New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-24
THE CROPS.

in exactly the light. The rule holds with as,-;c
tural editors judge, If the files Of foreign pa, Ios.
received be taken M Il criterion All agree that ds.s
ter has oyertaken the British crops but various est
ates are made to the extent Of the loss Thus TIE
G0rdeners Chronicle publishes elaborate ssre, ~
repors from its correspondents throughout the ounr
with respect TO the harvest. Commenting on he,e ra
turns our coemporary draws dark picture Of the YEAR.
produce. Wheat will yield musually below u.
average; oats will be " fair crop good samples
Of mailing barley viii be extremely rare" while poa
toes are almost universally failing crop" For beat
as well IA man. the food prospects according 70 Ties,
returns, are highly unsatisfactory. Turnips generally
are very poor" mangods are universally inferior and
unproductive;' while good hay is both scarce and
dear" THE potato growers in South Essex have gut.
fored to very considerable extent by the failure Of the
crop In many instances the crop has been plowed in
or sold at the rate of { per tun for feeding cattle The
loss Of some Of the larges growers is yarousy esin-
ted from $500 to E2,OOO or $4,000.
TIE Times and the other leading newspapers say
little about tho harvest but what observations they do
make are quite contradictory. The Marx Lime Erpyess
market-ar;.ce uFes this language;
further improvement; the weather with brilliant by
and light wnd bas been very acceptable g farmers ast en-:
sbisd 9rc q 5bi oi. 70 get in Their An,aHn Whsa
and ou though piostes are brheniag stu sample. Of
new Les lately market do not show much prove
msnt and quantities have been liberal there has been
some fort dep eciaion ia value All good dry qaae- have
sold steadily at previous prices The late heavy Imports very
nearly ay with our calculation Of the extraordinary eonsup
Of foreign but win Christina In prospect And reuts 70
ffs If net by arrivals from abroad may for time
mske dull trade Some 'ti entertain The opinion ha oar own
crop though bad IN quality !. not 'hot IN Yield ba We 1ke
pIt,e weight al 57Ds bush from Thu aust
take further for dampness and that would lower
3hs TO 5iihs against Cgits There then aYpes
deficiency Of 6ts bush or 10 cent without taxing INTO
former and he void made BY the serious failure POI
aices requirements must therefore be extraordinary ali
while Is certain that mOch Of the new Wheat IL only o. for
cate hakeis on The Continent ssye s9ed France " rather
querce Of the great improvement IN tie wesher The Bt,
show little difference but Odessa has been up in consequence
Of the wants Of the Mediterranean
The leading article is devoted 70 the same important
topic and he other editorial to review OF the French
harvest In relation to the state Of things al home the
editor remarks:
No man now can continue question the serous effects Of
the urpropiious season although one ~. hears s ie.
h0us uh rain tina; tie fine weather haa done g9ndef'
while often found 70 be nearly bad In shs yisd
sack instead Of quarter already said TO be the rule IN some
districts aud this damp that scarcely miller viii look
Then there IL getting the land which be-
no51 bsy be cannot ca The root crop even ye
more orally Indifferent thar the farmer thoroughly beat
from this side 70 the other without ray Of Ign.
or no pc ia the horizon"
Worse than this the prospect for next season, I'M
less Spring crops are sown IL place of the usual
Winter grain The land is sodden in many die
tricts that il cannot be plowed and brave lot Of
weeds are fourshing under the very eyes Of the help
less farmers Under such state of things the merits Of
the steam blowing system seriously discussed and
there can be 10 question but that letter from William
Smith of Woolston in the last Mark Lime, recountng
tie perfect be has experienced with the steam
plow in this wei season. will create a wonderful public
interest. Smiths farm is plowed by means Of sta
tionary engine which works wire cables and travel
ing eang-cuvator and hence il is of consequence
10 him that there should be firm foothold for teams in
the fields
Early in the season. when the French harvest pros
poets were very unsatisfactory the Emperor with big
usual foresight abolished the sliding scale of impos;s
imported grain. The result was that large quantities
were thrown into France from foreign countries,
md the impending calamity was temporarily avered.
The leading French agricultural paper, the Journal
Pr0tique, now publishes resume OF the
crop prospects throughout the past season. withel abo-
rate statistics. Tile Max Lane Express, reviewing
it, says:
1t would appear Rom the above statements that the
soual contradiction. which prevail in England respecting the
harvest have their counterpart in France; that while in
favored Districts Of that country the crops Of wheat and other
ran been secured toeabe condition and with good
the yield in others .he the
weather have been fatal alike to ali crops whaOever
hee will certny tell heavily the gross produce Of the
operation, the sliding We see
e ne" Wheat m our 9 and the enormous weekly
lie free admission of grain at the minimum duty had not been
conceded BIZ the French Government Whatever may have
been the yield the wheat and other grain Of the late harvest
much Of has been spoiled by the rain that the amount
available for human food will be reduced much below
Upon the whole It probable that We shall have France
comperg with US in The gea, grain markets the continent
y Anr. az esi nonshoIt tne mt, eason not nntr
aud although the F nch -fhsntsw always export whenever
compelled aftcrard 10 purchase fo1ei com AZ HIGHER
rates This, however affair Of their only
the gsr trade in france on the supply Of food for our,
selves The necessity for immediate importation ofdry for
eigu whtsi imminent for both countries aud will fear,
There i some reason for Apprehension thus ery ths
ros! having already set in at the ports Of the Baltic"
The Caiilornians doubt, think il a vas, pity that
their overlooking could not be placed BY some
gcuii in night within easy reach of these European
customers d Ia mode Aladdin. Il is already question
with them what they shall do with their grain for AS
we said in previous article production has oyertaken
TieCa'J0rnia Farmer speaks of there
being 100000 bags of grain on the San Francisco
wiarycs, waiting shipment, and promises the farmers
that although the supply Of ships may be quite ade-
quate at present there will soon be more in port The
rule is rather reversed in the countries lover the
water There they have a surfeit of Sdps ami lack
Of breadsuls Heure we leave the subject of Califor
man cruTs, we must make for biz of statistics
from an onbord az Marysye that Is worthy OF record.
TIE California Foym,r publishes and indorses the fol-
lowing array OF faces, as IL calls it:
BKlGGs's RANCH Oct 10 latO
1866 /, q, hand
send you the number Of pounds Of iut kept In Isy
daily record have averaged the price W sold ~ fo
low:
Fruits No. To- PHea ,Y,op,t