The farmers do not calculate upon the harvest S De-
weeks later than the OF year,
% s1ss wH Be- seHeSd The
venbeI in districts do not here refer to Scot
districts of this country where agriculture advanced
it ought be- considering the progress made Ia other
You will say have taken gloomy view Of the prospect for
admit the fact for see nothing before US that
mitigate the but large imports which my object to
stimulate not by raising unnecessary alarm but by plain
my calculations proved correct Now marx what follows
foreign wheat up the deficiency in the stock
aud crop consumption the year And do not get
something Ike that quantity prices will rule higher than we nave
| known them since 1919"
If the magnificent expectations Of some of our
Western correspondents should be realized might
spare this quantity Of grain for England from single
State Ire harvest prospects in the South of Europe
are estimated in recent number of = Echo dgricols
From it we learn that in Italy it is only in the North
that the crop of wheat is satisfactory in Lombarly it
is middling, and in the provinces of Modena, Parma
and Bologna Indifferent. In Yenetia the result differs
in various localities; at Naples the crop will be less
than was at first expected. In Spain the harvest 10
the Two CASTLES and La Manchsbas been satisfactory
but in Andausa the quantity has not eqaaled expecta
ton Accounts from Odessa and the old Polish prov
inces give hope that the crop of wheat will
| be excellent
Farmers in the Western States are now not without
apprebensions as to the safety of corn. In Portage
County, Ohio" says The Ohio Farmer, " some fields
of corn between Aurora and Mantua were entirely
ruined by fros;" and one Of own correspondents
writing from Lorain County in the same STATE notices
frost as having occurred on the night of July 81
This person says that in his neghborhood the wheat is
all, and the hay is nearly ALL harvested. The first
yielded, in some instances high 80 bushels per
acre; the farmers are selling it at 90 to &c cents per
bushel The hay crop is the largest they have had in
years. Apples and pears are very plentiful, but
peaches are scarce. Corn is backward, but growing
| freely.
The whole State seems rejoicing at the pleasant
prospects for the Autumn The wheat crop, which is
of course all cut and housed is said to be better than
has been for five years. and the oats have yielded 80
bountifuy that by some return TO the old price Of
fifteen cents per bushel is expected. The corn crop on
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