Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-26
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The advices received by tile Asia in REGARD
to the present condition of the cereal crops
in Europe are OF unusual interest Not
only is the season backward in Great Britain.
and III many parts Of the continent but fears
are now entertained that the yield especially
OF wheat will be deficient in quantity beyond
all that has been anticipated. We can hardly
understand, in this country, the difference be-
tween an early and late harvest in England, as
III the United States, whether the spring be
forward or not, the wheat ripens in any given
locality at about TIE same date of each wear.
Even ii the crop be very backward here on the
hrSt OF June, the hot suns Of this month are
sure to make compensation for the former slow
progress, and at the usual date, or within
few days Of it, at most, the grain is ready for
the sickle. The harvest period for wheat in
tile United States varies with the latitude from
the middle OF June to the latter part Of July
seldom extending far into August, but is rare
ly week behind the average date in the least
prosperous season. In England there is four
or five weeks difference in the same field, be
tween an early and late harvest; and the aver
age date OF maturity, owing to the absence of
our clear skies and intense sunshine is nearly
one month later than in the latitude of New
York, August being the month in which most
OF the English wheat is cut In the most IA
Vored districts OF England an early season will
rlpen the grain for the sickle by the third week
IN july, while late season will protract the
harvesting to the close of August, Inde ed, it
Is not an uncommon occurrence in a very I'M
propltIous season, for the partridge shooting,
winch Is fixed to open on the LIST Of Septcm-
Der, to be postponed for a week to give the
farmers an opportunity to reap the fields of
grain still standing to ripen. In the north OF
England the oat crops are not untrequently
standing amid the early October SHOWS
With this difference in view, the portents of
a backward season have Il meaning to us II OF
otherwise readily understood. We have no.
ticed in our former articles the want which
was felt the current year of early pasture for
cattle i'll Great Britain, and especially in Ire
land where, throughout whole counties, not Il
single blade Of green grass appeared during
the last spring within three weeks Of the usual
date. The advices by the Asia show that the
cereal crops are greatly retarded by rains and
cold, wet weather A private letter IRON a
friend, under date Of HoOley, Surrey county,
June It'll, says "since l last wrote the weather
has been the same more like March and April,
than June; we have nothing but rain and
storms OF wind, and the roads are covered
with mud and pools of water" Another let
ter, also received by the Asia from a friend
23O miles distant from the foregoing, viz, Skip.
ton, in Yorkshire, says-"We have had too
much rain for the growing grain, and the mar.
kets are all advancing; hay is also fully ten
days later than usual. " The same difficulty,
though not to an equal extent, has been felt
upon the continent; and from various parts of
France there come fresh complaints OF damage
and detention to the growing crop
In digesting these accounts, it is well to no.
tice several points by way of caution. And
first, the promise OF late crop is not always
kept a few days Of hot sunshine viii has