New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-27
THE CROPS.

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The recuperative powers Of vegetation were nsvs,
more clearly demonstrated than In England forn;ybt
since. All through the there has been tina. dis
hearteniDg succe ssion Of ransorus showers ana eoH
Of which we have kept our readers advised and tia
time seemed 10 have come when the crisis past nothing
but the gloomest expectations were authorized. The
tone of the agricultural and leading newspapers recved
week before last of the most Respondent kind and
The Mark Lane Ezpress overlooked with letters and
editorial comments, which painted an impending ns-
tional calamity. It was estimated by that journal
that Great Britain would require Of Us, or Whatever
other country might have surplus, from hfty 10 one
hundred million bushels and it pointed very clearly t,
the valley of the Mississippi as the granary from which
their stores were to be drawn.
week passes, and what change Seven days Of
sunshine followed learn by the Adratc by seven
more have made the hopes ofthe shfamersas buoy
ant az their hearts had previously been heavy All over
the kingdom the swft-working reapDg machines were
at work. and every energy Of man and beast was be-
ing taxed to gather the grain, albeit sometimes unipa
and sprouted Things had gone go far 70 the bad that
the ecclesiastical dignitares making srranges
mems for national fast and suppEcation to God for
some alienation Of their distress; and among the
poorer classes the prospect of suffering and famine was
becoming painfully certain But at Last the weather.
glass pointed TO fair weather and at once the public,
ike condemned criminal who obtains respite, gave
way to the most exuberant joy There are not want
ing, either in England this country shrewd speed
ators who wishing TO make their hay daring this ea
son of sunshine, spread exaggerated reports ofshe
prospective yield of crops With the view of knocking
prices down TO their utmost limit they tell us that En-
gland will give at least full average grain harvest
and perhaps something more But, while we are ever
anxious to take conservative view Of things, and, In
British season exceptional as this has been to all
rule and precedent are prepared TO admit almost any
thing in reason it is against all common sense TO be-
eve that full average crop can be harvested after
going through the terrible vicistudes it has this year.
The yield may be tolerably fair but when we get &C.
counts of grain sprouting, rotting on the ground,
stricken with rust and blight laid and sodden with
water as we have for month past, we are not pre-
pared TO admit the gtterng prospect which toe OPP
timists hold out. The London Econ0mist takes the
same view Of the case, and uses this language:
"A period dry weather. extending from Thursday the
poets, and 4 found that though the grain has not this yei n
peneS in due season SIN i Ia, Hpsned and should We have
euy gathered into the stack yard. The harvest however is
S SssL d than in wS are not eoaSeeS
early As the where past apprehension have
predictions that crop. viii fall below he average and
hUsrded We svsed oureve. Of days Barnet Fair q
compare the statements Of farmer. and Others from different
limited obsrvsa The genera results 70 Be these: On
the very dry soils the syels and the sands which commonly
suffer moisture In ordinary Summers the crops
said be unusually abundant One farmer occupying sandy
=, sooa 1 5 % ansn %
able grow In Bedordshe from the reports Of eccupe Of
: ' n: those on s
S S1 .n s not s9S g the s % s
combination Of rain and sunshine than have expert
land hch cays strong loans and the n-
Vulnerable combi, atoms Of clay and with tenacious sub
deficient Exceptions are where the lard hss been veil
drained and clean and good condition and .sers the wss.
much laid and being followed BY extremely hot sunshine.
certsn weight per the country
% the
lane are more sprouted than was generally beheved aud
iipeT than the green CONDITION Of the straw would ia
cate consequently many farnets began 10 when
This bove,e VIII necessary tecp the wheat longer
in the field than n ordinary seasons. and the owS
ing Of the These circumstances increase the anxiety Of
and beans are ss though The beans Gre not coined
proportion 70 the bulk Of straw while peas have remained
and much Of the crop shed the ground Az regards roots the
tnip good dry land but the strong soils there
seed while The horns the root crops even where plant Sss
beer obtained ha. been extremely ineffective a.nsod wn.
where clean making little or no progress so that heavy seghs
be ss s ssl. Summer STs the .
in sad state weeds have been killed and there cannot
therefore is long falOws must necessarily be vary
foul"
The market article of The Mark Lane Express
speaks thus intelIgepty:
Another weeks weather has done wonders for the
Fh of a & 81 vt. . svsss a
poet being gathered moderate condition More hssts
however than was desirable hss already been e,ncsd in bring
s WI .ssS s 9,I sn S. TO- o
per buthe to 50 pounds but this weight
expected and Ibis ia the case With other grain but NO improve
ment be reported to the state Of potatoes either In this
lately been liberal OF English mab below the
required quantity for mixing and both the yield well
demand Nevertheless should the new produce be forced
markets. semPOray depression is very probable Aesdy
produced lower range Of prices through the about
ID eas s az se Or TS
temned by the weather Similar have been produced
distant markets not yet been Influenced the admission Of
duty free into French ports still showing It's effects In Odes
those places must be expected Luse import. are on their way
from the United States but heavy fall In this country would
rate, though last sdvces note good advance
The Adriatic had only got one day out 70 sea when
she encountered severe Westerly storm, and it Is not
impossible that this may have reached England, and
put stop TO harveet operations; but we shall get no
confirmation OF the surmise until next week. There
is thing to be sad in explanation of the safety Of
wheat iu seasons such as this has been in Eu-
rope. The plant is not so much injured by con-
tinusnce of either cold, wet weather, or prolonged
drouth, as by alterations from one TO the other.
When cool rainy nights are succeeded by days Of
hot sunshine, rust and mildew make most havoc
IN grain fields; the straw becomes yellow and brit
Ia nd ;lx al and tha halt.